Announced back in September, the Challenge of 1.000 is a joint initiative of Digital Africa and the Summit.
France will invite 1.000 African entrepreneurs to present their solutions at The City of Solutions, a show dedicated to projects and solutions for sustainable cities and territories to be held during the 28th edition of the Africa-France Summit. June 4, 5 and 6, 2020.
Requirements
For startups/companies looking to participate there are 5 requirements to fulfil:
- Being an African entrepreneur, having an activity related to one of the 7 districts of The City of Solutions
- Gender Parity
- Geographical balance of origin of Contractors
- To be the bearer of an innovative or duplicable solution, at a lower cost and a strong impact to make French and African cities more sustainable from an environmental and social point of view
- Be registered on the Digital Africa platform.
The summit will have 7 topics that your company needs to be addressing:
- Access to essential services
- Feeding the cities
- Building and enhancing the city
- Moving around the city / visit the city
- Living in the city
- Financing and structuring projects
- Connecting the city
Entrepreneurs interested in applying for the Challenge of 1000 program can do so here.
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