Union Bank edTech Challenge for Nigerians 2019-2020

Published: 06 Aug 2019 1,729 views

The 2019 Union Bank edTech Challenge is the third edition of the annual Innovation Challenge series and aims to discover, showcase and support innovative, cutting-edge technologies with the potential to transform Nigeria's education system.

The challenge is set as a way to reinforce Union Bank's commitment to innovation and education, underpinning their dedication to enabling success in Nigeria.

For the edTech challenge, Union Bank is looking for people with solutions that meet the needs of the Education Ecosystem/Stakeholders: Students, Teachers, Parents, School Owners/Administrators, and Policy Makers/Regulators, whose ideas can be a solution on improving student learning, a hub for lesson teachers, solution on rating schools in different areas or subjects to name a few.

Eligible people are encouraged to apply.

Union Bank Entreprenuer

Application Deadline	August 23, 2019
Country to study	Nigeria
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Union Bank
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of Union Bank Entreprenuer

1. Access to Acceleration program: The Top 10 entries will be admitted into an acceleration program where they will get access to Coach-Mentors, Capacity Building, and a Community of Education stakeholders and strategic partnerships.
2. Access to Union Bank’s network of education customers and opportunities to provide global visibility for scale.
3. Funding support towards scaling up a solution: The top 3 entries will receive a sum of N5m (1st – N2.5m; 2nd – N1.5m and 3rd – N1m)
4. Venture support to the winners which includes; supporting each solution to scale which will include linking and identifying relevant stakeholder to buy into a solution and providing specialized support based on the specific needs and advisory regarding the deployment and management of funding received.

Requirements for Union Bank Entreprenuer

The challenge is open to anyone with great prototypes of innovative, cutting-edge technologies that demonstrates a strong potential to trasnform the education system in Nigeria including but not limited to students, teachers, developers, designers, fintechs, tech companies etc.

Selection Process

In September, the top 10 entries will be jointly selected by members of the jury. All applicants will receive necessary information on the status of their entries via email and/or SMS notifications. The top 10 entries will be admitted into an eight weeks acceleration program where they will get access to Coach-Mentors, Capacity Building, a Community of Education stakeholders and strategic partnerships. In addition, they will gain access to Union Bank’s network of education customers and opportunities to provide global visibility for scale.

Application Deadline

August 23, 2019

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Union Bank on vhaservices.typeform.com to apply