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Talent Bridge Africa Build Innovation Challenge (Up to $10,000 monetary grant)

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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