Ericsson Innovation Awards extend competition to regional entries for students, SMES

The regional competition, EIA sub-Saharan Africa, is open to students and small business from within the region with a limit of four people per team. The deadline for entries is 30 October 2015.

Both contests will be judged independently and by different panels with neither outcome affecting the other. However, participants can enter either competition to be eligible for both. Participants that miss the regional entry deadline of 30 October are still eligible to enter the global contest until 30 November.

After registrations close for the regional competition on 30 October, the Ericsson jury will select 10 semi-finalists from the online entries. These semi-finalists will present their ideas to the Ericsson and external jury. Based on their presentation, four teams will be chosen to go to Cape Town for the final round. In Cape Town, the finalist teams will again present to the Ericsson and external jury and the winner will be announced 18 November at the Cape Town Convention Centre at 17:00.

This competition is part of Ericsson's activities at the Ericsson AHUB at AfricaCom to identify and empower budding innovators in the region. The winning team will receive a cash prize of €9,000, with a second-place prize of €1,800 plus an android tablet/phone and a third prize of €1,200 plus an android tablet/phone.

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