Starting from these assumptions, StudENT for Africa puts young people at the center of the project, creating a context of opportunities around them, that can stimulate and make them protagonists in the production and transfer of knowledge, in a global perspective and towards international working contexts.
Participants organize themselves in mixed teams of researchers, graduates and students of the University. The teaching aims to create an entrepreneurial mind set in the teams and to develop the skills to work in business creation, starting from the preparation of credible and effective business plans.
Each year the University selects the best business ideas - in terms of sustainability and socio-economic impact - through a Call for Ideas and for Competence structured in two selection rounds.
On 5 February the first Call for Ideas was concluded during which 8 projects were selected, designed to develop in Tanzania, Cameroon, Ghana, Gambia, Mali and eSwatini the agro-food, textile, cosmetics, building and construction, sustainable energy, cultural and creative industries, circular economy and waste management.
Among them, the second round will select the 3 best projects that will be presented on 23 May 2020 during Startp Day, one of the most important events for the development of youth entrepreneurship.
The teams that created the 8 selected projects will enter the Entrepreneurship Ignition Program that will prepare them for market access. During the Entrepreneurial Ignition Program, our experts intervene with speeches and testimonies, offering students expertise and best practices on entrepreneurial culture and food for thought on the skills, knowledge and tools needed to achieve sustainable economic success with a positive social impact.
StudENT for Africa summarizes our commitment to the new generations: support and background to ensure their inclusion in studies, development of entrepreneurial skills and employability.
february, 2020
