Hivos.

Application Deadline: 9 November 2014.

Hivos invites individuals, organisations and companies from Asia, Africa and Latin America to share their most innovative ideas and best practices that contribute to more open, democratic and green societies.

The award is meant to encourage new solutions for social change by supporting innovative ideas and practices which expand and defend freedom or create productive ecosystems that sustain human progress.

The Hivos Social Innovation Award has two categories:

A prize for a promising innovative idea that needs support to develop into a prototype.
A prize for a proven innovative approach that needs support to scale up and increase impact.

Prize:

Both awards entail a €15,000 prize which must be invested in further developing the concept.
The first category award consists of a € 5,000 prize and a coaching trajectory worth € 10,000 to develop the idea into a prototype.
The second category prize is intended as an investment in scaling proven approaches within the next two years.

Selection Criteria

The semi-finalists are selected online by the public together with Hivos.
They are then offered an interactive learning trajectory that will enable them to elaborate their proposal. After a jury determines who the top 3 finalists per category are, they will get the opportunity to pitch their proposals in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Timeline:

The deadline for the first round of submissions is 9 November 2014.
The Award Ceremony will be on 5 February 2015.

Submit Your Project Now for the Hivos Social Innovation Awards 2014

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Hivos Social Innovation Awards

Application Deadline: December 1st 2014

Are you an entrepreneur working on a highly scalable product or services that mitigates the effects of climate change?
Does your business introduce renewable energy sources to market or reduce energy consumption?
Maybe you are working on a different innovation that makes our society and planet both greener and healthier?

The Green Pioneer Accelerator Program has been developed for early stage companies looking to position themselves for scale. Applicants should either have a working prototype with clear market demand and/or already be generating revenue. This program is designed to support entrepreneurs who have ambitions to take the next step in growing their business to a national and regional scale.

The program seeks to position companies for scale by getting their financials and pitch deck in shape, and preparing them for fundraising conversations with investors. This program combines a rigorous curriculum with practical experience shared by successful entrepreneurs, mentors and investors.

Benefits

Graduates will also have access to over 600 private sector investors and tap into the combined networks and knowledge of Impact Amplifier, Growth Africa, VC4Africa and Hivos.
Upon successful graduation, the 10 enterprises in each program will be showcased to a group of investors including impact-focused as well as impact-agnostic angel investors and early stage VC funds.
The showcase will be done through VC4Africa’s online platform and culminates with interested parties participating in a physical 1-day networking session in both the East Africa and Southern Africa locations.

Key Dates:

– Application process runs to the 1st of December 2014;
– Selection and announcement will be made 15th of December 2014;
– Initial diagnostics and program prep will take place between December 15th, 2014 and January 15th, 2015;
– The Acceleration program begins January 15th, 2015;
– Graduation is in April, 2015;
– Selected participants will receive deal making support the rest of 2015.

Apply Now for he 2015 Green Pioneer Acceleration Program and participate in either :

The Kenya (apply here) or
South Africa (apply here) cohort.

For More More Information:

Visit the Official Call for the Green Pioneer Accelerator Program

201 Hivos Social Innovation Award for Innovative Ideas hat contribute to more open, democratic and green societies.

2015 Green Pioneer Accelerator Program for Green Focused Startups across Africa.(€100K for Africa’s best sustainability startups!)