Deadline: 25 October 2015
Are you a social entrepreneur who is working to improve the lives of children and society in a big way? Are you using digital tools and technology to scale and grow your impact? Do you have an innovative idea to change the world, the passion and the drive to create this change? If yes, share your big idea for Tigo Digital changemakers competition 2015 and win a cash prize of $20,000!
Competition Benefits
2 winners will each recieve USD20,000 plus coaching and advisory support from Tigo and Reach for Change to develop their initiatives.
Key Dates
- Application deadline: 25th October 2015
- Decision on semi-finalists: 2nd-6th of November (preliminary date)
- Concept Development Workshop (for semi-finalists): Between the 13th to 30th of November 2015
- Interviews: Between 16th to 27th of November 2015
- Jury (for finalists): 1st December 2015
Selection Criteria
- The ideas must:
- Be innovative, creative, and fresh
- Be early-stage or ready to grow
- Be something doable, clear & focussed
- Have potential for great social impact for children and society
- Have potential to be system changing
- Be scalable in order to reach many children
- Have a sustainable financing plan.
- Ideas must use digital technological solution in the following ways:
- Using mobile, broadband, digital and/or information technology, as part of the solution.
- Have potential to use mobile broadband, digital and /or information technology to improve the quality of the impact or scale of the social impact.
- Promote connectivity and access to communications, particularly to undeserved populations or has the potential of doing so.
Eligibility Criteria
- The support will be given to individuals from all over the world.
- Organizations and companies can apply, but the application must come from the leader and primary decision maker of that organisation, and the focus of that organisation must be exclusively the development and delivery of the solution you are submitting.
- The competition is limited to initiatives/ideas to be implemented in Tanzania Only. ( mainland and Zanzibar)
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online through the website.
For more information, please visit Tigo Changemakers Competition.
