Youth Opportunity & Transformation in Africa (YOTA) 2022 Youth Innovation Challenge for Young Africans | Up to $5,000

Published: 27 Jul 2022

YOTA (Youth Opportunity & Transformation in Africa) is currently accepting applications from African talented young innovators for its 2022 Youth Innovation Challenge.

The goal of the Challenge is to promote and nurture catalytic youth-led solutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Challenge is part of the Africa Youth Partnership to Advocate for an Equitable Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic’s activities.

They are searching for the most outstanding young innovators from Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria to present their ideas and proposed solutions for solving the many issues that the COVID-19 pandemic has posed to the continent. They wish to encourage youth creativity in order to improve inclusive and equitable post-pandemic recovery initiatives.

YOTA Youth Innovation Challenge

Application Deadline	July 29, 2022
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	Youth Opportunity & Transformation in Africa(YOTA)

YOTA Youth Innovation Challenge Benefits

Participants in the Youth Innovation Challenge have the opportunity to receive a variety of resources to help them put their ideas into action, including:

• Up to $5,000 USD of funding per project.
• Business development advice from top experts in the field of innovation and human-centered design.
• Access to carefully curated tools and resources to support the full cycle of youth-led innovation and human-centered design.
• Opportunity to become part of a growing community of young African innovators for ongoing learning, sharing, and networking.
• Opportunity to be supported to showcase solutions across various international multi-stakeholder platforms, processes, and convenings before the end of 2022.

Requirements for YOTA Youth Innovation Challenge

Open to:

• An individual young person between the age of 18 and 35; or an informal group of young people, or a local youth- or women-led organization or company (both non-profit or for-profit are welcome); female candidates or teams with predominantly female members are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Nationals of Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria who are resident in their countries or based in the diaspora.
• Persons who are passionate about using their skills to design innovative solutions to promote addressing the many socio-economic challenges posed to your country by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Truly innovative and impactful ideas or solutions that have the potential to change lives in a sustainable way.

Selection Process

• Fit to scope– Solution contributes to COVID-19 recovery efforts with a potential to disrupt
• Business model – Solution clearly demonstrates a viable business model and scope for revenue generation
• Sustainability – Solution is financially and operationally viable beyond the initial investment
• Feasibility – Solution is viable and in the right direction
• Value – Solution has a strong value proposition
• Creativity – Solution is clearly an innovative approach to addressing the target challenge
• Human centered – Solution is based on feedback from end users in order to solve a real problem for the community
• Scalability – Solution can be easily scaled up and replicated beyond the initial scope

Announcement of shortlisted submissions will be made on August 12, 2022.

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Application Deadline

July 29, 2022

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Youth Opportunity & Transformation in Africa(YOTA) on innovation2022.africanyouthpartnership.org to apply

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