UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge 2022 – Apply Now | IJMB
Application for WACA 2022 is now available for UNEP. The UNDP West and Central Africa Sub-Roional Hub (UNDP WACA) is the main initiative in developing West Central Africa.
The UNDP Youth Innovator Challenge is an initiative designed to develop young entrepreneurs and innovators in West and Central Asia that provide innovative opportunities and improve their lives.
UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge Overview
UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge 2022 [50,000 grant]
The UN Development Program Sub-Regional Hub for West and Central Africa (UNDP WACA) has launched the Challenge to encourage innovative young people and entrepreneurs who can provide innovative solutions to West and Central Africa.
The UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge is a program designed to discover and promote the innovative and resilient efforts of youth of West as well as Central Africa.
It follows on from the 2021 debut edition which was the Sahel Innovate Challenge – which gave 10 youngsters from the Sahel Region with grants ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 to help them develop their ideas.
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UNDP is the result of the merger with the United Nations Expanded Programme of Technical Assistance established in 1949 in 1949, and the United Nations Special Fund, created in the year 1958.
UNDP in the form we recognize as it is now, was established on the 15th of November, 1965 at the General Assembly of the United Nations.
UNDP operates in around 170 nations and territories, assisting to eliminate poverty, cut down on the gap between rich and poor, and strengthen the capacity of countries to continue to make growth.
As the United Nations’ development agency, UNDP plays a critical part in helping countries to achieve goals of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Aim and Benefits of UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge
Are you interested and certified? Go to
United Nations Development Programme UNDP on forms.gle
to apply
Upload a video pitch that is not more than two minutes.
Video Submission Guidelines
For more details,visit UNDP website