Portal for YOTA Youth Innovation Challenge

Portal for YOTA Youth Innovation Challenge 2022 | The portal for YOTA Youth Innovation Challenge 2022 are open, TOYA want to support youth innovation for the advancement of inclusive and equitable post-pandemic recovery efforts. They are looking for the most talented young innovators from Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria to showcase their ideas on and propose solutions for addressing the many challenges posed to the continent by the COVID-19 pandemic. Apply Here

YOTA is supporting young innovators to drive change and contribute to post-pandemic recovery efforts through grassroots innovations and social action. This is to alleviate the negative consequences of the pandemic on young people and their communities while elevating the ideas, ingenuity, and creativity of young innovators working to address the effects of the global health crisis. Get A Copy Of Mini Importation Business

Challenge Sectors:

The thematic focus of the Youth Innovation Challenge cuts across several sectors, as long as a direct connection can be made to post-pandemic recovery potential. In particular, we are looking for youth-led solutions that address challenges in one or more of the following themes:

Agriculture and Fisheries
Biodiversity
Digitalisation, AI, and Emerging Technologies
Education and Skills
Employment
Energy and Industry
Finance, Trade, and International Investment
Gender
Governance and Politics
Health and Wellbeing, including Vaccines
Housing and Infrastructure Development
Local and Regional Development
Migration
Mobility and Transport
Tourism

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Eligibility:

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.

Awards:

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.

Criteria

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

How to Apply

The First Round submissions deadline is July 29, 2022. Announcement of shortlisted submissions will be made on August 12, 2022.

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Application Deadline: July 29, 2022