Work in Progress ! Alliance Youth-led Innovation Challenge

OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

Association

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Deadline

24 Sep 2020

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Miscellaneous

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

This opportunity is destined for all countries

Eligible Region

All Regions

Work in Progress! Alliance calls application for Youth-led Innovation Challenge in Nigeria.

The Work in Progress! Alliance is an initiative that seeks to enable young people from diverse backgrounds to generate sustainable living wages and create optimism about their future in Egypt, Nigeria, and Somalia. Sponsored by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Alliance consists of Oxfam Novib, Venture Capital for Africa, Butterfly Works, and a number of national partners in our project countries.

Through this innovation challenge, The Work in Progress! project aims to support and learn from youth-initiated innovative action that addresses a common challenge across all three project countries. Successful project experiences and lessons learned will be shared through the Work in Progress! and Oxfam networks.

Awards

Work in Progress! Alliance Youth-led Innovation Challenge will provide two 10,000 awards in each country. In addition to that, the winners of the Challenge will be eligible for technical support from our partners including the possibility of mentorship from Innovation Challenge participants in the other project countries. The award is meant to assist each winner to develop, implement, and put in full operation an innovative solution to help alleviate their community or business from the impact of the Coronavirus.

Eligibility criteria

Selection Criteria

Selection Process

Work in Progress! Alliance Youth-led Innovation Challenge is for young people, startups, and small businesses registered in Egypt, Nigeria, and Somaliland. Candidates will apply online by completing an application form (below), elaborating plans for the innovation project, presenting a proof of concept and budget. A panel of judges will review and score all applications and invite the best applicants to pitch their ideas and proposals through a virtual presentation. The panel will then select two winners (per country).