Background to the Award
The
Project Incubator Award
is an EMRC initiative launched in 2008 to encourage
innovation and entrepreneurship in Africa among SMEs. Held in conjunction with our business forums, a call is
sent out for entrepreneurs to put forward their project proposals. Finalists
present their business projects during the forum’s plenary session and the winning project is announced at the gala event.
Sponsors
of the Project Incubator Award are Rabobank
Foundation and African Development Bank.
Project Incubator Winners
2011 - AgriBusiness Forum, Johannesburg
Emeden Kenya (rural farming) -
Kenya
2011 - AfDB-EMRC SME Forum, Lisbon -
US$ 15,000
Sophavet (guinea fowl) -
Burkina Faso
2010 - AgriBusiness Forum, Kampala -
US$ 15,000
Bee
Natural (honey and sauces) -
Uganda
2009 - Africa Finance & Investment Forum, Amsterdam -
US$
15,000
Derekorp (fruit juice) -
Uganda
2009 - AgriBusiness Forum, Cape Town -
US$ 15,000
COOGES (cashew nuts cooperative)
Côte
d’Ivoire
2008 – Africa Finance & Investment Forum, Paris –
US$
10,000
MUPECI (Soya Project)
Cameroon
2008 – AgriBusiness
Forum, Rome – Launch edition
CGIS - Rwanda
Read all about the winning project proposals here.
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AgriBusiness Forum 2009
COOGES,
Cote D'Ivoire
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AFIF 2009
Derekorp,
Uganda
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AgriBusiness Forum 2010
Bee Natural
Uganda
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AfDB-EMRC SME Forum 2011
Sophavet
Burkina Faso
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AgriBusiness Forum 2011
Emeden Kenya
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How to Enter
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Who Can Apply?
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- Applications are limited to participants attending the EMRC Forums
- The project must be implemented in Africa
- At least one project partner must come from and be based in Africa (there are no gender or age requirements)
- The contest is open to all sectors of economic activity related to Agro-Food or Rural Development
- The project should support farmer cooperatives or encourage their creation
- The project should contribute to the development of the local community
- The project representative and spokesperson should have good communication skills
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- Candidates are invited to submit the application documents with their complete contact details to the Project Manager of each forum (please see Project Incubator Award section of the event you will be attending). After the pre-selection process, the committee will announce the names and projects of candidates, the nominees will be notified accordingly.
- The pre-selected candidates will present their projects during a targeted plenary session to an audience of potential partners and investors from Africa, Europe, USA, India and beyond.
- The winner will receive the Award of US$ 15,000 during the Gala Evening of the Forum.
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