Young Entrepreneurs Competition 2010 Call to Entries

Sukuma Afrika calls for Social Entrepreneurs to send in their plans to be recognized for their outstanding efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals in Africa.

After the great success the 2009 edition of the awards ceremony held in Cape Town in cooperation with the Annual Meeting of the Global Business School Network, Sukuma Afrika is glad to officially open its call-to-entries for the 2010 edition of the Young Entrepreneurs Awards.

The Awards Ceremony

The competition aims to bring exposure to the outstanding efforts of the winners and to connect them with stakeholders in a position to help them expand their businesses. To that end, Sukuma Afrika targets prime events  to hold its yearly awards ceremony. Exceptionally, the 2010 award ceremony will be held with participating partners UN Office of Partnerships, UN Global Compact and UN Millennium Campaign at an event organised by Africa Investors at the New York Stock Exchange on 17 September, around the UN General Assembly which focused this year on the MDG review.

Business and government leaders , Senior UN representatives and the US Institutional Investment Community will attend this event and the media will be well represented with Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC,CNN and other major titles, all of which have booths at the venue.

Documents you'll need

• The call for entries newsletter (.pdf)
• Application form for 2010 (.doc)
• Declaration of non-prosecution (.doc)

Candidates can also download the application forms from
http://www.sukumaafrika.org/campaign_competition.htm

Spread the word

If you are an individual, help your friends and inform anyone you know who might benefit of enrolling in the competition by simply forwarding this message. If you are an organization, do not hesitate to inform your members or former finalists of this event. For partnerships, cooperations and the press please contact Magali Bongrand at +33 9 70 44 07 16.

Stand up Against Poverty

On September 17th to 19th, join the UN Stand up Campaign to break the world record of number of people Standing up Against Poverty
around the world to ensure governments worldwide hear your demands to end poverty and inequality. 

Find all registered events at: www.standagainstpoverty.org.

2009 Winners

MDG 1 -  Isaac Chege, Uchumi Grain Millers EA Ltd
MDG 2 - Emmanuel Okwor, Primary School
MDG 3 - Isaac Aggrey, Women Biz Center
MDG 4,5,6 - Narcisse Mbunzama, mydoctors.org
MDG 7 - Kunga Ngece, BEKEDEV