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Climate Change- Africa Opportunities is calling for the green prize for sustainable Africa 2020. Climate change, which often manifests as sharp increases in temperature, rising sea levels, changes in weather, and other extreme consequences, often causing adverse effects on human health, biodiversity and natural ecosystems, serious environmental, social and economic impacts. These represent a real challenge for indigenous populations and the socio-economic development prospects of Africa.
Climate Change - Africa Opportunities (CCAO) and its partners are looking for approaches, startups and local initiatives from young green entrepreneurs, women and indigenous communities carrying knowledge (traditional and or modern), new ideas and offering initiatives and or likely to offer innovative indigenous, or technological services, solutions to improve African resilience to the challenges of climate change.
Therefore, how could we collaborate to contribute to improving African resilience to the challenges of climate change by supporting startups and initiatives of young green entrepreneurs, women and indigenous peoples from the perspective of environmental justice, protection of environment, biodiversity and rational management of natural resources in Africa?
Participants must:
Obtain feedback on their initiatives from Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners.
Obtain internal connection opportunities from Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners
Be considered as potential candidates for acceleration and co-creation opportunities of Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners.
Participants' projects can be integrated into Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its communication campaigns, with the general public (after participant's authorization), and will therefore benefit from wide visibility.
Finalists (up to 20) will:
Participate in person in the awards ceremony (travel expenses covered) with opportunities to establish links with Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners.
Access other online connection opportunities with Climate Change-Africa Opportunité (CCAO) and its partners.
Be visible via the online communication tools of Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO).
Be referenced on the Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) site when the finalists are announced.
Present their initiatives to a jury during the final winner selection event.
Have their project also reviewed by a group of employees of Climate Change-Africa Opportunity (CCAO) and its partners, who will vote to choose their favorites.
The winners (up to 10) of the competition will:
Receive a prize ranging from $ 1,000 to $ 5,000 depending on the quality of the initiative presented.
As soon as the winners are announced, they will be highlighted on the public networks of Climate Change-Africa Opportunité (CCAO) and its partners.
The 10 winners will be invited to participate in an accelerator raising their skills on systemic and collective impact with Climate Change-Africa Opportunité (CCAO) and its partners.
Climate Change - Africa Opportunities (CCAO) is a pan-African non-profit organization of incubation, impetus, capacity building and support for a dynamic of systemic, structural, participatory and integrated transformation of the challenges of climate change in ecological and socio-economic opportunities for the sustainable development of Africa. The mission of Climate Change - Africa Opportunities (CCAO) is to improve African resilience to the challenges of climate change by supporting startups and initiatives of young green entrepreneurs, women and indigenous peoples from an environmental justice perspective, environmental protection, biodiversity and rational management of natural resources in Africa.
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