SAIS
Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups
SAIS
Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups
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Our Investment Readiness Programme 2025 is online on the plattform VC4A.com. We are looking forward to your applications – feel free to get in contact with us!
Our Services for Start-Ups
If you are a start-up and join a SAIS Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) you get access to a wide array of tailormade services which are designed to help you to become investment ready.
Our Mission: scale digital innovations for social impact
“Scaling digital Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups” (SAIS) is a programme implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
some of the 70+ Start-ups
Sais in numbers
65%
of the Start-ups raised follow-on funding after joining the programmew
Start-ups raised
$40M
of the Start-ups raised follow-on funding after joining the programmew
Start-ups increased their number of users
>520K
Over
95%
of the Start-ups are still in the market
Who we are
We are a company development and accelerator programme for African tech start-ups in the agriculture, food, and livestock sectors. Start-ups and their solutions are a central pathway to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).