<h4 style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 13px;">Fast Forward is an early-stage fund and venture studio that supports African entrepreneurs who are creating businesses that use technology to unlock prosperity. A group of startups developing technological products for Nigeria's livestock and related industries will receive support from Fast Forward.</span></h4><div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Up to 10 livestock-tech businesses will be chosen and supported by Fast Forward as part of the program, which will provide funding and company-building assistance in the areas of app development, growth marketing, public relations, strategy, and operations. In six months, the team at Fast Forward will collaborate with the founders to attain strong unit economics and a minimum of $20K MRR.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">If at least three businesses meet those goals within the allotted time, Fast Forward will invest up to $100,000 in them. Additionally, through its network, the US and Africa-based venture studio will present those startups to additional (local and regional) investors and clients worldwide.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">A grant from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, a German development agency, supports Fast Forward's program for livestock-tech innovators in Nigeria.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>The Criteria</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Across the whole livestock value chain—inputs, feeding, storage, genetics, breeding, vaccines, aquaculture, and more—Fast Forward is hiring tech-focused ventures.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>More specific categories include the following:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.1px;">- Vaccines and R&amp;D</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Engineering and Processing</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Health and Monitoring</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Farm Management</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Data and Analytics</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Predictive Technologies</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Financing</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">- Business and Education</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b>How to Apply</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Interested businesses can apply online by filling out a form. Fast Forward will take single-founder businesses into consideration, but startups are encouraged to have at least one co-founder.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div>