2024 MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge: $5000 Prize

By Scholars WorldSeptember 17, 2024Updated:September 17, 2024

The MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge is aimed at incubating youth-led SMEs that tackle current environmental challenges and promote sustainability.

The MTN Africa Challenge rewards the winning teams with prizes valued at 5000 USD and advancing to stage 2 – the Pan-African contest, where they compete in the final.

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The entirety of the costs of your tuition, accommodation, living expenses, and comprehensive medical insurance during the corresponding academic period are covered by the scholarship.

In this post, the full details of the eligibility, benefits, timeline, and application procedure will be provided.

2024 MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge Abstract

Host: MTN
Location: Africa
Category: Competitions || Trainings
Benefits:
- $5000
Eligibility: African Countries
Deadline: September 30, 2024

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MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge Details

The Africa PachiPanda Challenge, a joint effort by MTN and WWF to inspire and support innovative solutions addressing pressing environmental challenges across the continent.  

This program aligns with WWF’s global goals, its Africa Strategy, and its established practices. It also adds significant value to the Mobilising More for Climate (MM4C) Programme.

Specifically, the challenge contributes to achieving WWF’s core objectives of zero habitat loss, preventing species extinction, and promoting healthy populations.

Furthermore, WWF’s Africa Strategy, titled “Making Nature Count,” aims to ensure that the value of Africa’s natural capital is fully integrated into decision-making by governments, corporations, financial institutions, and society.

MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge Benefits

The teams will then have the opportunity to pitch their solutions to a selected panel of industry experts, with the winning teams walking away with prizes valued at 5000 USD and advancing to stage 2 – the Pan-African contest, where they compete in the final.
The winning solutions from the challenge will be implemented to address the pressing environmental challenges in the respective countries. This will contribute to the long-term sustainability of these communities and the African continent as a whole.

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2024 MTN Africa Challenge Requirements

To be eligible for the 2024 MTN Africa Challenge, applicants must satisfy the following conditions:

young people (16 – 35 years),
African
youth led SME’s, entrepreneurs, individuals, and organizations that work towards sustainable development in participating countries and employees in these sectors and are looking for ways to make their business sustainable.

Eligibility:

The Challenge is open to individuals or teams residing in the participating country. • Participants may be of any age provided they have reached the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction or have obtained parental or guardian consent.
Employees of the organizing committee, judges, sponsors, and their immediate families are not eligible to participate.
The project must be carried out in the participating country and it needs to be in line with the mission and goals of World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Country Office and respective MTN OPCO and/or Foundation.
The application must concern an innovative project that boosts nature conservation in a contemporary way.
The application ought to have concrete and measurable results, SMART goals and high communicative value to increase the chances of approval.

Participating countries for 2024: Zambia, South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon and Uganda.

MTN Africa PachiPanda Challenge Stages

The challenge will take place in two phases. During phase one, applications in each country will be shortlisted.
Following this, selected participants will form teams of up to three members and undergo a human-centred design process during a 5-day sprint week.
This process will involve business modelling, customer identification, and developing unique value propositions.