UNICEF Uganda innovation fund challenge 2022

Deadline for submissions: January 10th 2022.

UNICEF Uganda has launched an Innovation Fund Challenge to deepen participatory practices in providing innovative solutions to national social policy challenges, with a view to transform the local ecosystem by leveraging on the disruptive power of technology as a driver for inclusive and sustainable growth.

The main objective of the UNICEF Uganda Innovation Fund challenge is to provide innovative avenues to enhance UNICEF’s ability to achieve the outcomes outlined in the country programme document, and the achievement of the SDGs.

Benefits

• The Innovation Fund Challenge provide grant funding of up-to UGX 80 Million to further validate your concept or business
• Access to free technical assistance to realise or grow your business
• Access to mentors and expert coaches to provide tailored support
• Receive access to Outbox’s network to enable you to pilot or further validate your concept
• Receive grant funding of up-to UGX 80 Million to further validate your concept or business

Eligibility criteria

The initiative is open to:

1. Founding teams of individuals that are above 18 years of age at the time of the application. The initiative will only accept teams of at least 2 founding individuals. A team of one founding individual will not be considered. Founding teams of individuals aged 18-25 years are strongly advised to apply.
2. The founding team should consist of participants who are Ugandan Citizens OR Non-Ugandan Citizens currently resident in Uganda (a resident in Uganda either has a permanent home or has been present for a period of, or periods amounting in aggregate to, 183 days or more in any 12-month period commencing or ending in the year of income). Initial / pilot focus: Uganda. Clear prospects to scale beyond Uganda or the region highly desirable.
3. All team members must be fully proficient in written and spoken English.
4. The initiative requires founder participation. All founding team members must commit to participate in the initiative. Lack of commitment or active engagement will render the team or Innovation not eligible for the program.
5. Innovators who either have an idea or an already existing business, which has been operational for less than two years and has not raised more than UGX 185 million in either grants, convertible grants, venture capital or Private Equity at the time of submission.
6. Only applications submitted through the UNICEF Uganda Innovation Challenge Fund web portal at [https://www.unicef.innovationchallenge.ug](https://www.unicef.innovationchallenge.ug) will be eligible for consideration.
7. Employees of UNICEF are eligible to apply to the initiative as they will not be involved in the selection process and management of this initiative
8. NGOs will need to demonstrate that a majority of their income is derived from commercial/sustainable activities to be eligible. NGOs that do not meet this test are not eligible to apply or receive grant funding. However, such entities can partner with eligible organizations and be project partners.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE APPLICATION

Experts will score and comment on submissions that satisfy the guidelines below.

• Answer all the questions in the application form.
• All responses must be in English ONLY.
• The terms and conditions can also be accessed here

DEADLINE for submissions: January 10th 2022.

For more details and application , please visit https://unicef.innovationchallenge.ug/

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