The AYuTe Africa NextGen Challenge 2025

The AYuTe Africa NextGen is a competition that identifies and enables young African entrepreneurs to develop and scale agtech solutions. Selected companies receive part of a $1.5 million catalytic grant, along with technical support to scale their solutions and expand their impact.

Catalytic grant portion plus technical support to scale solutions and impact

Have at least three years of experience working with smallholder farmers in Africa; operate in Sub-Saharan Africa in the sectors of Access to Finance, Access to Market, Access to Energy, or Climate Smart Solutions and Resilience; have a sustainable business model and provide an innovative product or service with demonstrated demand among smallholder farmers.