Founders Factory Africa 2023 Gen F Entrepreneur In Residence Program (Up to $250k) for Course

Eligibility Criteria

• Exceptional founders/aspiring entrepreneurs looking to build out and test their ideas, achieve commercial success and create outsized, systemic impact.
• Outstanding professionals and domain experts looking to make the transition from the corporate environment to entrepreneurship.
• Founders looking to build tech solutions that solve Africa’s largest problems and catalyse change.
• Entrepreneurs who have a keen eye for local market gaps and a sharp sense for local problems that they are passionate about solving.

Offered Benefits

• We give you a monthly stipend, experimentation budget and access to experts to test and launch your idea.
• You'll then qualify to pitch for up to $250k further funding to launch it.

Application Process

We have intentionally made this process as simple as possible so it’s not onerous on the founder. Our application process is broken down in the following stages:

• Application form - to vet the market opportunity and get to know the founder a little bit. If you have not heard from us in 1 week from applying, please consider your application unsuccessful
• Exploratory Chat - a 30 min session to meet the founder and assess founder/market fit. Outcome will be communicated in 2 weeks from initial chat.
• Panel Interview - a 1 hour  session with different members at FFA to probe a little bit more into your concept. Outcome will be communicated in 1 week after the panel interview.

Note: Applications are on a rolling basis and hence they are always open. Please apply anytime.