Digital Innovations for Business Resilience in the East African Community – Get 10,000 Dollars Grant Apply Now
Are you an undergraduate or a fresh graduate from East Africa? Do you have innovative ideas that can be converted to real-time business? If yes, then here is your chance to get up to a $10,000 grant to fund your unique idea and make it a reality. See details below and apply now.
About Digital Innovations for Business Resilience in the East African Community
The digital innovations for business resilience in the East African Community, is a program under the dSkills@EA as part of the technical development cooperation between the EAC and Germany. The project is aimed at supporting young innovators at universities in the East African Community to develop and implement digital innovations for business resilience in the times of Covid-19.
Apply with a digital innovative idea to participate in practical training and the chance to win a shared grant of USD 10,000.
The political partners for this project include the East African Community Secretariat and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). The main implementation partners are the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), together with an East African-German academic consortium of universities and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
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Eligibility Criteria
Applicants who meet the under listed criteria are eligible to apply for this program;
- University students and recent graduates (graduated no more than 1 year in the past)
- Applicant must be a student of an East African University
- Applicants should be 18-35 years old
- Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply
- Applicants should have an idea for a digital innovation or are in the early stages of implementing their innovation
- Team of minimum 2 people
- Fluent in English
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Benefits of Participating In the Program
Below are some benefits you should expect from participating in this program;
- Finetune your innovative idea during the online Ideathon and get skills in understanding your customers, product development, and business modeling
- Winning teams will receive grants of a pool of USD 10,000
- Get connected to the East African Innovation Ecosystem and learn from amazing people and ideas that will shape our future
- Teams selected for the Bootcamp will receive in-depth support through mentors and trainers to further shape their innovation
Program Time Table
- Jan 2022 – Call for Applications
- Feb 2022 – 3 days Ideathon (Online)
- Mar 2022 – Physical Bootcamp (10 teams selected in 6 countries)
- Mar 2022 – Physical National Pitch-Event (in 6 countries)
- April 2022 – East Africa Grand Finale (Online)
How to Apply
Interested and eligible candidates should apply online by visiting the official website here.
Application Deadline
The deadline to apply for this program is 21st February 2022.
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