UK South Africa: 2023 Tech Hub Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge
The UK South Africa: 2023 Tech Hub Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge is a competition for all South African based individuals who have originated an innovative and creative technological and infrastructural solution to addressing plastic problems to cater away with R175 000 Grand prize.
In collaboration with the UK South Africa -Tech Hub, an initiative of the UK Government, SOLVE@Waterfront, and OceanHub Africa are calling for innovative solutions to address plastic problems in South Africa.
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Eligibility for the 2023 Tech Hub Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge
- Your startup is contributing to plastic circularity
- You are an incorporated for-profit and operate in South Africa ?
- You are a scalable service or product currently or soon to be available on the market
- Your product or service is clearly innovative and/or your business model is disruptive
- You are looking to grow your economic, social, and environmental impact
Requirements for the 2023 Tech Hub Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge
If you are based in South Africa, and have generated an innovative business/technological solution to plastics problem, such as:
- Technologies/systems to improve the rate of plastic collection
- Technologies/behavior change to facilitate the separation of waste after use or at the source
- A solution to better manage low-value plastics (single-use plastics, multi-layered packaging) through reuse and recycling
- Digital technology to address plastic pollution (e.g. behaviour change, reduction of the use of plastics, collection/sorting, recycling, tracking system)
- And any other innovation that could stop the leakage of plastic into the ocean
- A prototype of any of the above, which you are ready to test.
Benefits
As the winning finalist of the plastic innovation and circularity challenge you will:
- Be awarded R175 000 to further develop your innovation and business
- Be featured on the partners’ websites and their social media channels
- Have a chance to pitch in front of investors and other stakeholders during the leading African event on ocean-impact innovation, “Ocean Innovation Africa Summit”
- Automatically secure admission in OceanHub Africa’s 2023-2024 cohort, 1st Pan-African accelerator program designed to support blue entrepreneurs
Access prototyping and testing facilities at the V&A Waterfront (if suitable).
As the runner-up of the plastics innovation and circularity challenge you will:
- Be awarded R25 000 to further develop your innovation and business
- Be featured on the partners’ websites and their social media channels
- Have a chance to pitch in front of investors and other stakeholders during the leading African event on ocean-impact innovation, “Ocean Innovation Africa Summit”
- Automatically secure admission in OceanHub Africa’s 2023-2024 cohort, 1st Pan-African accelerator program designed to support blue entrepreneurs
Access prototyping and testing facilities at the V&A Waterfront (if suitable).
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UK South Africa: 2023 Tech Hub Plastics Innovation and Circularity Challenge
