DATA PROTECTION

I hereby grant SFAN and Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa the following permissions:

1. I want to be updated about all things SFAN and Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa (including news about the community, our EPIC events, our offering to young creators and innovators).
2. I consent that SFAN and the Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa Team can safely store and process my contact details and information, about my venture and transfer and share that information with other official members of the Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa community and our partners. I can request to learn anytime which of my contact details and information is being stored. I can also request that just certain information (eg. my social media account handle) will be deleted. SFAN guarantees to not share your details outside our network.
3. If accepted as a member of the Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa community, I consent to be contacted by SFAN and the Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa Team via email, Phone, and other Internet Services.
4. If accepted to the Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa community, I consent to SFAN displaying a profile of me and my Venture on www.studententrepreneurshipweek.com and/or www.sfanonline.org including first name, last name, name of my venture, my skills, a short paragraph about my venture, link to the website of my venture and my public LinkedIn profile (if it exists) and in other on-/offline marketing materials. These profiles do NOT include your contact details or other personal information than the ones mentioned above. We guarantee that you will only receive emails from us directly, other official members of the Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa community (if you are accepted into the program) and official partners of SFAN and Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa and that we will not share your data with anyone outside that circle and never sell your data.

Important note: We need to store your data in order to be able to contact you in order to notify you of the results of the selection process, as a result, there is no opt-out option below, you, of course, can decide to opt-out and withdraw the permission to store your data and contact you at any time. You can do so by reaching out to info@sfanonline.org.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Applicants for Student Entrepreneurship Week Africa:

1. Should lead, co-lead, have founded, co-founded or intends to found/lead their own venture/initiative and address one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
2. Must have a good level of English that enables them to understand, present, and collaborate throughout the program - including the one-on-one investor pitch session.
3. Should have the skills and know-how to be part of a special community of collaborative young innovators and be willing to play an active role within this community.
4. Should be able to take care of their transportation and other logistics like accommodation and in-country transportation. We are unable to accept candidates that cannot finance their travel and accommodation logistics.
5. Should be able to pay a subsidized participation fee of $30.

Note: Funding available ranges from $10K investment for high potential student-led ventures & $50-$100k investment for early-stage startups (Ts&Cs apply). If you're looking to raise funding, kindly have your pitch deck ready before your application. For a guide on how to prepare a pitch deck, click here.