Saturday, June 21, 2014

Green Innovations Bootcamp for Ethiopians


Deadline: 26th of June 2014
Location: Climate Innovation Center (CIC) office, Kebena, behind 4kilo AAU Campus, Addis Ababa
INTRODUCTION
The Green Innovations Bootcamp will be held in Addis Ababa on July 8th-9th 2014. The goal of this two-day bootcamp is to promote green innovations & entrepreneurship, and build bridges between Finnish and Ethiopian startup communities & companies.
WHAT IT IS?
What environmental issue would you like to solve? How do you do it? Could your solution be developed into a business?
Most sustainable solutions come from the people who understand their surrounding problems and needs.  What simple solution would make your surroundings better for living?
Apply with your idea, meet up with other innovative minds, get feedback from professionals, build further business ideas and finally pitch your solution in public.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Social entrepreneurs, Students, techies, or whoever with an unchained mind and a vision to make the world a greener places to live.
PRIZE
The winners (2 individuals) will travel to Helsinki, Finland to participate in one of the biggest European startup events, SLUSH on November 18th & 19th 2014 with all travel expenses covered by Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
Other prizes are also available, including free membership and coaching at iceaddis & CIC.
HOW TO APPLY?
Steps to apply:
Step 1: Fill the application form on Google doc – Click here
Step 2: Selected teams will be informed on July 3rd, 2014

For more details click here



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