- OST pre-incubation second edition is ON!
The Open Startup Tunisia Pre-incubator project, implemented by Open Startup Tunisia and supported by the Innov’i-EU4Innovation project for a period of 18 months, aims to strengthen its pre-incubation programme, Tech for good, dedicated to young entrepreneurs’ ideas of high-impact and to technological startups. OST offers a free support programme including entrepreneurship training as well as enhanced technological training, national and international mentoring, prototyping support and access to financial capital. OST also aims to broaden its field of action in the MEA (Middle EastAfrica) region by offering privileged access to start-ups in the region and intends to introduce dialogue between startups and actors of the traditional economy by building an ad-hoc programme in collaboration with Deloitte [1].
What to gain from this amazing trip with OST Pre-incubation? [2]
In addition to the major fun, as a selected startup or solo talent you will have access to:
-Coaching and monitoring from the most known influencers in the ecosystem
-As a solo talent you will be allocated to the participant startups in the programme as a part of the TEAM!
-Access to seed money to start your business
If you are a solo talent, here is your chance:
Talented individuals will get the opportunity to join our programme and get matched with the amazing teams and startups participating in the upcoming cohort.
If you are a student or a fresh graduate, you have outstanding skills in any particular field, passionate about technology & solving global pressing challenges, you want to get on an entrepreneurial adventure, and you want to join an immersive learning experience in the startups’ world, well you’re in the right place.
You can use this application form to apply and join OST Pre-incubator as a Solo Talent.
OST is a 12-week Pre-incubation Programme, co-designed with Columbia Engineering and Business Schools. It offers a unique learning experience that provides students and fresh graduates with hands-on support and a complete curriculum tailored to their specific needs.
OST Pre-incubator will provide students & fresh graduates willing to kick-start their entrepreneurial journeys with an amazing opportunity to :
– Follow a top-notch intensive training led by national and international experts ;
– Get support for prototyping ;
-Access seed and pre-seed funding ;
-International and National Exposure ;
– Connect and work with Columbia’s MBA students ;
– An immersive one-week experience in New York Startup Ecosystem: One lucky team will get the chance to participate in Columbia Venture Competition.
We commit to helping you build your startups while providing you with the necessary and needed support.
- APIA and FAO event discussing Instruments and interventions to promote responsible agricultural investments
On 06/30/2021 the Agency for the Promotion of Agricultural Investments, represented by its Director-General, Mrs. Inji Dougui, participated in the 2nd virtual event of the series “Reconstruct better: Instruments and interventions to promote responsible agricultural investments” organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Objectives of this event:
✔ Sensitize participants to the potential of incentives as part of the strategies to promote responsible investment in agriculture and food systems, as well as the risks that may arise from inappropriate use of incentives;
✔ Share good incentive practices that stimulate responsible investments in agriculture and food systems;
✔ Launch the FAO-CCSI Guide on Incentives for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems. During this webinar, the Director-General of APIA gave a presentation on “Support and promotion programmes for the initiative of young agripreneurs”.
APIA is one of the agricultural public institutions highly interested in the future of agriculture in Tunisia, with various programmes like Watermedyin and many others, such as the agripreneur and Agri-Accelerator.
Sources and references:
[1] http://www.smarttunisia.tn/decouvrez-les-startups-du-premier-demo-day-de-lost-pre-incubator/
