Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund 2019 is now open for application.

The Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund is an initiave of Access Agriculture. Access Agriculture is a non-profit organisation that supports the distribution of quality training videos to share practical knowledge on farming and food processing across the global South. Moreover, through the Young Entrepreneur Challenge Fund, Access Agriculture is requesting young people to propose innovative ideas to make a business, or expand their existing business, around the dissemination of agricultural videos.

Through this competitive grant, the most inspiring and promising young entrepreneurs will receive a Digisoft smart projector. This projector has an in-built computer and contains the entire Access Agriculture library with over 200 videos in more than 75 international and local languages. The smart projector comes with a battery and a portable solar panel, so videos can be shown without the internet or electricity.

Benefits

• There will be 5 winners on basis of the novelty and strength of their business plan. If you are a winner, you will need to sign an agreement that stipulates that you will continue using the smart projector for at least 18 months to grow your business and regularly report back to Access Agriculture, after which the projector will become your property.
• Access Agriculture will cover the shipment cost and customs duty.
• Furthermore, Access Agriculture will provide you with advice on the smart projector use and on your business plan.
• Access Agriculture will also link you to other young entrepreneurs to allow you to share experiences and strengthen or diversify your business plan.

Eligibility

• One person or teams of up to 4 young people can submit a proposal
• Age: younger than 30 years
• Country of residence: any country in Latin America, Africa or Asia-Pacific

Applying

You must make submission of the form.

• Individuals or teams of up to 4 people can submit
• Each person can only be part of one proposal
• Submission of proposals is only through online system
• The form must be submitted at one sitting, so decide what you want to write for each section and then copy and paste the information into the appropriate section on the form
• No email or other type of applications are welcome
• In addition, you need to present the key ideas of your business proposal as laid out in the submission form.