Are you below the age of 30 years and have a business or a social venture idea that can create value and provide an impetus to the industry or social sector in India and Africa, then participate in the contest and stand a chance to win an attractive prize and get recognized on an international platform.
The INDIAFRICA Business Plan Contest is open to students from any discipline in Africa and India between the age of 18-35 years (as on Dec 31, 2013) who are enrolled in colleges and academic institutions.
Theme
Entrepreneurial Solutions to Address Developmental Challenges
Prize
- Eighteen prizes of INR 50,000 each
- Trip to Davos in January 2014 during the World Economic Forum for the team leaders of the top ranking Indian and African teams
- Certificates for all winners
- INDIAFRICA merchandise for all winners
Timeline
Start date: 21 December 2012 Contest open till: 14 March 2013
Register to get contest guidelines
Institutional Partners for the INDIAFRICA Business Venture Contest.
Indian School of Business Hyderabad, India
ISB is one of India’s leading business schools with campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali. It offers an MBA-equivalent Post Graduate Programme (PGP), an executive MBA-equivalent Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Senior Executives (PGPMAX) and a doctoral-equivalent Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) as well as short-duration and part-time executive education programs for middle and senior management. The school’s Post Graduate Programme has been ranked amongst the top 20 programmes in the world in the 2012 Financial Times Global MBA Rankings.
www.isb.edu
University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
Wits has a reputation built on research and academic excellence. Wits is one of only two universities in Africa ranked in two separate international rankings as a leading institution in the world and is the only university in the country that features in the top 1% in the world in seven defined fields of research according to the 2007 ISI international rankings.
www.wits.ac.za