2020 Sankalp Africa Awards for Africa’s most promising social entrepreneurs

Application Deadline: 15th November, 2019.

Sankalp Awards supports, honors, and brings together promising enterprises tackling some of the World’s key development challenges. Rooted in an ethos to champion social change and transformation through the spirit of entrepreneurship, it is one of the most prestigious impact enterprise awards in the country.  

Are you an enterprise that has been in operation for 1 – 5 Years, is already generating revenue, and is located in the Global South. Then the Sankalp Global Summit Awards, one of India’s most prestigious Social Enterprise awards designed to support emerging enterprises that offer cutting edge market based solutions to meet development challenges, is for you!

Since 2009, Sankalp Awards has discovered and showcased more than 1600 social enterprises, disbursed over US $870,00+ in cash grants and facilitated more than USD $270 Million in equity investment.  

Requirements:

  • Enterprises registered in the Global South
  • In operation for 1 to 3 years
  • Driven to make social impact
  • For-profit enterprises
  • Revenue generating  

BENEFITS FOR FINALISTS:

Pre Summit:

Be part of an enterprise bootcamp that will help you build your capacity through mentorship services by industry experts on two key focus areas.

  • Capital Raising by Intellecap Investment Banking Team
  • Investor Pitch Training by India Documentary Foundation

At the Summit:

  • Pitch to an illustrious Grand Jury of Investors.
  • Showcase your idea and enterprise at the Sankalp Global Summit.
  • Connect with leading mainstream and impact-focused investment houses at an exclusive ‘Meet the Finalists’ mixer
  • Establish one on one connects with mentors, policy makers, corporates and key value chain players.

Post Summit:

  • Gain visibility through a wide network of digital, print and electronic media.
  • Showcase your business to Intellecap & Sankalp’s global ecosystem. 
  • Mentorship from and access to wide network of global partners, incubators, accelerators, industry experts.

Scholarships

Are you a bootstrapped enterprise looking to attend Sankalp Global Summit 2019?

If yes, then we’re offering you the opportunity to make a case for yourself, and to tell us why we should select you for the Sankalp Enterprise Scholarship! Complete this form to win a fully subsidized ticket to attend the biggest conference on Inclusive Development, and meet some of the biggest Investors, Corporates, Donors, Foundations and Entrepreneurs that the region has to offer. Apply HERE for your spot!

**Scholarship recipients will be notified via email on or before 15th November, 2019.**

For More Information

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2020 Sankalp Africa Awards

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