AfricArena Startup Pitch Applications 2026
AfricArena Cape Town, South Africa
Call for African tech startups to pitch at AfricArena's regional events and its year-end Grand Summit in Cape Town, putting founders in front of Africa-focused VCs, corporates and ecosystem builders.
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Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes.
You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.
About
Also: Pitch slot at AfricArena events; Exposure to 150+ local and 200+ international Africa-focused VCs; Optional exhibition presence on request.
Who can apply: Eligibility, stages and deadline are not spelled out on the page; exhibiting requests go to contact@africarena.com.
Annual tour with regional stops and a Cape Town Grand Summit (late Nov/early Dec). Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
How to apply: through the official page.
What to prepare: company description, deck.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Apply to pitch at AfricArena events”
Who can apply
- Open to founders
- Eligibility, stages and deadline are not spelled out on the page; exhibiting requests go to contact@africarena.com.
What you will need
- Company profileUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Pitch deckUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page.
How Onward Scout helps
Onward Scout maps the official form field by field, fills it from your sourced profile and drafts the written answers; you review and tap to submit. If the form stops at a CAPTCHA, a login or a payment, you get a handoff with every field ready to paste.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get a pitch deck and a one-pager for this programme, drafted from what you already have in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to AfricArena without your tap.
Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.