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ARUA Centre of Excellence for Unemployment and Skills Development Youth Business and Innovation Challenge 2020 (YoBIC 1.0), Lagos – Nigeria
The Deepening Youth Unemployment Crisis in Africa Occasioned by Covid-19 Pandemic:
What Options Available for the Rescue?
In-Country National Competition (October 17-November 20, 2020)
International Competition for the Winners in Nigeria, West Africa
December 2 – 4 (Wednesday to Friday), 2020
About YoBIC
As part of our Youth development program in ARUA, CoE-USD, Day-3 of our 2020 international Conference
Program has been fully dedicated to our cardinal program for the African Youth to secure an opportunity to
pitch their designed innovation for seed-fund. The International Finals shall happen in Lagos, Nigeria on December 3-4, 2020.
YoBIC is an innovation capacity building program for the African youth of participating countries in the PRAC4-YUSA Project, to compete for the Business Seed–fund of GBP3,000 through winning a business and innovation
competition challenge that focuses on solving African problems. Solutions are expected from the following Five
(5) areas of focus; Agriculture, Health, Circular Economy (i.e. Waste Management, Recycling etc), Infrastructure
(i.e. Transportation, Construction etc) and Financial Inclusion (i.e. Fintech, Rural / Gender Financial Inclusion,
E-Commerce etc)
Required Deliverables and Timelines
Oct. 13, 2020
Send out the call for expression of interest Form youth into groups of 2 or Max of 4 (with at least one female) not more than 35 years
Oct. 17, 2020
Briefing Workshop and training of Participants on Business Model Canvas (BMC) (Virtual or Physical)
Oct. 19-21, 2020
Students settle down to work on the identified challenges in their area of focus. Students settle down to work on the identified challenges in their area of focus
October 17, 2020- November 10, 2020
Students settle down to work on the identified challenges in their area of focus
November 11, 2020
First demonstrative pitch for inputs of experts
November 11-15, 2020
Students go back to improve their design
November 16-20, 2020 (Any of the days)
National Pitch among the 5 Teams
December 3-4, 2020
International Competition of the Winners in Nigeria
Guidelines for Expression of Interest
Interested Students/Youths who are willing to participate in this challenge should contact the following persons in their country of origin (Kindly note that only 5 Teams are allowed in each country):
Nigeria: University of Lagos, Nigeria: Dr. Sunday Adebisi:- sadebisi@unilag.edu.ng and Dr. Ayodele Shittu:- ishittu@unilag.edu.ng
South Africa: University of Cape Town (Prof. Abimbola Windapo:- abimbola.windapo@uct.ac.za); University of Kwazulu Natal ( Prof. Kesh Govinder:- GOVINDER@ukzn.ac.za)
Kenya: University of Nairobi, Kenya (Prof. Jackson Maalu:- jmaalu@uonbi.ac.ke and Dr. Joy Mueni:- jmueni@uonbi.ac.ke)
Ghana: University of Ghana, Accra (Dr. Charles Ackah: – cackah@ug.edu.gh and Dr. Pricilla Baffour :- ptbaffour@ug.edu.gh)