GoGettaz Africa Agripreneur Prize Competition 2025

Published: 02 Jun 2025

Welcome to the seventh annual GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition. This is where agrifood innovation meets impact. Africa’s food sector faces mounting challenges in climate resilience, food security, and nutrition. The need for groundbreaking solutions has never been greater.

The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize is a fantastic opportunity for young African agripreneurs to ignite their agribusiness potential.

GoGettaz Africa Contest

Application Deadline	June 10, 2025
Country to study	Senegal
Type	Contest
Sponsor	GoGettaz Africa
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of GoGettaz Africa Contest

100,000 US Dollars in prizes will go to 2 Winners!

• 2 x 50,000 US Dollar Grand Prizes
• Impact Awards – The judges of this year’s competition will be looking to award a total of $60,000 USD to ventures that make a significant impact in one or more of the following areas: improving rural livelihoods, nutrition, climate related solutions, technology, gender impact, natural resources conservation, and job creation
• Flight, accommodation, and visa costs covered to pitch their businesses at the GoGettaz Finals at the Africa Food Systems Forum Summit in Dakar, Senegal
• Facilitated participation at the Agribusiness Deal Room at the AFSF

Requirements for GoGettaz Africa Contest

Here’s what we are looking for:

The Entrepreneur

• Entrepreneur is aged 35 or below on the date of submission to the competition, and is legally recognised as an adult in country of nationality
• Entrepreneur holds nationality (with an official ID) from a country which is a member of the African Union
• Entrepreneur is the founder/co-founder of the venture he/she represents in the competition and plays an active role in its operations and leadership
• Entrepreneur has no criminal record related to corruption, tax evasion, financial impropriety, felony, or other offence, and will provide a signed declaration to that effect, if requested

The Venture

• Venture is already legally registered in a country which is a member of the African Union or will have commenced with the registration of such a legal entity prior to 10 June 2025
• Venture is headquartered in a country which is a member of the African Union
• Venture is designed to be financially sustainable, either as a for-profit business or a non-profit generating some revenue and aiming not to be dependent on donor funding
• Venture plays a role in the agrifood sector and/or supports the development of the agrifood sector through an innovation or process improvement

Application Deadline

June 10, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to GoGettaz Africa on vc4a.com to apply