The Social Innovation Academy (SINA) is bringing the Social Impact Award to Uganda. It is currently present in 25 countries and through Uganda, it will for the first time reach Sub-Saharan Africa. The award is more than a mere cash prize; it provides support to nurture social entrepreneurs, providing them with training, mentoring and seed funding to launch social ventures with a positive impact.
Eight finalists and their teams will be selected by an independent Jury composed of; ten high level government officials, investors, social entrepreneurs and academics in early June and go through a residential incubation bootcamp at the Social Innovation Academy (SINA). The bootcamp will help finalists get their ideas to the next level and grow their ideas into social enterprises, while being matched with mentors. All finalists are showcased internationally on the Social Impact Award website and join a global community of social entrepreneurs.
The jury will then select three winners, who will be awarded in September. Each winner will receive a cash prize of up to US$1000 and stands a chance to attend the Global Social Impact Summit in the capital of Georgia in Europe in November 2018. During the summit, the projects get further support for their venture development and connect to other global winners and social entrepreneurship stakeholders.
Eligibility:
- Enterprises, ideas and projects working in Uganda to tackle social or environmental problems
- Team members need to be born between 1988 and 2003 (14 to 30 years)
- The project team must have started to work on the idea not earlier than 1st January 2017.
- Applications are open for ideas not yet implemented as well as projects in the early state of implementation
- Submitted projects must not have received funding exceeding 3500 US Dollars from investment, grants, donations, prize money etc. and with no participation in a comparable incubation program
Applications are open until 11:59pm on 15th May 2018
All details and application forms may be accessed at: https://uganda.socialimpactaward.net/
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