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Imperial College Africa Venture Prize

Key Information

Organisation

Imperial College London

Status

Open

Application Deadline

30 Sep 2026

Program Type

Prize

Amount

GBP 5,000

About this Program

Encouraging STEM-based entrepreneurship that solves local challenges in Africa.

Benefits & What You Get

Seed funding; technical mentoring; access to Imperial tech hubs.

Eligibility

African STEM graduates and early-career innovators.

Startups That Could Apply

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Expensya Tunisia Tunisian tech success story

Trella Uber for trucks in MENA

InstaDeep Tunisia AI champion acquired by BioNTech

Union54 Zambia's fintech unicorn story

SafeBoda Safer bodas for Kampala

Paymob MENA's payment infrastructure

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