The tech startup community across Africa is developing rapidly, and we’re beyond happy to return a second time to host TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018 in
Lagos, Nigeria on December 11. More than 300 tech hubs across Africa
connect and mentor entrepreneurs, and we can’t wait to showcase 15 of
the continent’s best innovators, makers and technical founders. Are you
one of them? Want to compete in the Startup Battlefield? Submit your
application today.
The format for this Battlefield differs from the one we hosted in Nairobi last year, so here’s what you need to know before you apply.
We encourage applications from any type of early-stage tech startup.
The review process is competitive, and seasoned TechCrunch editors will
scrutinize every application and select 15 companies to participate.
They’ll base their selection on, among other things, a startup’s
potential to produce an exit or IPO.
Participating founders receive free pitch coaching from our editors,
and they’ll be at their very best come the big day. Five startups will
compete in one of three preliminary rounds, where they’ll have six
minutes to pitch and present their demo to a panel of judges composed of
entrepreneurs, technologists and VCs (recruited by our editors), all
experts in their categories.
Following each pitch, the judges have six minutes to ask probing
questions. Five of the original 15 startups will be chosen to pitch a
second time — to a fresh set of judges — and from that cohort the judges
will choose one overall winner of TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa
2018.
The champion founders will receive US$25,000 in no-equity cash, plus
an expenses-paid trip for two to compete in Startup Battlefield in San
Francisco at our flagship event, TechCrunch Disrupt 2019 (assuming the
company still qualifies to compete at the time).
Perhaps even more valuable than the cold, hard cash is the exposure
that comes from pitching in front of a live audience of influential
technologists, entrepreneurs and investors — and to the global
TechCrunch audience tuning in online. That’s pure gold.
Now that you know the process and what’s at stake; here’s what you need to know about eligibility. Startups should:
- Be early-stage companies in “launch” stage
- Be headquartered in one of our eligible countries*
- Have a fully working product/beta that’s reasonably close to, or in, production
- Have received limited press or publicity to date
- Have no known intellectual property conflicts
It’s a prime time to be a startup in Africa, and it’s the perfect
time to compete in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018, which
takes place on December 11 in Lagos, Nigeria. Apply right here today.
*Residents in the following countries may apply:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde,
Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya,
Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe,
Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan,
Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing language,
the “Applicable Countries” does not include any country to or on which
the United States has embargoed goods or imposed targeted sanctions
(including, but not limited to, Sudan).
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