This is a platform for championing green sustainable jobs by women and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya, with a focus on selected value chains, through MSMEs business modeling in at least 6 selected counties. Nakuru was the pilot County.
Problems to be tackled by Green Enterprise Challenge:
- Youth unemployment
- Environmental pollution
- Poverty
- Little education
- Inadequate business skills
The challenge is being run by Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT) in collaboration with Tangaza University College .
MESPT is a champion of a Green Growth economy and in partnership with Danida has been implementing the Annual Green Growth Conference and exhibition in Kenya for the last 2 years.
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- Requirements:
The challenge is open to youth and women who have startup businesses not more than 3 year old. - Their businesses must have a green element in it.
- To register for the challenge must I have an existing business?
No, your business can be an idea which you must be in a position to convince the trainers and the judges that it is viable.
Your business is eligible if you are in the line of:
- Mobile & ICT Technologies
- Waste Management
- Agri-Business
- Renewable Energy
Benefits:
- They will be sponsored into an entrepreneurship academy in their county.
- All finalists will get certificates.
- Winners will be awarded trophies.
- Overall national winners will be awarded a monetary grant of up to Ksh. 1,000,000 to grow their businesses.
- Sponsorship opportunity to participate/ exhibit in the National Green Enterprise Challenge and the National Green Growth Conference & Exhibition in October 2016.
- Exposure to potential investors/ funders.
Development of brands - Media Coverage
- Six months post competition incubation to harness entrepreneurial skills.
Register today for the Green Enterprise Challenge 2016; deadline is August 19th, 2016.
