Opportunities for Africans
The AFRISE Challenge provides an opportunity for high potential African youth and student entrepreneurs to rise up in their entrepreneurial journey, and contribute to local and regional economic development by becoming job creators. The program is a partnership between Concordia University and Hindsight Ventures, with a central theme focusing on how youth entrepreneurs can help “African” economies to “Rise”.
30 high-potential founders will be selected for a mentorship and leadership development accelerator, delivered by successful founders, industry leaders, domain experts and investors; alongside leaders from Concordia University and Hindsight Ventures network.
The Accelerator Program will culminate with an International Demo Day, wherein the Top-15 Entrepreneurs present at a Virtual Demo Day to a group of early stage venture investors and Entrepreneurship Support Organizations for accessing funding support (grant + equity based funding)
Each startup gets in excess of $600,000 in technology credits from partners such as AWS, Zoho, IBM, Microsoft, Canva, DigitalOcean, FreshWorks and more.
Applications are now open for the 2026 AFRISE Challenge.
Application Deadline: 3rd April 2026
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