Transforming Zambia Through
Innovation And Entrepreneurship
“Next Generation National Youth Incubation Challenge” is a programme targeted at young people 18 – 35 years to prepare them for the next generation work and give them the skills to ideate and develop their ventures. The programme focuses on capacity building, skills development, investor readiness and innovation. In addition, the NextGen Challenge focuses on identifying opportunities for innovation and mentoring young innovators and entrepreneurs through ideation, validation and scaling up of new products and services that benefit end-users and build successful startup companies. The specific objectives include:
Transforming Zambia Through Innovation And Entrepreneurship
“Next Generation National Youth Incubation Challenge” is a programme targeted at young people 18 – 35 years to prepare them for the next generation work and give them the skills to ideate and develop their ventures. The programme focuses on capacity building, skills development, investor readiness and innovation. In addition, the NextGen Challenge focuses on identifying opportunities for innovation and mentoring young innovators and entrepreneurs through ideation, validation and scaling up of new products and services that benefit end-users and build successful startup companies. The specific objectives include:
Training & Mentorship
Provide training, mentorship, tools, and workspace to young innovators and entrepreneurs in new Product Development Processes and develop viable ICT products, services, processes, or platforms.
Business Development
Provide business development to entrepreneurs, monitor the progress of innovations on the market, and evaluate the contribution of local young entrepreneurs to the growth of the various key development sectors, including Agribusiness, Fintech, Green economy, E-governance, etc. Fashion.
Governanace and Compliance
Support regulatory compliance and generate inputs into developing ICT Innovation Policy areas to promote local innovations and entrepreneurial ecosystem development and growth.
E-Commerce Platforms
To build e-commerce platforms and accelerate startups.
