Liquid Telecom is hosting MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge to address digital economy disparities across Africa
Liquid Telecom is hosting Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT)’s 2019
MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC) in Africa to help entrepreneurs re-invent the way technology innovation is harnessed.
Launched in 2016, the challenge is coming to Africa for the first time and Liquid Telecom will serve as the IIC’s outreach partner for Africa, where it will play an important role in recruiting African entrepreneurs and innovators to participate in the challenge.
The 2019 IIC has four categories which include technology access, financial inclusion, skills development and opportunity matching, and income growth and job creation. The IIC will award a total of $1.6 million this year —including $250,000 to each of the four winning organisations.
“We are happy to help IIC reach mo...