Call for applications: The Ecobank Fintech Challenge for all startups with innovative solutions
Closing Date: 07 July 2024
Call for applications: The Ecobank Fintech Challenge for all startups with innovative solutions
The Ecobank Fintech Challenge is open to all startups with innovative solutions addressing the needs of the African population and its diaspora.
It has been created with two objectives in mind:
- Identify and support Fintechs that are ready to scale up with resources, funding, partnerships, etc. in Ecobank’s 33 African markets.
- Leverage these pan-African Fintech success stories and the solutions they offer to improve Africa’s financial integration and economic development.
Benefits
The Challenge is the ideal launchpad for African Fintech innovators and startups to scale up to the next grand level with full support from Ecobank. It brings together a diverse pool of Africa-focused innovations to solve Africa’s financial inclusion pain points.
Competition cash prizes: $50,000 no-strings attached cash prize support to the winning company along with more cash prizes to the top three winners
Multinational product rollout: Commercial partnership and integration opportunities to access and launch products across Ecobank’s 33 African markets
Service provider partnerships: Business acceleration and capacity building support along with the opportunity to be a country-level partner in Ecobank’s ecosystem
Access to our pan-African banking Sandbox: Support of a dedicated team to carry out Ecobank’s API tests and enable better integration of Fintech products in the pan-African market
Well-established partner network: Easy access and relationship building with global and African accelerators, potential investors and mentors because of Ecobank Fintech Fellowship
Integration with our existing digital offerings: Launchpad to leverage our existing products such as Omni, Electronic Financial Supply Chain (eFSC), Xpress, Mobile App, MasterPass™ QR, mVISA™ & mCash, etc
