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Mara Foundation Seed Fund

Key Information

Organisation

Mara

Status

Open

Type

Seed Funding

Amount

USD 10,000 – 50,000

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Description

Backing African developers building on the Mara blockchain ecosystem.

Eligibility Criteria

Developers and solo-founders building decentralized apps for the African market.

Focus Sectors

Web3, DApps, DeFi

Equity Terms

Grants or Equity; focuses on building the regional developer ecosystem.

Startups That Could Apply

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Paymob MENA's payment infrastructure

SafeBoda Safer bodas for Kampala

Farmerline Ghana Digital tools for Africa's farmers

Ampersand Rwanda African electric moto pioneer

Instabug Mobile app performance from Cairo

Botlhale AI Voice AI for African languages

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