YAS! Design Thinking Hackathon: Winners takes home USD1000

[Hanson Johnson]

Hello,
YAS! West and North Africa Activation event is featuring a Design Thinking Hackathon at Lagos Oriental Hotel Victoria Island on 13th November 2018 and there is a USD 1,000.00 prize for the winning Solution.

 

YAS! (Youth for Africa and SDGs) is a portal-platform that aims to connect entrepreneurs to resources they need to develop and grow their idea or business. Users on the platform can interact on the provided values of; learning, ecosystem map, challenges and opportunities. The YAS! Activation event is a program where entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, corporates and donors will convene to discuss entrepreneurial topics, attend workshops and network. The event is co-organized by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Accenture.

YAS! Activation Objectives

• To officially launch the online portal YAS! to the West and North Africa entrepreneurship ecosystem

• Award YAS! West and North Africa Challenge (grant) winners

• To raise the awareness of African youth and relevant stakeholders of the existence and services offered by YAS!, what it is and what it seeks to achieve in the entrepreneurship ecosystem

• Train entrepreneurs on key entrepreneurial business operations

Apply here hackathon application form

Hanson

[Hanson Johnson]

Please take note: The event is tomorrow 11th December 2018. I'm sorry for the typo

On Mon, 10 Dec 2018, 9:59 pm Felista Aku, <akufe...@afrilabs.com> wrote:

Hi Hanson,

Thanks for sharing the info.

Hi everyone, the design thinking hackathon is tomorrow 11th December, 2018.

Looking forward to seeing you.