ruforum-young-african-entrepreneurs-competition

Application Deadline: 30th September, 2019, Time: 23:59 GMT.

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of 114 Universities in 38 African countries is pleased to announce the 2019 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC).

The 2019 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) whose overall purpose is to catalyse entrepreneurship through promotion of business innovation and provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative and innovative business ideas among African youth. RUYAEC invites young (<35 years) African entrepreneurs and incubates to compete for 20 awards to show case their innovations, enterprises and business concepts and propositions.

RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) 2019 Open Awards Competition (West African Call)The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 114 Universities in 38 African Countries, is pleased to announce the 2019 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC).

The overall purpose of the RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) is to catalyze entrepreneurship through promotion of business innovation and provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative and innovative business ideas among African youth. RUYAEC, through an online application, invites young African entrepreneurs and incubates below 35 years of age to compete for 20 awards that show case their innovations, enterprises, business concepts and propositions.

This third round of the RUFORUM Young Innovators Competition is targeted for West Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo) countries. The awards will be delivered at the Cape Coast, Ghana during the RUFORUM Annual General meeting convening 2-6 December, 2019.

RUFORUM targets to award 20 awards in the following fields: Food and agribusiness, Incubations, ICTs, Health, Engineering, Natural resources, and Meteorology among others. All the 2016 and 2018 RUFORUM Young Innovators Awardees are NOT eligible to apply. The RUYAEC operates within one of RUFORUM’s values and principles of creativity seeking to offer opportunities to develop innovative solutions both in addressing the problems faced by smallholder farmers, and in managing research projects in remote areas.

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.
• Persons in the age category 16-34 years
• Submissions should be in English or French using the template provided.
• Be a citizen and resident of the targeted West African region (see the countries listed above).
• Not one of the 2016 and 2018 RUFORUM Young Innovators Awardees

Application submission process

All applications should be submitted through the website: www.ruforum.org/younginnovators

Note:

Applicants should download the application form from the website, fill it and upload online

Deadline for submissions is 30th September, 2019, Time: 23:59 GMT. Enquiries For any enquiries do contact Dr. Egeru Anthony ([email protected]) and Dr. Sylvanus Mensah ([email protected]).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2019

Application Deadline: August 31st 2018

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is a network of 85 Universities in 35 African countries is pleased to announce the 2018 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC). The 2018 RUFORUM Young African

Entrepreneurs Competition (RUYAEC) whose overall purpose is to catalyse entrepreneurship

through promotion of business innovation and provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative and innovative business ideas among African youth.

RUYAEC invites young (<35 years) African entrepreneurs and incubates to compete for 10

awards to show case their innovations, enterprises and business concepts and propositions. The focus is for the young entrepreneurs to share their stories at an international stage with

close to 1200 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.

Purpose

The RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition primary purpose is to promote business innovation through entrepreneurship and provide seed funding to young entrepreneurs with creative and innovative business ideas to be valorized and enhance and foster a spirit of entrepreneurship among African youth. The competition specifically seeks to:

Provide young entrepreneurs with opportunity to show-case their businesses and share their development as an inspiration to many young African potential entrepreneurs
Bring collective action towards provision of seed funding to young entrepreneurs through a transparent and competitive process.
Provide a platform for young entrepreneurs to demonstrate their impact and pitch their business with investors and stakeholders through capacity building opportunity.
Create a network of young entrepreneurs across Africa working together and sharing experiences that escalate youth contribution and job creation in Africa.

Eligibility Requirements:

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.
Persons in the age category 16-34 years
Submissions should be in English or French using the template provided.

Benefits

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 (22-26 October, 2018) in Nairobi, Kenya.
The selected young entrepreneurs will receive a cash price award

Application Process:

All applications should be submitted through the www.ruforum.org/younginnovators/
Enquiries For any enquiries do contact
Dr. Egeru Anthony ([email protected]) and Dr. Sylvanus Mensah ([email protected]).

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2018 RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition

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RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2019 (Fully Funded to the RUFORUM Biennial Conference in Cape Coast, Ghana)

RUFORUM Young African Entrepreneurs Competition 2018 (Fully Funded to the RUFORUM Biennial Conference in Nairobi, Kenya)