Current competitions and projects
Together with partners and donors, we support emerging market entrepreneurs in starting and growing their businesses.
Somali AgriFood
The IFAD program, together with Shuraako, for entrepreneurs in the agriculture, fishery, and/or food-processing sector in Somaliland, Puntland and South & Central Somalia, and Somali diaspora investors interested in investing in these businesses.
IFDC CATALIST-Uganda
The competition for small and medium businesses in the rice, cassava, sunflower, soybeans and Irish potato value chains in Eastern, Northern and South-Western Uganda that are looking for networking, training, coaching and matchmaking services.
Other opportunities?
If your business does not match any BiD Network sector or region portals, entrepreneurs are invited to develop their plan in the bidx Gateway Portal.
Successful previous business plan competitions and projects
Women in Business Challenge
The business plan competition together with ING for women entrepreneurs in emerging markets seeking training, coaching, networks and finance to start and grow their business.
Get in the Ring Africa
In 2014, BiD Network was selected by the Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship to host the regional final of Get in the Ring, the Olympics for startups, for promising entrepreneurs from all over Africa.