Middle East & North Africa

In the framework of the 2017 edition of the Africa Finance & Investment Forum and to encourage sustainable development, economic growth, innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa, EMRC will present the “AFIF Entrepreneurship Award 2017“, offering a financial contribution and exposure/visibility to an African SME for a project with good impact. Application Deadline: 19th December, 2016 Eligible Countries: African countries To be taken at (country): AFIF 2017 will be hosted by the Strathmore University (Nairobi) About the Award: AFIF 2017 will gather over 300 delegates from all over Africa, Europe, America and Middle East. EMRC will organise a pre-conference training on “A Road-map for Entrepreneurship Growth” (13th -16th February 2017). The training is addressed exclusively to AFIF 2017 participants and will be divided in two linguistic groups (English and French). This year's edition of AFIF will focus on entrepreneurship and innovation with an emphasis on access to finance in key sectors such as energy, water, ICT, health and agriculture. AFIF 2017 will pay a special attention to the role that Africa can play in embracing the 4th industrial revolution. In addition the Entrepreneurship Market Place will take place during the entire forum at Strathmore University Type: Entrepreneurship Number of Awardees: Not specified Value of Program: An existing African small-medium business, will receive a US$10.000,00 cash prize, yearlong media promotion support in and out of Africa, free participation in the AFIF 2017, including the pre-conference Training. Duration of Program: 13 February 2017 - 16 February 2017 How to Apply: Application must be sent to EMRC (sa@EMRC.be) by December 19th, 2016. Visit Program Webpage for details Award Provider: Rabobank Foundation.