NINJA Accelerator Program in Nigeria 2022;
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has in 2021 mapped an ecosystem report of Nigeria’s startup and entrepreneurial ecosystem, focusing on the agritech, health tech or cleantech sectors.
The ecosystem mapping report identified noticeable gaps in the following subsectors within the Agritech innovation space; logistics, cold chain monitoring and insurance. In the HealthTech sector, gaps were discovered in food, mobile health/fitness apps, health marketing and many more sub-sectors. Unlike the agricultural and health tech sectors, the clean tech sector in Nigeria is in its growth phase and with the global shift towards environmental sustainability and responsibility there is a need to support innovation in this sector.
Next Innovation with Japan (NINJA) Accelerator in Nigeria – 2nd Cohort is designed to improve the Nigerian startup ecosystem by strengthening underperforming and necessary sub-sectors in sectors (such as agriculture, health and cleantech) in Nigeria. It is expected to have collaboration between participants in the supply chain, contribute significantly to economic growth and stimulate promising young people with innovative companies.
The Ninja Accelerator’s 2nd cohort will be conducted entirely online.
eligibility criteria; Your company must be legally incorporated in your country. Sector must be agritech, health tech or clean tech (including finance/logistics in those sectors etc. If you are a foreign company, your company must be legally incorporated at CAC in Nigeria before starting the training. Applicant startups must be innovative and technology driven Financing stage should be pre-Seed, Seed and pre-Series A. What we are looking for;Foreign startups not yet incorporated/operated in Nigeria and looking to enter the Nigerian market (startups in other African countries, Asia, Europe and other regions are welcome to apply) Nigerian startups already incorporated and having a business operation in Nigeria How to Apply for NINJA Accelerator Program for Nigeria 2022;
Interested applicants should: Click here to apply
timeline;
Call for registration begins
Apr 18, 2022
Call for registration ends
May 13, 2022
1st screening on documents, 2nd screening via online interview – mid-May – June 2022
Completion of selection
Mid June 2022
Foreign company registration period
June-July 2022
Online Pitch Event for Japanese/International Investors
July 2022
August 2022
End of October 2022
Application deadline;
May 13, 2022.
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