Overview
The AgroHack Challenge 2024 invites innovative ideas across the agricultural value chain to foster new opportunities r young Nigerians. The initiative seeks to accelerate these ideas, aiming to drive rapid growth in the agricultural sector, enhance profitability for farmers, create employment, and boost food security in Nigeria.
Hosts: MasterCard and Pan-Atlantic University
Category: Competitions and Training
Eligible Country: Nigeria
Application Deadline: October 7, 2024
Key Objectives
- Harness innovative solutions to promote rapid growth in the agricultural food sector
- Increase farmers’ output and profitability
- Create new jobs in agriculture
- Enhance food security across Nigeria
Benefits for Participants
- Opportunity to win up to 1 million Naira in grants
- Participation in an accelerator program
- Access to a 5-day enterprise bootcamp
- Intense mentorship from international experts
- Business support services
- Connections with potential investors and clients
- Exploration of new market opportunities
Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for the AgroHack Challenge 2024, applicants must:
- Operate a female-led agricultural enterprise
- Be aged between 18 and 35
- Have a team consisting of at least two members
- Present an innovative or scalable business idea or model within the agricultural sector (from farm to fork)
- Demonstrate the potential to transform a community, nation, or region, or to have a global impact
- Possess a minimum viable product (MVP)
- Have a business model with a clearly defined customer segment
- Show evidence of market traction
Application Process
If your venture meets the following criteria:
- Has an innovative or scalable business idea or model in agriculture (covering any aspect from farm to fork)
- Possesses a minimum viable product
- Has a clear business model with a defined customer segment
- Demonstrates any form of market traction
- Holds the potential to transform a community, nation, region, or achieve global impact
You are encouraged to apply. The application process begins on Thursday, August 1, 2024.
Apply Here
Join the AgroHack Challenge 2024 and take a step toward transforming the agricultural landscape in Nigeria while driving your innovative ideas to success.