Monday
December 20
2021

African Climate Startups Invited to Apply for Adaptation SME Accelerator Project

By Tom Jackson

Applications have opened in Africa and Asia for the Adaptation SME Accelerator Project (ASAP), a programme for SMEs and startups that are scaling market-based and contextualised solutions to critical climate adaptation and resilience challenges.

Run by Village Capital and The Lightsmith GroupASAP will accelerate 16 SMEs and startups that are scaling climate adaptation and resilience solutions in Africa and Asia.

A grant-funded initiative also supported by the Global Environment Facility’s Special Climate Change Fund, Conservation International, and the Inter-American Development Bank that seeks to build an ecosystem for small- to medium-sized companies in emerging markets that have technologies, products, and services that can be used to build resilience to the impacts of climate change.

 

Source: Disrupt Africa (link opens in a new window)

Categories
Energy, Environment
Tags
accelerators, climate change, scale, startups