AYADA LAB 2019 (Call for applications) [fr]

AYADA Lab is an incubation and acceleration program of the Goethe-Institut and the Institut français in five West African countries: Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.

AYADA Lab supports young West African startups through mentoring, workshops and networking meetings. At the end of the program, it provides each young entrepreneur with 3,000 Euros as seed-funding.
For this year (01.05.2019 – 30.04.2020), AYADA Lab plans to support 25 young West African entrepreneurs.

Goals of the program
 Develop viable cultural, creative and social start-ups in West Africa
 Support the structure and the diversification of the entrepreneurial landscape in the field of cultural, creative industries in West Africa
 Promote the exchange of regional expertise
 Train young West African actors from the cultural and creative industries to develop
regional and international visions for their businesses

Participation Criteria
 Aged between 20 and 35
 Nationals of and resident in one of the countries of the program: Côte d’Ivoire,
Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal
 With a viable project that has been running for a year in the areas of cultural and
creative industries, Education and/or Sustainable Environment.

To apply visit: www.ayadalab.com

Click this link to learn more about the Program.

Ayada lab program

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