Brussels Innovation Fair 2025

About

The Brussels Innovation Fair 2025, organized by the Africa - Europe Innovation Platform, invites startups and SMEs from Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean to showcase their innovations in key sectors such as public health, agriculture, and renewable energy, offering selected participants a chance to pitch to influential stakeholders and receive tailored support to advance their projects, with the event taking place in a hybrid format on October 23, 2025.

Benefits

• Selected startups will have a 2-minute pitch opportunity in front of public and private investors, policymakers, business leaders, researchers, and civil society organizations
• Winners will receive tailored support to reduce risks and advance projects, including potential IP support, business and market strategy planning, marketing funding, R&D expansion, and manufacturing support
• Successful exhibitors will receive funding for travel to Brussels
• The fair serves as a key platform for Africa-Europe innovation cooperation, providing extensive networking and collaboration opportunities

Eligibility Criteria

• Startups and SMEs from Africa, Europe, and the Mediterranean region
• Focus on public health, food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture, climate change, renewable energy, innovative technologies, and scientific capacity building
• Emphasis on international cooperation and regional innovation ecosystem development