InDrive , a Kenyan chief in international mobility and concrete providers, is thrilled to introduce the Underdog Tech Award. This new worldwide prize is designed to honor the founders of essentially the most promising tech startups exterior of the well-established tech hubs and startup communities.
The Underdog Tech Award invitations aspiring innovators to grab this chance as the applying course of is now formally open. Kenya can also be represented within the jury, with Fatma Nasujo, World Head of Company Operations for Wasoko, serving as a jury member.
Marking its international debut, the Underdog Tech Award is making a big entry in Kenya — a rustic that’s quick garnering a popularity as the guts of innovation within the East African area. This initiative celebrates Kenya’s position as a important entity within the African startup panorama, highlighting the nation’s dedication to spearheading modern applied sciences.
The Underdog Tech Award has been created to help know-how startups which are efficiently based regardless of going through challenges because of their location, comparable to restricted assets and lack of entry to funding and vital occasions.
Early-stage know-how startups positioned exterior main IT hubs, particularly these in US, Israel and Europe, can take part within the Underdog Tech Award choice course of. To be eligible for entry, startups should have a big constructive affect on their communities (or have the potential to take action), and have good prospects for fast scaling.
The primary stage – the applying section – begins on 19 September and ends on 1 December 2023. All purposes submitted throughout this time might be thought of.
In the course of the second stage, which begins in December 2023, award nominees and the highest 20 candidates might be decided and shortlisted.
“At inDrive, we goal to unlock human potential and broaden entry to schooling and different social advantages. We think about it important to help a worldwide equality of entry to the assets that help growth and achievement: For instance, we have now already established the Aurora Tech Award, an award for girls in IT, together with different initiatives to help those that want and deserve it”, says Mark Loughran, Group President of inDrive.
“Now we have now organized an award for ‘underdogs’. We at inDrive are nonetheless underdogs, and pleased with it. We goal to help modern startups that make the world higher. And we’re thrilled to supply them with the platform and monetary help wanted for his or her development and growth.”
The Underdog Tech Award confers recognition and a financial reward (the prize fund is $60,000) on the winner, together with different vital advantages: All startups that submit purposes will acquire invaluable suggestions from varied enterprise and funding funds, whereas the shortlisted candidates may also obtain suggestions from the award’s jury. As well as, winners will obtain PR help and the chance to endure coaching by trade consultants.
