A sports challenge fund for Africa

Unleashing Africa's potential
for business innovation in sport

The plan​​​​

Challenge funds are an existing and proven mechanism which can be deployed to support private sector innovation that contributes to development impact.

The Sporting Chance Fund aims to test and prove the challenge fund approach in a new under-invested yet deserving sector. It has not been deployed in sport before, where we believe there is strong catalytic and development impact potential.

The focus?​​

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innovative sports business ideas with high impact and scalable business models
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impact first: selecting promising businesses on the primary basis of their impact
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business-like approach: supporting businesses with business mentoring, technical support and the patient, risk capital they need for meaningful growth

The Sporting Chance Fund is a new initiative in development. It is being hosted by Alive & Kicking.