Are you a fintech entrepreneur? Fancy winning a million shillings? Ecobank group is inviting African fintech startups and entrepreneurs to enter into the 2020 edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge.
This is the third Fintech Challenge that Ecobank says gives African start-ups the opportunity to promote their fintech solutions across Ecobank’s 33 markets in Africa as well as France.
Ecobank is welcoming submissions from all start-ups and developers in any of Africa’s 54 countries to enter the Fintech Challenge here.
All Finalists will be inducted as Ecobank Fintech Fellows and will participate in a business boot camp followed by an Awards and Innovation Fair at the headquarters of the Ecobank Group in Lomé, Togo in June 2020. The top 3 finalists will win cash prizes.
The top three winners at the Challenge will be awarded Sh1 million ($10,000), Sh700,000 ($7000), and Sh500,000 ($5000) respectively.
Fellows will be given access to Ecobank’s APIs to test and improve their products for the pan-African market.
“As a banking group we continue to be amazed at the many ways in which fintechs are transforming banking across Africa. We look forward to the new innovations and partnership opportunities that will come with the 2020 edition.” Ecobank Group Executive, Operations & Technology, Eddy Ogbogu noted.
Entries are open up until 12th April 2020.
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