Sukuma Afrika calls for Social Entrepreneurs to send in their plans to be recognized for their outstanding efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals in Africa
After the great success the 2009 edition of the awards ceremony held in Cape Town in cooperation with the Annual Meeting of the Global Business School Network, Sukuma Afrika is glad to officially open its call-to-entries for the 2010 edition of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Awards.
The Young Entrepreneurs Awards
Sukuma Afrika was established in recognition of the critical role young entrepreneurs and the Diaspora play in the fight against poverty as the generation that will be responsible for reaching the Millennium Development Goals in 2015. The competition encourages young people across Africa to engage in ventures with a social angle and is opened to African youth up to 35 y/o presenting a for-profit business model which contributes to one of the MDGs
The competition is organized in 5 categories
Category MDG 1 on poverty and hunger
Category MDG 2 on education
Category MDG 3 on gender equality
Category MDG 4,5,6 on health related issues
Category MDG 7 on environment
The Awards Ceremony
The competition aims to bring exposure to the outstanding efforts of the winners and to connect them with stakeholders in a position to help them expand their businesses. To that end, Sukuma Afrika targets prime events to hold its yearly awards ceremony.
Exceptionally, the 2010 award ceremony will be held with participating partners UN Office of Partnerships, UN Global Compact and UN Millennium Campaign at an event organised by Africa Investors at the New York Stock Exchange on 17 September, around the UN General Assembly which focused this year on the MDG review.
150 Business and government leaders, Senior UN representatives and the US Institutional Investment Community will attend this event and the media will be well represented with Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, CNN and other major titles, all of which have booths at the venue.
The Competition timeline
23th April 2010: Opening Call-to-entries
11th June 2010: Closing Call-to-entries
14th June 2010: Announcement of the shortlisted candidate selected by the Sukuma Afrika Team
19th July 2010: Announcement of the finalists after Jury Deliberation
17th September 2010: Awards Ceremony
Application process
Simply download the application form and the declaration of non-prosecution, fill it in and return it before 11th June 2010 to competition@sukumaafrika.
Declaration of non prosecution
Competition judges
Mr. Charles Akelyira- Director - UN Millennium Campaign Africa
Mrs Mtoba – Chairman, Deloitte South Africa
Mr. Alex Okosi – Vice President, MTV Africa
Dr. Pauline Jansen – President, Africa Youth Foundation
Mr. Lamesh Mbise – Vice President, Junior Achievement
Mr. Ato Afful - Managing Director - Ogilvy Africa
Mr. Iqbal Survé – Chairman – Sekunjalo Capital
