16 Mar 2018

Africa Innovation Summit for Disruptive Solutions to Africa’s Challenges 2018

Application Deadline: 30th March 2018.

Eligible Countries: African countries

To Be Taken At (Country): Kigali, Rwanda

About the Award: The AIS II seeks innovative and disruptive solutions to the major challenges facing African countries, which include energy access, water, food insecurity, health systems, and governance.
As a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue and actions, AIS II will bring together people with the power to act, from all parts of the continent and elsewhere, including Heads of States and Governments, Ministers, corporates, innovators, investors, policy makers and academics, researchers, as well as policy, science and technology experts, with the aim of building robust ecosystems for innovation in Africa to ensure Africa’s structural transformation.
The AIS has partnered with Enterpriseroom, a transformation consultancy specializing in starting, sustaining, and accelerating businesses, to drive the sourcing and selection of up to 50 Innovations across the continent, to be showcased at the Summit.

Type: Entrepreneurship

Eligibility: The innovators selected must meet the following criteria:
  • Know or have an innovative idea or solution that can drive positive change in Africa and;
  • The solution must be at a critical stage: either ready to commercialize or ready to scale.
Value of Award: 
  • The identified innovators will meet influential people, policy makers, and investors who are ready to discuss Africa’s development challenges and ways to solve them.
  • They will also have the opportunity to interact with like-minded African innovators and change agents who are driving a new era of change in Africa.
Duration of Program:  6-8 June 2018

How to Apply: Applications and additional information can be found Here

Visit the Program Webpage for Details

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