Africa Proptech Forum Startup Competition open for entries

How it works

• The Africa Proptech Forum (APF) committee will review all online applications and will pre-select three startups per region.​
• The regions will consist of East Africa, West Africa, and Southern and Central Africa (as one region).​
• Each of the pre-selected startups will then have the opportunity to present their company to the APF committee and members of the APF jury during regionally focused virtual sessions: East Africa (7 July), Southern and Central Africa (27 July), and West Africa (7 November).
• One finalist per region will then be selected and they will get the opportunity to pitch their company in front of the Africa Proptech Forum audience on 7 September 2021 in Johannesburg (or virtually) where the APF jury will select one final winner.​​

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Criteria

• The quality and scalability of the technology.
• The ability of the business model to be profitable on a continent-wide scale​.
• Customer value proposition – ability to solve an industry problem​.
• User experience​.
• The replicability of the technology or solution​​.

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Requirements

• Provide a solution for the real estate industry: They must demonstrate their capacity to move the real estate ecosystem forward with an innovative business model, technology, service or content experience.
• Be created after 2016.
• Already have revenue, less than $1m.
• Have less than 20 employees.
• Be business-ready (already launched).
• Be independent.
• Be genuinely original and innovative, with regional viability.
• Demonstrate a business impact for potential partners and Africa Proptech Forum delegates.

For more information, and to enter, click here.