Global Young Innovators Programme calls for applicationsThe Global Young Innovators Programme is an exciting opportunity for young South African entrepreneurs and innovators to gain support for their business idea while tackling global issues and applications are now open. Source: pixabay.com This exciting new free programme is offered to 60 of the best and brightest young innovators and entrepreneurs in South Africa and the UK to come together to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. Aimed at 18-30 year young individuals with bright, early-stage ideas and/or founders of early startups, the primarily virtual programme will task applicants with co-designing projects to tackle five of the global challenges. With the belief that world-changing ideas can come from anyone, the programme Global Young Innovators Programme was designed by #IdeasMeanBusiness and Innovate UK to remove barriers and create a performance driven-environment for young entrepreneurs to collaborate, generate impactful ideas, and take those ideas to market. Thirty South African and 30 UK young residents with forward-thinking entrepreneurial minds will be chosen to participate in the programme and come together to ignite ideas and co-design solutions that can help solve challenges facing our global community. What does the programme offer?
Who should apply?South African residents aged 18-30 with a smart idea or an early stage or startup business who are able to generate an idea or solution to solve one of five key global challenges and eager to collaborate with young UK innovators. The Five Global Challenges:
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