The Anzisha Prize seeks to award young innovators who have developed and implemented innovative solutions to challenges facing their communities. Fifteen finalists from across Africa will win an all-expenses paid trip to South Africa to be a part of a week-long entrepreneurship workshop and conference at the African Leadership Academy campus on the outskirts of Johannesburg. The grand prize winners, selected from these finalists, will share prizes worth $75,000 USD.
ELIGIBILITY:
ELIGIBILITY:
- Applicants must be between the ages of 15 and 20.
- Innovations in all fields (science and technology, civil society, arts and culture, sports, etc.) will be considered by the Prize Committee.
- Some projects are carried out by small groups or teams that see themselves as equal. Should this be the case with your project, the primary initiator who assembled the project team should apply for the prize on behalf of the group. Should the group be named a finalist, only the primary initiator of the winning group will attend the workshop in South Africa, though winnings may be shared amongst the group.
- Impact: efforts have a demonstrated, measurable and positive outcome.
- Ingenuity: applicants take a new and better approach to a pressing problem in their community.
- Scalability: solutions have the potential to be replicated in communities facing similar challenges.
- The application deadline for the Prize is 1 May 2012. We strongly encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We cannot evaluate applications that arrive after the deadline.
- Finalists will be notified in July 2012
- The entrepreneurship workshop and conference will take place in August 2012.
- Via this online form. (This is the preferred method!)
- Via email to prize@anzishaprize.org.
- Via fax to +27 11 252 6190 certified courier to African Leadership Academy, 1050 Printech Avenue, Honeydew, 2040, South Africa Please list "Entrepreneurial Leadership Center" as the receiver and write +27 11 699 3000 for the receiver's phone number.
- If you cannot use any of the above methods, please submit your application via regular postal mailto PostNet Suite 413, Private Bag X1, Northcliff, 2115 South Africa. Please only use regular postal mail as a last resort.
