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Friday, April 10, 2020 /08:50
AM / by AfDB / Header Image Credit: AfDB
The
African Development Bank and partners are set to host an online #AfricaVsVirus
Challenge from 16 to 19 April 2020. The 72-hour competition is a global
hackathon - or "ideathon" - to develop effective solutions to the coronavirus
pandemic.
"COVID-19's
impact on the global economy is pushing millions of people, especially women
and young people, into unemployment, underemployment and working poverty. Part
of our response is the #AfricaVsVirus Challenge," said Tapera Muzira,
Coordinator of the African Development Bank's Jobs
for Youth in Africa Strategy. "This online Challenge will channel youth creativity and innovation to real
life solutions that mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on health, the
economy, SMEs and jobs," he added.
The #AfricaVsVirus Challenge
opens on Thursday, 16 April at 6:30 pm CET and runs non-stop through to Sunday,
19 April at 6:30 pm CET. Entrants can choose to submit ideas under one of the
following sectors: public health and epidemiology; vulnerable populations;
businesses and economy; community; education; entertainment; government
support; environment and energy; and food security. Alternatively, they may
choose their own theme.
An expert panel will select the
twenty best solutions submitted, and these finalists will be invited to take
part in a one-month educational program by Seedstars. The
top three winning ideas will receive up to $50,000 worth of in-kind prizes.
#AfricaVsVirus Challenge is part
of the Bank's strategy to support young African entrepreneurs - especially
young women entrepreneurs - and their SMEs and startups by providing an
enabling environment to innovate appropriate solutions to the COVID-19 crisis.
The Bank's Innovation
and Entrepreneurship Lab,
working closely with the Youth Entrepreneurship & Innovation Multi-Donor Trust
Fund is hosting the ideathon, with partners Seedstars,
digital agency WAAT and
development consultants Luvent Consulting.
Rollout of the Challenge follows
the African Development Bank's launch on 8 April of a $10 billion COVID-19
response facility, and the sale of a record $3 billion debt issue last month to
raise financing to help African countries confront the pandemic, which is
already wreaking havoc on their economies.
Interested parties can follow the
global conversation about the competition by following #AfricaVsVirus on social
media, or by logging on to www.africavsvirus.com.
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