World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge 2024 | APPLY NOW

This informs the public about the World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge 2024: Water Solutions for a New Climate Reality. Details about the Program are given below.

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About World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge 2024

The World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge: Water Solutions for a New Climate Reality is designed to accelerate innovation and unlock the potential of the next generation of youth aquapreneurs from around the world.

Program Details

Participants entering the World Bank Youth Innovation Challenge will:

  • Build critical entrepreneurial skills in business plan development, prototyping, customer segmentation, sales, financing, marketing, fundraising, and sustainability with support from our Corporate partners like Microsoft, Xylem and other learning partners like YBI, YMCA and other water tech companies.
  • Be invited to join the Microsoft Founders Hub offering the opportunity to gain free access to technology tools, resources and coaching to build solutions.
  • Improve business plan and pitch scalable solutions to water tech CEOs, VCs, and other impact investors
  • Receive market feedback from water and sanitation utilities, irrigation operators, and other end users worldwide.
  • Network with a global community of successful entrepreneurs, water experts, investors and other innovators
  • Access a 6-month Accelerator Program that provides one on one mentoring by successful Water tech CEOs (winners only)

Eligibility

The World Bank and partners invite all interested and eligible youth aquapreneurs (age 18-35) to apply with innovative solutions tackling one or more of four global water challenges:

Application

For those interested in the Innovation Challenge 2024. Open this link to start the application process.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 23 February 2024.

Open this link for more details about the Youth Innovation Challenge 2024.

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