In order to support the Entrepreneurs seeking to raise funding for their businesses as part of our vision to fund startups yearly in Cameroon, we have designed a competition called THE 1000 ERA FUNDING, were selected Cameroonian entrepreneurs from the applicants who have successfully gone through our training program can get the chance to compete for a prize Award in THE 1000 ERA FUNDING Competition (where startups get to win between 1000-5000 $ to start or grow their business) or pitch/showcase their business ideas or businesses to a group of investors in order to raise funding. THE 1000 ERA Funding competition! Presents over 30,000 USD (15000000 FCFA) in Cash & Prizes to talented Entrepreneurs or startups across the national territory during the pilot phase.  THE 1000 ERA Funding competition was founded in 2020. Our goal is to discover the most promising new startups or Entrepreneurs from across the country, train and empower them with seed Capital to solve local challenges

Each year our Judges will read and evaluate all the applicant’s submissions, searching for the most promising new or at most 3years old startups/Entrepreneurs, and at the end of each phase of the competition, we will award 100 Prizes in our twelve (12) categories or more listed below.

For this pilot phase, 100 startups or Entrepreneurs will qualify to compete for funding and at the end of this competition, at least 10 startups will walk away with prizes from our 30 000 USD Cash & Prizes based on the following categories;

1. Agriculture,
2. Gender equality,
3. Renewable Energy
4. Climate Action,
5. Software or IT solutions,
6. Health,
7. Quality Education,
8. Portable Water solution,
9. Technology and Engineering,
10. Home Industry
11. Arts and Entertainment
12. Circular Economy and any other category that responds to a major challenge directly

1. All applicants must first register for our Entrepreneurship training program in order to qualify to apply for the funding Competition or Award (A registration fee of 35 000CFA (70$) only is to be paid by each Applicant to be part of our Entrepreneurship Training program after which they can apply for the Funding Competition or Award)
2. All registered Startups must take part in our training program for their startup to stand the chance of being selected amongst the top 100 competing startups)
3. Start-ups must be Cameroonian-led, meaning they must have at least one founder or Co-founder who is a Cameroonian and resides in Cameroon.
4. All applications must submit a pitch deck or a Business plan/proposal or a project document and all these documents must be submitted in English or French upon application.
5. THE 1000 ERA Reserves the right to reject applicants that do not meet the selection criteria at any time. Startups applying must not be older than 3years.
6. A startup can be in an idea stage or currently existing but must have a team with at least one Cameroonian or more residents in Cameroon.
7. All applicants must be between the age of 18-45 years.
8. No applicant may reach out to Judges/jury members in advance of the competition process to advocate for their startup. Anyone who does so will be disqualified.

In case you have any questions, please reach out to THE 1000 ERA Team prior to submitting your application via contact@the1000era.com  or application@the1000era.com

Applications Open March 21^1st, 2022, and close April 30^th, 2022