Ahun 2022 Calling for Applications

Ministry of Labor & Skills, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), is inviting entrepreneurs to take part in the 2022 Ahun High-Growth Digital Startups Incubation Program.

Ahun, which is in its second cohort, is looking for innovative ideas from startups and innovators engaged in agriculture, horticulture, and small-scale irrigation, livestock, fishery, forestry, industry, manufacturing, construction, service, tourism, creative, and ICT fields.

The overall objective of the incubation program is to equip entrepreneurs with advanced entrepreneurship and, business skills, marketing strategy, and business planning.

Selected entrepreneurs will gain access to a four-month incubation program, receive seed funding of $5,000 from the UNDP, get access to a co-working space, get mentors and coaches, and connect with important government and private partners.

Other benefits include access to investors and an experience-based supportive ecosystem with like-minded individuals that cultivates peer-to-peer learning.

The first Ahun competition was held last year, which recognized 17 high-growth digital entrepreneurs that had graduated from the Ahun Incubation Program for Digital Entrepreneurs. The entrepreneurs also received $5,000 in seed funding to accelerate their growth.

Click here to apply to the incubation program that has a deadline of July 31, 2022.