First Open Call

FIRST OPEN CALL

THE FIRST AFRICA-EUROPE ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME IS NOW HERE!

The Hubiquitous 1st Open Call will select the 20 most promising, sustainable and innovative ideas using IoT technology in five different industries:
agrifood, smart cities, health, industry 4.0 and green economy.
 
Opening: 30th May 2022, 9.00 am CET

Deadline: 15th July 2022, 17.00 pm CET

Discover our challenges

AGRIFOOD

Agriculture is a driver of growth for any economy. Digitalisation can enhance processes in these sectors involving material flow, information flow or financial capital flow, managed via the supply chain management.

SMART CITIES

Digitalisation has enormous potential to modernize the government and public sector, e.g. by protecting sensitive citizen and government data, increasing trust in government systems or by developing smart city applications.

HEALTH

Digital solutions are necessary to improve primary care assistance, to prevent diseases and disabilities, to cover the specific needs of vulnerable communities, to make the national healthcare systems more efficient and resilient and to improve the patient experience.

INDUSTRY 4.0

Different smart technologies are helping to speed up the digital transformation of manufacturing and enable a decisive move towards industry 4.0. The smart factories of the future will organise themselves and enable production that is collaborative, customer-specific and individualised.

GREEN ECONOMY

To reach climate goals, the digital sector has to contribute its share and embrace sustainability in all its facets: circular economy models for hardware, climate-neutral CPUs and server centres, software advancements to reduce energy consumption, and many more.

Who can participate?

Eligible applicants

Eligible African countries

  • Entrepreneurs 
  • Startups
  • Scaleups 
  • SMEs
  • Egypt 
  • Ghana 
  • Nigeria
  • Tanzania 

We specially encourage application from women and young talents, as well as African-European partnerships. 

Applicants from EU27 countries may submit applications jointly with an African parter if:

  • The lead applicant is the African partner.
  • The IoT solutions will be physically deployed in Africa (prototyping and testing activities).

How to Apply

A complete submission includes the following documents:

 

  • Part 1: Proposal Template (max. 6 pages) (download here)
  • Part 2: Administrative Data Sheet (to be completed on the platform)

Proposals must be submitted by Friday, 15th July 2022, 5:00 PM CET through the dedicated platform.

Download here the guide for applicants for more information about the submission procedure and the awarding criteria

APPLY HERE

What will you get?

Application Business Box

A “ready-to-use” technical and business support package to entrepreneurs and startups, consisting of 3 essential elements: 

  • Prototyping kits & software templates, 
  • Training courses (both technical and business-oriented contents), and 
  • Business support templates.

Solution Lab facilities

The Solution Lab provides startups with the capacity to develop, test, experiment and pilot innovative products, using IoT, AI and Big Data technologies.

Furthermore, the selected projects will have access tothe “Prototyping and Learning Centre”, a platform allowing the startupers to quickly design and create a prototype, while learning on the way.

 

Help desk and Mentoring

The participants will have access to a permanent service (from Monday to Friday) to receive assistance and information.

Furthermore, they will have the chance to connect with a network of Mentors, and receive support from them on specific issues upon request.

 

Access to the learning area

Selected participants will have access to the training materials, courses, webinars, bootcamps and hackathons covering, among others:

  • Fundamentals of IoT,
  • Introduction to Basic Electronics,
  • Development Boards and Sensors,
  • Getting started with Waziup technologies, and
  • IoT Cloud platform.

The MeetHub platform

A platform for IoT stakeholders to collaborate in Europe and Africa. It  encourages networking and learning between professionals, enthusiasts, individuals and businesses.  The platform allows to search for DIHs, startups and developers in IoT, and to promote innovative IoT solutions.

Growth and investment readiness

The Program foresees 2 interactive online workshops on  Investor Readiness, covering topics like:

  • Planning for Fundraising, 
  • Preparing Fundraising Materials, 
  • The Fundraising Process, 
  • The Human Element, 
  • What to Look for in an Investor, and 
  • Startup Valuation.

Awards

Overall winner of the 1st Accelerator Program : 1.000 €

Winner in Nigeria: 1.000 €

Winner in Egypt: 1.000 €

Winner in Tanzania: 1.000 €

Winner in Ghana: 1.000 €

Contact and support

Guide for Applicants
Here you can find the Guide for Applicants, providing information about the submission procedure an the awarding criteria .

 

FAQ Section
Here you can find a FAQ section collecting the questions asked by other applicants.

 

Contact

If you have questions, please write  an email at  cserna@insomniaconsulting.es