How to Apply Pierre Castel Prize 2024 | The grants awarded as part of this competition aim to promote the growth of the selected companies and increase their impact within the value chains . These awards also aim to promote the development of skills of entrepreneurs, to facilitate and encourage the sharing of knowledge, and finally, to stimulate the creation of pan-African synergies.
The Pierre Castel Fund and its partners Castel El Djazaïr , Brakina , Boissons du Cameroun , Solibra , Star and Bracongo SA , are organizing the 7th edition of the PIERRE CASTEL PRIZE, 6 African countries are concerned by this edition: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Wards:
- 1st winners : €15,000, sponsorship and a coaching program
- 2nd winners : €10,000, a coaching program
- Finalists : Access to certified entrepreneurial e-learning training with the Geneva International Trade Center (ITC) and participation in the Young Hopes Prize – For sustainable agriculture and food
Coaching is carried out in collaboration with certified support organizations. Upon their election, the 36 entrepreneurs join the network of “African Builders” , a community of entrepreneurs serving the development of the African continent.
In partnership with the Interacademic Group for Development (GID) and the Ecole Supérieure d’Agronomie (ESA) of Yamoussoukro (Ivory Coast), the finalists from each country have the opportunity to compete for the Young Hopes Prize – For a sustainable agriculture and food . This system attached to the Pierre Castel Prize aims to congratulate the potential of young entrepreneurs and to support them in their development through the levers of training and mentoring. The terms of this competition will be made known to the finalists from 06/01/2024.
Eligibility:
- You are an agricultural entrepreneur;
- You are between 18 and 45 years old;
- You have the nationality of one of the countries concerned by this edition and you reside there;
- Your business exists legally and has been in operation for at least one year;
- You have a development project including a measurable social, economic and environmental impact on your ecosystem.
How to Apply Pierre Castel Prize 2024
- Application form *
- Presentation file *
- resume
- Copy of your identity document (passport recommended)
- Accounting balance sheet or operating account for the 2023 financial year
- Official document certifying the legal existence of your business
Call for applications: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon,
- FROM MARCH 1 TO APRIL 15: Madagascar, Democratic Republic of Congo
- FROM MARCH 10 TO APRIL 15: Call for applications: Ivory Coast
- FROM APRIL 16 TO 30: Examination of applications and selection of 36 entrepreneurs (6 per country)
- FROM MAY 2 TO 14: Field visits
- FROM MAY 21 TO 31: Auditions of candidates by local juries and selection of 12 winners (2 per country)
- FROM JUNE 3 TO 14: Creation of provisional plans for the use of endowment
- JUNE 21: Grand Jury
- JULY 10: Pan-African awards ceremony in Algiers
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
- FROM APRIL 17 TO 18: Examination of applications and preselections
- FROM APRIL 22 TO MAY 5: Field visits
- MAY 6: Selection of the 6 finalists
- MAY 17: Local jury
- FROM MAY 27 TO 31: Creation of provisional plans for the use of endowment
