CALL FOR STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR HULT PRIZE CHALLENGE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA 2018/2019.
University of Dodoma is selected among world’s top universities to Host local edition of Hult Prize as students answer the United Nations Challenge and go head-to-head for US$ 1M 2018/19.
About HULT PRIZE UDOM ChallengeHULT PRIZE UDOM Challenge is a student lead (lead by the official appointed HULT PRIZE
Campus Director, Mr. Denice Benedict) event under the proper coordination of the University of Dodoma. The HULT PRIZE UDOM Challenge is a local edition of the world’s largest competition run by HultPrize in partnership with United Nations, hosting college and university events around the world in search of the next game changing start up.
About the HultPrize Foundation.
Hult Prize is the world’s biggest engine for the launch of for-good, for-profit startups emerging from University with over 2500 staff and volunteers around the world. In nearly a decade, the movement has deployed more than $50M of capital into the sector and mobilized more than one million young people to re-think the future of business as it continues to breed disruptive innovation on college and University campuses across 100 plus countries. The Hult Prize Foundation been called the “Nobel Prize for Students” and has been featured in a TIME Magazine Cover Story highlighting the “Top 5 Ideas Changing the World.”To learn more, visit www.hultprize.org.
Objective of the HultPrize UDOM Challenge
The Challenge aims at creating the best engine of social entrepreneurs worldwide by inspiring and motivating youth to engage themselves in social entrepreneurship in which they can turn social challenges to profitable ventures and be able to earn income and create jobs for others Specifically this year’s competition aims to have student “create a venture or a business idea or an idea that can provide 10000 meaningful jobs to youth within the next decade.
The winner of the intra – campus event will automatically advance to compete in one of the fifteen regional finals happening around. In our case, the winner will proceed to Nairobi in April 19- 20th.
The winning team will then proceed to summer business accelerator in Ash ridge, United Kingdom in July 2019 for the whole one month and half where the participants will receive free mentorship, advisory and strategic planning as they create prototypes and set up to launch their new social
business. A final round of competition will be hosted in New York at United Nation’s headquarters in September where the winner will be awarded $1,000,000 prize.
“ The hultprize is a wonderful example of the creative cooperation needed to build a world with shared opportunity, shared prosperity, and each year I look forward to seeing many outstanding ideas the competition produces” ( Former US President Bill Clinton) HultPrize is now recruiting teams who are interested in registering for the competition.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
- . Must be a team of 3 or 4 people
- . The team must have a name
- . Current student at University of Dodoma (Bachelor, Masters, and PhD)
- . UDOM Alumni, Faculty or staff are NOT eligible.
Applications will be done online by registering your team at http://hultprizeat.com/dodoma
Application deadline
“It’s not every day that you have an opportunity to change the world. This is your chance to show the world that you’re dedicated to impact.
So make sure you do not miss the application deadline, which is on 13th of January 2019!!!!
For more information, contact:
HultPrize UDOM Campus Director, Mr. Denice Benedict
+255745356808
+255657933934
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