UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge 2022

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UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge 2022

This Youth Innovation Challenge identifies and supports the transformative innovations and resilience of young people from West and Central Africa. Five finalists will be fully funded to participate and pitch their solutions at the 2022 YouthConnekt Sahel Forum in NDjamena, Chad and have a chance to win up to $50,000 (total award envelope to be awarded to the top 5 innovators).

Application Requirements

You must be between 18 and 35 years old.
A citizen (can be in diaspora) of a West & Central African country: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Cote dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Have the best existing solutions (with tangible impact) in the following thematic areas: Digital Transformation, COVID-19 Recovery, Health, Education, Peace and Security, Cultural and Creative Arts, Agroforestry and Climate Change.

Required Documents

Passport/ID. Video pitch.

Funding Specifications

up to $50,000 (total award envelope to be awarded to the top 5 innovators).

Application Steps

How to Apply
Upload a video pitch of not more than 2-minutes.
Fill out the form @ https://forms.gle/q6Cv3MWDYoTcCj6n7.

University: Undp Waca

Country of Study: None

Level: Other

Test Score: N/A

Deadline: 2022-09-02

Dollar Range: At the 2022 YouthConnekt Sahel Forum in N'Djamena, Chad, five finalists will receive complete financing to attend and present their solutions, with the potential to receive funding of up to $50,000. (total award envelope to be awarded to the top 5 innovators).
Participants get access to funding and partnership opportunities for young inventors.
The WACA innovator network will welcome 30 pre-selected youngsters who will have access to peer-to-peer learning, coaching, and training possibilities.

Eligible In: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, the United Republic of, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Scholarship Contact:
rp.africa@undp.org

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Fields of Study: Entrepreneurship

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