The MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge is aimed at incubating youth-led SMEs that tackle current environmental challenges and promote sustainability.
The MTN Africa Challenge rewards the winning teams with prizes valued at 5000 USD and advancing to stage 2 – the Pan-African contest, where they compete in the final.
Eligibility Requirements
To be considered for the MTN Africa Challenge 2024, applicants must be:
young people (16 – 35 years),
African
youth led SME’s, entrepreneurs, individuals, and organizations that work towards sustainable development in participating countries and employees in these sectors and are looking for ways to make their business sustainable.
Eligibility:
The Challenge is open to individuals or teams residing in the participating country. • Participants may be of any age provided they have reached the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction or have obtained parental or guardian consent.
Employees of the organizing committee, judges, sponsors, and their immediate families are not eligible to participate.
The project must be carried out in the participating country and it needs to be in line with the mission and goals of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Country Office and respective MTN OPCO and/or Foundation.
The application must concern an innovative project that boosts nature conservation in a contemporary way.
The application ought to have concrete and measurable results, SMART goals and high communicative value to increase the chances of approval.
Participating countries for 2024: Zambia, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon and Uganda.
Benefits
The teams will then have the opportunity to pitch their solutions to a selected panel of industry experts, with the winning teams walking away with prizes valued at 5000 USD and advancing to stage 2 – the Pan-African contest, where they compete in the final.
The winning solutions from the challenge will be implemented to address the pressing environmental challenges in the respective countries. This will contribute to the long-term sustainability of these communities and the African continent as a whole.
Challenge Details
The challenge will take place in two phases. During phase one, applications in each country will be shortlisted.
Following this, selected participants will form teams of up to three members and undergo a human-centred design process during a 5-day sprint week.
This process will involve business modelling, customer identification, and developing unique value propositions.
Method of Application
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Application Deadline: September 30, 2024.