Interested innovative building challenge? Have entrepreneurship ideas? Then you should apply for Talent Bridge Africa Build Innovation Challenge. Apply for a $10,000 monetary grant to help you scale your Innovation.
This is not a business competition and it is not a “winner takes it all” challenge. It’s a gathering of Innovators to bring about the change we all need. We do not believe in the monopoly of ideas and that is why instead of a single winner we want to support up to 200 Innovations to succeed.
Talent Bridge Africa Build Innovation Challenge | DETAILS
We Fund Challenge – Apply for a $10,000 monetary grant to help you scale your Innovation.
We Build Challenge – Apply for a $3,600 non-monetary grant and get and expert team to help you develop your idea and get it ready to hit the market.
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Eligibility Criteria
To qualify for either phases the Innovation must meet the following criteria:
- Must be a true innovation (either nothing like it in the market or significantly improves an existing solution)
- Must be able to demonstrate the impact the Innovation will have in the Education, Health or Agriculture sectors
- Must be able to reach at least 20,000 people (direct and indirect users)
- Must apply technology to reach its users
- Must have a minimum of three team members registered with us. Teams with both genders represented will be scored higher than those without
- Must be self sustaining
- Must have presence in Kenya
- You may submit only one (1) application per team in each application round
Fund phase criteria
To qualify for the Fund phase the Innovation must meet the following criteria:
- Must have a ready Innovation (product or service) that has been taken to the market and has demonstrable demand over at least 4 months. If your Innovation has not developed to this stage you can apply for the Build phase
- Must have a viable registered entity in Kenya that can be funded
- Must have at least one full-time working member
- Applicant must be a director in the registered entity
- You must have been operating for at least one (1) year
Build phase criteria
To qualify for the Build phase the Innovation must meet the following criteria:
- Must have be a clearly defined idea with a documented concept note
- Must complete the Build phase in a maximum duration of 6 months
- Must be available to participate fully in all aspects of the program
- Must contribute Ksh 2,900 ($29) per team member per month for the duration they are in the BUILD phase. Student team members have a further subsidy and will contribute Ksh 1,200 ($12) per team member per month. This co-pay requirement will help eliminate any loose association and any team that is not committed.
Application Procedures
How-to-Apply: Interested and eligible candidates should: click here to apply
Application Deadline: Closed!
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