Apply to Pitch for $10,000 at the Africa Fintech Foundry Accelerator Program

Africa FinTech Foundry

The Africa Fintech Foundry has called for pitch submissions for the second edition of its annual conference; “Digital Goldrush; Building a Sustainable Tech Economy”. The Africa FinTech Foundry accelerator conference has assured the presence of investors, tech enthusiast and startups this year. There will be room for companies and startups to pitch and exhibit.

About the Program:

The Africa FinTech Foundry (AFF) accelerator program is an annual program that admits six technology start-ups a year. It is a Pan-African accelerator aimed at inspiring, mentoring and investing funding into growth stage technology start-ups operating primarily in the FinTech space. This year’s conference, which will hold on March 28, 2019, promises to bring startups, investors and tech enthusiasts together.

In 2017, it organized a 48 hour hackathon titled ‘Recode Nigeria”. Voice IT start-up emerged winner of Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) hackathon sponsored by Access Bank. The bouquet of prizes the winning team received include N1.5 million cash from Access Bank, one year access to IBM Bluemix artificial intelligence platform worth over N10 million, one year access to Microsoft BizSpark developer toolkit worth over N6 million plus mentoring from the AFF team.

During its //Re:Code Nigeria Hackathon 2018 themed “Data Hack”, Team Cosmo Constelation (C-Stella) emerged winners. The team was part of the 115 multiple teams of talented developers, designers, problem solvers, out-of-the-box thinkers, and code magicians that participated in the event.

Eligibility:

Benefits:

The winner will get 10,000 USD at the end of the competition.

How to Apply:

Interested Applicants should send an email to: lukman.alhassan@africafintechfoundry.com , copying anita.odiete @africafintechfoundry.com or click here.

Also, candidates are required to reference the event using their social media handle and in return, get firsthand access to information concerning the conference.

Application Deadline:

The application deadline is the 22nd of February, 2019.

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