Competition for African Startups on App and Game Development with $12,000 from NTL

Techleaders in launching a Competition for African Startups on App and Game Development. The Next Technology Leaders (NTL) initiative aims to build the capacity of young calibers on the latest information, communications, and electronics technologies.

Competition Tracks:-

The competition has two tracks:

• Game Development: Join this track if your startup team is working on game development, VR, or AR applications.
• App. Development: Join this track if your startup team is working on specific App development using any technology. (Mobile, Cloud, Web, IOT, AI, .. etc)

• Three winners for each of the two tracks: USD 12K, 8K, 4K.
• The other top finalists will receive USD 1K each.
• A real-time online business planning training will be offered to finalists by IBM.
• Top Startups will be invited to join the "Startup with IBM" program through which they can get cloud credits to build and scale their solutions.
• Mentorship and coaching sessions from IBM experts to top winning startups.

• Eligible Africa Countries: Egypt, Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, The Gambia, Nigeria, Togo and Uganda.
• Apply as Teams or Startups up to 2 Years Old.
• Team Size must be not Less than 2 Members.
• A Working Prototype at least is a Must.
• Your team must be citizens in one of the 22 African countries mentioned above.
• You can't submit just a business idea. You must submit a working prototype link for your idea. and your startup must be officially registered in order to receive a prize.
• The Pitching will be online this year due to the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic.

Judging Criteria:-

The submitted applications as well as pitching will be judged on the 3 following areas:

• Business Model.
• ICT Technology Role.
• Team Experience and Integration.

About NTL:-

Next Technology Leaders (NTL) is an Egyptian technology learning initiative that aims to build the capacity of young calibers on the latest information, communications, and electronics technologies. The Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is leading the implementation of this initiative through the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the Information Technology Industry Development Authority. Availability of supportive and motivating study groups and review networks for evaluation and follow-up. All of this leads to promoting the value of knowledge and creativity, creating job opportunities for young graduates and preparing a generation of young people capable of employing the latest ICT fields in all sectors to achieve more development, productivity and competitiveness.

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