The
Young African entrepreneurs deserve every opportunity to be supported to
succeed in their business ventures; they also deserve the opportunity to be
heard, exposed and supported to increase their social capital and network
horizon. RUFORUM invites young (<40 years) African entrepreneurs and
incubatees, to compete for 10 conference awards to show case their
innovations, enterprises and business concepts and propositions. The focus is
for the young entrepreneurs to share their story at an International stage with
close to 700 participants drawn from academia, business and industry,
development organisations, practitioners and philanthropists. It is hoped
that through this competition, young entrepreneurs’ business concepts, impact,
innovation and business opportunities can be expanded.While the focus of this
competition is on innovation in agribusiness, other innovations, incubations,
business enterprises and business concepts along ICTs, health, engineering,
natural resources, meteorology, urbanization, green economy, and
transport and communication, among other areas, will be considered.
The
ten (10) competitively selected business enterprises will receive all expenses
paid trip (air ticket, conference registration, and hotel costs) for
participation at the RUFORUM Biennial Conference (17th -21st October, 2016) in
Cape Town, South Africa. The selected young innovators will also receive a
competition cash price award.
Eligibility
Applications
are invited from enterprises and individuals that meet the following
eligibility criteria.
Persons
with an established business enterprise and/or those with innovations that can
potentially be commercialized and/or those with business concepts
The
business enterprise/potential enterprise should have a defined business model
that show case the innovativeness of the proposed
enterprise/business/innovation.
Application submission process: All applications
should be sent to biennial@ruforum.org with copy to Dr. Egeru Anthony
(a.egeru@ruforum.org) and Dr. Uwituze Solange (s.uwituze@ruforum.org).
Submissions
should be in English or French using the template provided.
Deadline
for submissions is 30th July, 2016. Results will be announced by 30th August,
2016.
For details click: www.ruforum.org)
Good luck!!!!!
