The Netherlands Social Business Incubator has launched a Green innovation challenge dubbed Taka Taka Challenge in Kisumu city, Kenya aimed at bringing together global entrepreneurs and startups, as well as experts and professionals from around the world to co-create solutions that make profit from waste.
According to the firm, the challenge is open from the 9th of April till May the 18th for anyone to share their ideas about making business from waste on www.takatakachallenge.com. The group will coach and support idea-owners from idea to business model and the most promising ideas will be rewarded with direct cash prizes worth €5,000 while the winning idea will work with the Social Business Incubator to turn the idea into a startup with up to ($106,000) €100.000 in business development value.
Launched in partnership with Cordaid and enviu, the challenge is already recieving applications till Saturday the 18th April this year.
