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Application for $1.2m Earthshot prize open to African startups

January 23, 2023421 views0 comments

 

By Alexander Chiejina

 

African startups are being invited to apply for the Earthshot Prize, a worldwide environmental prize to find, accelerate, and scale ground-breaking ideas to repair and regenerate the planet. The Earthshot Prize conducts an annual global search for game-changing innovations. To see the process through to completion, a global network of more than 350 nominating people and organisations from 66 countries is charged with doing so.

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The following categories can apply for the entry:

  • Protect and Restore Nature

  • Clean our Air

  • Revive our Oceans

  • Build a Waste-Free World

  • Fix our Climate

 

These startups can be entered by African organisations, businesses, governments, and individuals who are carrying out scalable and significant work in this capacity. Each year, the prize is given to five winners, who are each given a prize grant of $1.2 million to expand their enterprises.

 

Application for $1.2m Earthshot prize open to African startupsThree African organisations were chosen as finalists when the Earthshot Prize was first announced in 2021: Sanergy from Kenya, Reeddi Capsules from Nigeria, and Pole Pole Foundation from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

 

According to Imtiaz Patel, chairman of MultiChoice Group, the official African broadcast partner and a member of the Earthshot Prize Global Alliance, African innovators will have the opportunity to present their solutions on a stage, encourage other businesses to join the fight against climate change, and persuade governments to make addressing the issue a top priority on their national agendas by participating in this prestigious competition.

 

Interested startups and parties can visit the link https://www.multichoice.com/earthshot/africa-nominations-23 to enter their application. Deadline for application is Friday, January 27, 2023

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