Be the next Startupper of the Year or the Top Female Entrepreneur at Total Empowerment 2018 / 2019‎

We aim to support good ideas and projects that help address a widespread problem affecting communities in your country. It could be about providing educational opportunities, reducing child mortality, improving public health, developing access to electricity in rural areas, improving road safety on the roads or building houses with eco-friendly materials

 — in fact, anything that could make life better in your country. Tell us how your project will help more and more people over time, at home or even abroad. Tell us how it empowers people, improves living conditions, and contributes to overall economic well-being. Anyone can change the world

 — teenagers or graduates, men or women. As long as you believe in your project and want to make things better, take this opportunity to participate. You could be the next Startupper of the Year or the Top Female Entrepreneur!

List of African country to participate 

Algeria Angola Botswana Burkina Cameroon Congo Ivory Coast Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Equatorial Guinea Kenya Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Morocco Mauritius Mauritania Mayotte Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Uganda Democratic Republic of Congo Réunion Senegal Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Chad Togo Tunisia Zambia Zimbabwe 

6 SELECTION CRITERIA   

•  Age The project or business owner must not be more than 35 years old. 
•  Nationality The participant must be a citizen of the country where he/she participates. 
•  Project age The project can be an idea or a start-up created within the last two years.    
• Social and community impact The project should offer a practical way of addressing a public health, safety, education, accessibility or other issue affecting local communities. 
• Innovation Innovation isn’t necessarily revolutionary, involving something brand new or a total transformation. It can be incremental as well, improving an existing technology, product or service, or even just the way things are done. 
•  Potential and feasibility Projects that demonstrate feasibility and have the potential to benefit a broader public. ‎

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