88mph accelerator program

88mph is searching for startups with ideas that can scale across english speaking Africa. The accelerator program is open to both local and international tech entrepreneurs.

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Unreasonable at Sea

The Unreasonable Institute has partnered with Semester at Sea to launch this accelerator on a ship as it travels more than 25,000 nautical miles around the globe to 14 international destinations.

Over the course of the 100 day accelerator, the 10 companies we work with will have the chance to:

• explore the local economies of 14 countries where they will experiment in taking their technology to market and will bridge connections with top government officials, foundations, venture capitalists, and serial entrepreneurs,
• bring 2-3 core members of their founding team for the entirety of the program
• be mentored by 20 world-class serial entrepreneurs and innovators who will join us on the ship,
• be connected to and form relationships with top-tier globally centric venture capital funds and foundations,
• go through an intensive accelerator led by the founder of the Unreasonable Institute and the founder of Stanford’s d-school,
• live, travel, and work with 9 other extraordinary companies and their teams,
• live, mentor, and learn from the over 600 undergraduates who will be studying abroad on Semester at Sea throughout the entire voyage, and
• circumnavigate the globe on Semester at Sea’s MV Explorer (fastest cruise-liner in the world).

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Tandaa Digital Content Grants – Call for Proposals

The second round of the Tandaa Digital Content Grant Call for Proposals is now open.

Companies and individual teams with innovative ideas that use web and mobile phone technology are invited to submit their proposals for a chance to be awarded a grant of US $10,000 – 50,000.

The objective of the grant is to stimulate ICT innovation and creativity while promoting economic growth in the sector. By supporting tech-entrepreneurs with the funds they need to successfully take their products to market, the Tandaa Grant hopes to grow the number of relevant and local web and mobile applications available to Kenyans.

For more information on categories and how to apply, visit http://www.yipekenya.org/Tandaa Digital Content Grants – Call for Proposals.htm