Apply Now: 1 Million Euro for African COVID-19 Digital Response Solutions
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a human tragedy across the African continent. Besides contributing to the loss of over 50,000 people, the pandemic is expected to: Render 3.6% of Sub-Saharan Africans severely food deprived Result in a 1.4% fall in GDP across the African continent Move Sub-Saharan Africa into a recession in 2020 for the first time in 15 years, Expose an additional 9.1% of Sub-Saharan Africans to extreme poverty Threaten nearly 20 million jobs in Africa, both in formal and informal sectors. Leave over 250 million children out of school across Africa. Contribute to a US $3.7 billion decline in public and private health expenditures Policymakers need much more detailed data analysis and actionable insights to guide their decisions, support actions of huge significance, and monitor their impact. The prevalence of alternative data, even in traditionally data-sparse countries, and advances in data science provide a unique opportunity to experiment with new data collaboratives that bridge data sets, partners and expertise, and stakeholders to generate actionable intelligence and help decision-makers and people navigate this unprecedented crisis. African COVID-19 Digital Response Solutions Data4COVID19 Africa Challenge is soliciting innovative proposals (re)using data in a collaborative and responsible way to provide actionable COVID-19 digital response for decision-makers across Africa to respond to present and future pandemic challenges. Sign Up Now for More Grant Funding Emails l’Agence française de développement (AFD) offers a contribution between €50-100K in funding for 7 -10 projects for consortium that are established in an African Union country. Submissions should cover: Situational awareness: leverage data to enable stakeholders across sectors to better understand COVID-19 trends and geographic distribution. Cause-and-effect insight: help stakeholders better understand the key drivers and consequences of COVID-19. Prediction: leverage data to allow stakeholders to assess future risks, needs, and opportunities. Impact assessment: determine which, whether, and how various interventions meet certain objectives, including the Sustainable Development Goals. Apply Now! Deadline is February 5, 2021
Workshop for Impact Startups: Data Collections Best Practices – Lessons Learnt & Experiences from the Ground
Proudly brought to you by UNLEASH Hacks, this online workshop will be hosted on 31st January, 2021, 5PM – 6.15PM SGT (GMT+8). Sign up for this workshop by filling the fields below. Your information will be shared with the event organisers for schedule coordination and event invitations. More information about the workshop: Speaker: Ian Ong, Associate Consultant, AlphaBETA Reliable data helps you make more informed business decisions, strengthen your business cases and understand the impact of your organisation. In this workshop, we share with you the best practices for data collection, including data sources, data biases, data privacy regulations and more. More information about the organisers: – UNLEASH Hacks: https://unleash.org/hacks/ APPLY HERE – https://airtable.com/shr0rVsCiT6IPkrEz
Apply Now: Gates Foundation $100,000 COVID-19 Data Science Grants
There is an immense need for data science researchers to use new analytical processes and emerging datasets in COVID-19 digital response. This need is particularly acute in low- and middle-income countries with a lack of analytical capacity and pandemic data. The International COVID-19 Data Alliance can help researchers discover, access, and analyze global multi-dimensional datasets while respecting confidentiality and privacy. It consolidates data and metadata from federated repositories so teams can work collectively on a focused research question. Data access and use are subject to rigorous data governance processes, based on the five safes framework. $100,000 COVID-19 Data Science Grants The COVID-19 Data Science grant program – a Grand Challenge for Development from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – will provide $100,000 research grants to build on COVID-19 datasets. The funding should unite data and develop processes, analytical tools, and infrastructure, with an aim to achieve rapid scientific progress and impact on COVID-19 and future pandemics. Sign Up Now for More Research Funding! Applications are invited from researchers working in healthcare, academia, industry or research foundations. Proposals are particularly welcomed by LMIC researchers and datasets from a broad range of researchers covering: Natural disease history, epidemiology, and transmission Vaccines and prophylaxis Infection, prevention, and control Therapeutics Clinical management Applicants should use clearly defined datasets, with a commitment to providing access to data and all research products (methodology and reproducible results), whilst ensuring appropriate information governance. Apply Now! The deadline is January 19, 2021
Congratulations to me on successfully making impacts in a challenging year (2020).
Congratulations to me on successfully making impacts in a challenging year (2020). My impact journey for the year started as an Organizing Team (OT) member for Europe/Africa zone at UNLEASH Covid-19 Hack, 2020. The UNLEASH Covid-19 Hack was a global digital hackathon designed to collectively address some of the challenges humanity is facing due to the spread and effect of the Covid-19 virus. After the hack, I took another role as a full stack website development trainer for Women’s Haven Africa in the Ghana Tech Lab PaSE Project sponsored by World Bank Africa and Mastercard Foundation. I trained 16 young ladies in Website Development using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Nodejs and Python for six (6) weeks. During the same period, I took part in the Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2020 in Google Cloud track. I had to watch over 100+ hours of lesson videos on Pluralsight using Qwiklabs for practical exercises. I made it to the Project phases of the program. While in the Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2020, I also took part in the #Build4SDG by Andela and #Facebook, where I start a project call #qwikjobs. Qwikjobs is a platform intended to help linked Jobs to individuals within Ghana. I also took another role as OT member for UNLEASH Hack 2020, Ghana. The Hack took talents through a collaborative 2-day event, organized by UNLEASH Alumni and passionate talents who worked with local stakeholders and community leaders to collectively solve problems and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). I am currently working as the tech lead for Women’s Haven Africa in the Ghana Tech Lab incubation where we are incubating the startup #MedApp_gh to develop a HealthTech platform to support Chronic diseases patients in Ghana. In the middle of all these impacts, my laptop breakdown adding to the high cost of internet, as most of these events were done online. I had to borrow laptops from family and friends just to make sure I catch up with most of the projects. This affected my productivity level in some of these programs, though I managed to complete some, other I could not complete fully. Any assistance to secure financial support to help my business was not fruitful. Talk of the NBSSI Ghana CAP Business Support Scheme, National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme-NEIP Business Support, and the pending COVID-19 Emergency Relief Funding by Mastercard Foundation, among other. It really sad when you have the passion to support impact but can’t access the needed resources to help you. As it stands now my laptop is so weak to the extent that it can’t even run Microsoft Office applications, to even talk of VScode, Mongodb, Ampps Server, Noe4j, MySQL, python, NodeJS, Git, among others. As a developer, who is supporting social impact, such challenges really affect the kind of support am currently given to some startups and businesses with the ecosystem. It even more sad to open mails to see all the certificates that acknowledge and recognition my work and impact coming from big institutions like Andela, Ghana Tech Lab, UNLEASH, Google Africa Developer Scholarship 2020, Pluralsight, etc. To everyone that supported the passion, I say God Richly Bless You All!!! More impact in the coming years to make this world a better place. #UNLASHHack2020 #Build4SDGs #gtlincubator #GTLBase #GTLimpact #YoungAfricaWorks #WomensHavenAfrica
Welcome RUSHKUS VENTURES to the Gift-Tech Family
Meet our latest client Rushkus Ventures, the biggest and cheapest mobile phone shop in Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regions. Rushkus Ventures in collaboration with Gift-Tech Solutions have launched the biggest and cheapest online shopping platform at https://rushkus.com. Rushkus Ventures is your number one shop for all original phones and accessories, Our prices are unbeatable and 100% original, we are authorised dealer for Samsung, Huawei, Nokia, Vivo, Tecno, Infinix, x-Tigi & Itel. [advanced_iframe src=”https://rushkus.com” width=”100%” height=”600″]
Welcome Bongo Bongo GH to the Gift-Tech family.
Welcome Bongo Bongo GH to the Gift-Tech family. The startup is the best delivery service firm in the Bono Region serving customers throughout the Nation. They offer package pick up, food delivery, corporate errands, stand in cues, mobile money services, grocery shopping, any other errands. Gift-Tech Solutions is currently providing website development services for Bongo Bongo GH at https://bongobongogh.com. The platform enable customers within Sunyani and it environment to order any type of food and have it delivered to their doorstep at a very affordable rate. [advanced_iframe src=”https://bongobongogh.com” width=”100%” height=”600″]
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
As part of activities marking the Ghana-China Economic and Cultural (GCEC) Week from 12th – 18th October, 2020, DUAPA AFRICA and DongSheng International Incubator and other key Ghanaian and Chinese partners will hold a startup competition targeting technology startups in Ghana with a chance to win 1 million RMB (GH¢850,000 or $150,000) in the global finals among many exciting benefits. The Ghana edition forms part of the ongoing “Dong Sheng Cup” International Entrepreneurship Competition which is in its 8th edition. Two outstanding projects or startups in Ghana will be selected at the end of the Ghana division competition to join the global semifinal. Organizers: Duapa Africa and DongSheng International Incubator . Deadline for application: 2nd October, 2020 Competition date: 15th October, 2020 Follow this link to apply now: https://bit.ly/2EecMsY Good luck in your application! #icodegh
African startups invited to apply for Space-Tech Challenge 2020
Applications have opened for the Space-Tech Challenge 2020, which will identify and develop the most promising new innovators, entrepreneurs and early-stage businesses in the space-tech sector across Africa. Space-Tech applications use earth observation to gather information about the physical, chemical and biological systems of the planet via remote-sensing technologies. Such tech has seen a surge in demand for these applications across a wide range of industries. The Space-Tech Challenge will identify and develop startups in this space, specifically targeting downstream space-tech applications across agriculture, insurance, retail, sustainability and conservation. Participants will receive the opportunity to showcase to a global audience at GEO Week, an intergovernmental earth observation conference; industry links and market access through ZASpace and partners; screening for investment by Anza Capital; o-month business development support through the Research Institute for Innovation & Sustainability; the opportunity to pitch to judges and industry representatives during final pitching den; and the provision of ortho-ready satellite imagery from Maxar’s archive. Winners, meanwhile, will receive four months of online incubation and virtual mentorship, and ongoing access to a peer-to-peer network through TechTribe. The overall winner will win a SecureWatch Premium 5GB, valid for three months to the value of US$12,500, while there are also smaller prizes for second and third place. All three will have the chance to directly pitch their idea to a MAXAR representative. Applications are open here until October 16.
Apply Now: UNLEASH HACK 2020 (GHANA HACK SDG6 & SDG13)
We are thrilled to announce that applications for UNLEASH Hacks Ghana is open! Apply here: https://bit.ly/HacksGhana Application Process: Ensure that you select the Hack you are applying for; i.e. “Sept 19-20 Hack GHANA SDG6 & SDG13” in order for your application to be submitted for the Ghana hack. Complete your application before August 23rd! For any queries, please reach out to unleash.ghanahacks@gmail.com Join us virtually this September for #UNLEASH2020! #UNLEASHGhanaHacks #WASH #SDG6 #ClimateAction #SDG13 For more info, visit: UNLEASH.org
Apply Now: She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition – US$15000
🎖She Loves Tech Global Startup Competition is officially back with 30+ rounds worldwide. Join the world’s best tech entrepreneurs at the world’s largest startup #competition for women and technology! Do you have a startup with an MVP and have raised less than US$5M? Do you have an early-stage tech startup that is women-led or women impact? Take your startup to the next level with us. 🚀 2000+ startups have joined in the past, with winners enjoying increased investor and media attention, as well as access to powerful networks worldwide, so why not you? 🎖The global winner will receive an equity-free cash prize of US$15,000 from SLT affiliate fund – Teja Ventures, special media and mentorship prizes, fast track access to our partner funds and accelerator programs, and in-house advisory services. More prizes to be revealed soon. Apply here – shelovestech.org/competition – and we’re looking forward to learning more about your startup!
