The UNDP Ghana Accelerator Lab is creating a nation-wide innovation platform to identify local solutions designed to help society as we all adjust to COVID-19.
The Challenge is a call to innovators, community activists and problem solvers, including those who do not have an online presence to participate.
The Challenge will cover technological and social innovations across public and private organisations including businesses, non-governmental organisations (NGO’s), the creative industry and the informal sector.
The objective is to explore innovative and sustainable solutions that will help Ghana’s recovery from the pandemic. The Ghana Accelerator Lab will support winning solutions and initiatives to scale up.
The focal areas of the challenge include:
All submissions will be reviewed by the UNDP Ghana Accelerator Lab and shortlisted against the following criteria; Relevance, Feasibility, Availability of local components, Duration/time of implementation, Ingenuity and Scalability, and Replicability. A panel of judges will assess and select the winners.
Winners will receive cash prizes of up to US$2,000.00 each to support their projects.
Interested individuals and organisations can apply here or simply reach out to the Accelerator Lab on phone 055 271 5963, 055 271 7258 or on WhatsApp 050 126 3699 to tell us about their solutions.
Applications must be received by midnight on Friday, 25th September 2020.
For more information visit Challenge Information Page to Apply online