EiA Open Innovation Challenge

We are looking for companies interested in innovative solutions from African and European start-ups!

Are you a large corporate and do your business units see a siginificant challenge in your sector or area of interest with an urgent need for innovate solutions?

With the ENRICH in Africa Open Innovation Challenges (OICs), we provide you and your corporate divisions with a full innovation scouting experience to connect with and leverage the best collaborative African-European start-up solutions for your chosen topic.

ENRICH in Africa seeks to host and organise 3 OICs for interested corporates (incl. one focused on solutions from female entrepreneurs) in the course of the project in 2022 and 2023. Apply as corporate challenge owner for one of our OICs, sponsor a challenge prize of your choice and get the chance to benefit from a fully curated open innovation experience, powered by our partner Agorize, the world’s leading platform for online open innovation challenges.

The selected corporate challenge owner will be fully supported by our team, from defining an enticing OIC programme to organising a call for joint Africa-European start-up solutions, jury selection and application review. Experienced mentors from our EiA Champions network of African and European incubators and accelerators will closely support you and the selected finalists on the ground to enable lasting impact and cooperation on the winning solutions.

Submit your challenge and benefit from our open innovation programme, leverage co-created African-European start-up solutions for your corporate strategy and contribute to a stronger EU-Africa start-up innovation ecosystem.

For more information, check out our pitch document.

Are you interested in submitting a challenge? Contact us via hello@enrichinafrica.com