A Competition for Individuals and Organizations in Environmental Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

 Nesta Challenges announces the participation opportunity in a competition; Accelerating Growth that is the first strand of the Afri-Plastics Challenge. It aims to seek small and medium-sized enterprises that have a proof of concept and the ability to scale nationally or regionally to reach a high target number of people, particularly engaging women and girls. As well as scale existing solutions that improve plastic waste management in a socially and environmentally responsible way, to reduce the presence of plastic litter across Sub Saharan Africa.

f your solution is among the winning works, you will have the opportunity to:

• Support with seed funding and expert support to develop the idea further to demonstrate its ability to solve the problem at hand. 
• The first or best solution wins the overall prize. 

You must follow the following criteria:

1. Applicants must be delivering an existing solution that tackles the reduction of plastic pollution.
2. You must deal with at least ten tonnes of plastic waste per month and no more than a maximum threshold of 200 tonnes of plastic waste per month at the time of application.
3. Delivery of solutions must be in Sub-Saharan Africa.
4. Applicants must be formally constituted and operating in Sub-Saharan Africa as either a registered business or non-governmental organization (NGO).
5.  Applicants can be a single entity, an African partnership, or an international partnership.
6. You can submit up to three ideas and be named as a partner on more than one entry.
7. Each idea must be submitted separately and need to be different from the other ideas you have already submitted.
8.  For partnership applications, the nominated lead applicant must be operating in Sub-Saharan Africa.
9.  Applicants must own or have permission to use intellectual property.

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Judging criteria:

Your work will be judged based on the following criteria:

• Scale:
• Does the solution demonstrate the potential to be replicated in or adapted to other contexts? 
• Empowerment of women and girls:
• Does the solution contribute directly to the empowerment of women and girls? 
• Social impact:
• Does the solution make a positive and meaningful difference to society?
• Environmental impact:
•  Does the solution make a positive impact on the environment?
• Capability:
• Does the solution have a team behind it with the relevant track record, skills, experience, and resources to achieve success?

About Nesta Challenges:

Launched in 2012, Nesta Challenges is a hub of expertise on challenge prizes and competitions; as well as running prizes to help solve some of society’s most pressing challenges, Nesta Challenges aims to increase practical evidence and understanding about challenge prizes, and how they can be used effectively by governments, charities and businesses to have a tangible positive impact on society.

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