Halcyon Climate Resilience & Food Security in Africa Fellowship 2025

Summary

• Application DeadlineOctober 11, 2024
• Study LevelPostdoctoral Fellowships
• SponsorHalcyon
• City to studyWashington
• Course to studyEntrepreneurship

Table of Content

• Overview
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Programme Overview

The Climate Resilience & Food Security in Africa Fellowship will bring together entrepreneurs from across Africa, empowering them to address climate resilience and food security. in this program, founders will receive expert training, critical resources to accelerate their ventures, a one-week in-person residency in Washington, DC, and a one-week in-person residency in Nairobi, Kenya. The deadline will be on the 11th day of october 2024.

Benefits

Selected fellows will receive the following:

• $10K in Amazon Web Services (AWS) credits
• $5K stipend per venture
• Professional advisors
• Workshops with experts in leadership development, investment readiness, and product-market fit
• Networking opportunities in Washington, DC and Nairobi, Kenya to meet investors and diverse stakeholders
• A global community of 500+ impact-driven entrepreneurs
• And more

Requirements

We’re looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to climate resilience and food security across Africa.

• Location: Must have your venture based in and/or serving any African country or countries
• Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that has the potential to scale. Must be working on your venture full-time. 
• Team: 
  • May apply with up to one co-founder
  • Applicant must be the CEO and/or hold primary decision-making power
  • Must be fluent in English
  • Must be at least 21 years of age by the start of the program
• Program Engagement: Must be able to participate in all activities and programming sessions 
• Impact: Must be developing a product and venture which contributes towards 1 or more of the UN’s 17 SDGs

In addition to eligibility, Halcyon scores each application based on 4 criteria: Impact, Scalability, Innovation, and Talent.

Interview Dates and Process

1. Impact: To what extent will the solution, if scaled, have a meaningful impact on society and/or the environment?
2. Scalability: Could this venture scale to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of users in a 5-10 year time horizon?
3. Innovation: Is the solution a novel approach to tackling the issue in their context?
4. Talent: Is the team uniquely qualified to tackle the challenges they’ve identified?

Timeline

• August 27, 2024: Applications open
• October 11, 2024: Applications close
• December 2024: Finalists invited to a virtual pitch
• January 2025: Selected fellows will be notified
• February 7, 2025 (tentative date): Virtual program kickoff
• February 17-21, 2025: In-person residency week in Nairobi, Kenya
• March 20, April 10, and May 8, 2025: Virtual meeting dates
• June 2-6, 2025: In-person residency week in Washington, DC

Application Deadline

October 11, 2024

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Halcyon on halcyon.submittable.com to apply

For more details visit Halcyon website.