100m to be won in Anambra Innovation week 2024.

By Udodirim Oti ,Awka

The Anambra state government has mapped out one hundred million naira for the 2024 Anambra innovation week competition

The Special Adviser to governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, on Innovation and Business Incubation, Chinwe Okoli, disclosed this while briefing Journalists at her office in Awka, today .

The event will hold on 25th -29 Nov 2024 at International cOnfeence centre awka
The theme of the Week is “Creating the Future of Africa, Now’, she said the long week event is in line with Governor Soludo’s agenda to make Anambra Nigeria’s digital and creative capital. “The Solution Innovation District (SID),

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According to her “Our mandate encompasses nurturing the “Anambra Digital Tribe,” supporting the startup ecosystem, incubating promising ventures, fostering research commercialization, and helping businesses leverage technology to scale through programs like LevelUp Anambra and Code Anambra, SID under my watch have trained over 25,000 youths on various deep technology skills preparing them for jobs in the global market.

Our SID Teen Digital Bootcamp cultivates a new generation of talented teens poised for future global impact. Additionally, the Anambra State Startup Law, a domestication of the Nigerian Startup Act, is also underway to boost an environment that nurtures creativity, entrepreneurship, and sustainable economic growth.In support of this commitment

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Soludo has prioritize infrastructure, with over 2,000 km of fiber product being laid across the state for last-mile internet connectivity. A 13.7-hectare plot of land, currently home to the Government House, has been designated as the permanent site for SID.

The Innovation Week is set to become an annual event and a leading platform for showcasing Nigeria and Africa’s fast-growing and vibrant technology and innovation ecosystem, while underscoring our vision to make Anambra the Silicon Valley of Africa.

Over the five day event, we will bring together innovators, policymakers, Top Tech CEOs, industry, entrepreneurs, investors, digital experts, and academics from Africa and beyond.
AIW prioritizes growth through bold ideas, talent, technology and invention highlighted by our flagship competition called Battle4Solutions. An innovation competition with a prize pool of over one hundred million naira (N100,000,000) in cash prizes

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This competition invites Nigeria’s brightest startups to pitch solutions addressing critical societal challenges in various sectors such as digital health, renewable energy, e-commerce, agritech, fintech, environment, education etc.. “AIW will feature exhibitions, showcases, competitions, games, keynotes, high-level panels, fireside chats, workshops, masterclasses, and a TradeNovation Fair for SMEs, all designed to advance technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship across the continent