The HULT Prize at the �� On Campus Program

enekesa — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:14:13 +0000

The Hult Prize, in partnership with the United Nations is the largest global start-up accelerator for social and impact entrepreneurship that taps into the youth’s ideas and solutions to solve the world’s problems, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is a global leader in creating and launching disruptive companies in the impact sector among youth worldwide. It has created sectors, built momentum, and most importantly - unlocked infinite possibility for the world's next generation of entrepreneurs. The theme for this year’s challenge is: Building Startups That Have A Positive Impact On Our Planet With Every Dollar Earned. It challenges teams globally to build bold businesses that have a positive net impact on the environment with every sale completed, dollar earned and decision made to reach no fewer than a million consumers within a decade.

Judges at the Hult prize competition at the ��

The �� OnCampus Program is directed by Ms. Annett Bonuke, a final year student from the University Of Nairobi School Of Law. It officially began on 8^th November 2019 with Dr. Richard Munang, the Africa’s Regional Climate Change Coordinator officially inaugurating the Program. Previous sessions leading to the culmination of the Hult Prize at the �� OnCampus Program included: Team Dynamics and Leadership Skills by Ms. Shali Shambi-Senior Presales Engineer at SAP Africa; Designing Thinking and Idea Validation by Mr. Robert Yawe-Managing Director at Synaptech Solutions; Developing Business Models and Strategy by Mr. Francis Thairo-Industry Value Engineer at SAP Africa; Pitching Training and Simulation Exercise by Ms. Keko Naisula – Senior Education Account Executive at SAP Africa and Preliminaries.

On 6^th December 2019, registered teams had a chance to pitch their startup ideas before a panel of distinguished judges that included: Mr. Robert Yawe-Managing Director at Synaptech Technologies; Ms. Viridiana Wasike-CEO & Founder of Accelevate Leads Limited; Mr. Eugene Anangwe-CEO of TV 47 Kenya and Ms. Sonia Kabra-Co Founder & Director at Buupass, for a chance to represent the �� at the regionals happening in different cities across different regions all over the world.

The Winner of the first ever Hult Prize OnCampus Program at the �� is Team Jijue from Chiromo Campus. The team comprises of Deepa Ranpara, Savannah Zawadi, Felix Mburu and Khulud Nurani. The Team’s winning idea is the creation of Jijue App, a self-diagnostic application. Jijue app is an affordable, confidential and reliable means of self-testing which diagnoses 5 deadly diseases-Malaria, HIV & AIDS, Chlamydia, Hepatitis B and Gonorrhea. The test kit is made by bagasse which is fully renewable.

The winning team will represent the �� at one of the regionals happening in different cities all over the world.

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