000 Prize Money)

Application Deadline: January 29th 2021

The Imagine Cup is a skill-based Competition and will also consist of a prerequisite Sweepstakes as part of Round 1. Open to students around the world, the Imagine Cup Competition seeks to honor the most innovative, accessible, ground-breaking, and appealing software built with Microsoft tools and technology

There are four categories in the 2021 Imagine Cup competition – Earth, Education, Health, and Lifestyle. Get started building your tech skills by completing a Microsoft Learn module in the category you’re most passionate about to advance in the competition.

Every team member can complete any one of the 8 required Learning modules. Each submission will be entered into a sweepstakes for the chance to win one of five monthly prizes of USD250! Once you’ve completed your module, submit your Microsoft Learn profile URL(s) to the Learn Challenge to advance to the Imagine Cup Online Semifinals.

Complete any one of these eight required Microsoft Learn modules:

Earth

Education

Health

Lifestyle

Each participating team member must create an account on Microsoft Learn, complete one of the required modules using that account, and submit the profile URL for their account.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Microsoft Imagine Cup Global Student Contest 2021

Application Deadline: January 4th 2017

The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) for the Pan Arab Region, in partnership with Community Jameel, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Abdul Latif Jameel, and Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator across the Middle East and Africa, announces the launch of the tenth edition of the MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition.

As with last year’s edition, this year’s competition includes three different tracks: Ideas, Startups, and Social Entrepreneurship, with total prize money on offer totalling USD $160,000. Each of the three tracks will award the first three ranked winners with cash prizes in addition to many other benefits including: top tier training, mentorship, coaching, media exposure, and great networking opportunities.

nformative roadshows promoting the competition will be held in Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar and the UAE, and seventy nine semi-finalist teams will be announced on February 10, 2017.

Ideas Track

For entrepreneurs with innovative ideas

Eligibility Criteria for the Ideas track

• Each team should have at least two members
• Each team should at least include one Arab national
• Teams are not required to have a prototype, just an idea for a product or service is enough
• Similarly, teams are not required to have had any sales or have their company registered. The winners however will be required to incorporate their company in an Arab country before receiving their prize.
• The team must not have received any previous funding for the idea they are submitting
• The ideas can be in any industry

Prizes

Three winning teams will be selected to receive cash prizes: $15K for first place, $10K for second place, and $5K for third place. Beside prize money, all qualifying teams would be benefiting from top tier training, coaching, mentorship, and great networking opportunities.

For Legally Registered Companies

Eligibility Criteria for the Startups Track

• Each team should have at least two members
• Each team should at least include one Arab national
• The team should have a working prototype and ideally some user traction and some sales
• The startup should not have generated more than $500K in annual revenues and must have been operational for less than 5 years
• The startup should be legally registered in an Arab country
• The startup can be in ANY industry

Prizes

Three winning teams will be selected and will receive cash prizes: $50K for first place, $10K for second place, and $5K the third place. Beside prize money, all qualifying teams would be benefiting from top tier training, coaching, mentorship, and great networking opportunities.

For Social Entrepreneurs

Eligibility Criteria for the Social Entrepreneurship Track

• Each team should have at least two members
• Each team should at least include one Arab national
• As we are targeting startup stage social enterprises, your startup must be registered as a social enterprise
• Your startup can be either for-profit or not-for-profit
• Your core product or service must address a social problem targeting marginalised or disadvantaged individuals
• Your social enterprise can be in ANY industry

Prizes

Judges will selected three winning teams that will receive cash prizes: $50K for first place, $10K for second place, and $5K for third place. Beside prize money, all qualifying teams would be benefiting from top tier training, coaching, mentorship, and great networking opportunities.

Benefits:

The semi-finalists will be invited to attend pre-bootcamp activities scheduled to take place in February and March, 2017 in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
The competition will culminate in a four-day event from April 24 to April 27, 2017, with the announcement of the competition winners scheduled to take place during the final award ceremony on April 27, 2017.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 10th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition 2017

Microsoft Imagine Cup Global Student Contest 2021 for students worldwide (USD$100,000 prize money)

10th MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition 2017 for the Pan Arab Region (USD $160,000 Prize Money)

Startups Track

Social Entrepreneurship Track