👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾*🚀 2nd ECOWAS STARTUP AWARDS 2026*
Leading an innovative startup in West Africa?
Win up to US$30,000 and scale your business regionally !
Prizes & Benefits:
🥇 Winner: US$30,000
🥈 1st Runner-up: US$20,000
🥉 2nd Runner-up: US$15,000
📈 6-month acceleration program, mentorship, and direct investor access.
🎯 Priority Sectors: FinTech, AgriTech, HealthTech, EdTech, CleanTech & TravelTech.
📋 Eligibility: -Citizen of an ECOWAS Member State with a registered business in the region.-Minimum 2 years of operation with a working product and market traction.(Female-led startups are highly encouraged to apply!)
📅 Deadline: 31 August 2026 (10:59 p.m. GMT)
📍 Physical Event: 28–30 Sept 2026 in Abuja, Nigeria
Apply now
👇: https://ecowasstartupawards.ipawas.org/
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The ECOWAS Startup Awards were established to identify, celebrate and scale high-impact startups while advancing innovation, digital entrepreneurship and economic integration across West Africa.
Following the inaugural edition in Niamey, Niger, on 18–19 November 2021, the Awards have become a platform connecting startups with investors, policymakers and development partners.
This second edition is expected to bring together 60 startups from across the Member States, and is designed in line with international best practices to ensure transparency, fairness, inclusivity and merit-based selection.
Oversight & Guidance
Under the strategic guidance and oversight of the Commission’s Directorate of Private Sector and Industry.
The 2nd ECOWAS Startup Awards is convened by the Directorate of Private Sector and Industry of the ECOWAS Commission, hosted in Abuja, and jointly implemented by the Pan African Alliance of Small and Medium Industries (PAOSMI) and Investment Promotion Agencies of West African States (IPAWAS).
source: https://ecowasstartupawards.ipawas.org/#about
