Applications have opened for the second edition of the IGNITE SEED Innovation programme in East Africa, which supports entrepreneurial teams with research-backed ideas focused on innovating food systems with market validation and training support to launch these ideas in the market.
Run by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) IGNITE Innovation Hub, Circle Innovation, and DTU Skylab Foodlab, with the support of Care Denmark and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ten-month innovation programme will focus on inventors and innovators with research-backed ideas in the food systems sector with a high potential for disruption and impact towards food security in East Africa.
Innovators and researchers who have research-backed innovations addressing food systems in East Africa are invited to apply, even if they haven’t formally registered their businesses yet. Applications from youth, women-led teams and innovators from underserved populations based in East Africa are encouraged to apply.
Selected teams will participate in the IGNITE SEED Innovation programme for 10 months, gaining access to its Human Centered Design (HCD) Lab. At the end of the HCD Lab, teams will pitch their validated prototype to a panel of experts and get the opportunity to be selected for four months of intensive business training.
Qualifying teams will also get exposure to the rich WFP and implementing partner networks that can help their ideas to the next level.
Applications are open here.
