Student Startup Contest is a projects competition opened to graduating female students in Cameroonian universities / higher education schools, having a business idea in STEM or using STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
It is organized by ITISS Edu and funded by Youth for Africa and SDGs (YAS!). YAS! is a program of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) implemented by Accenture. Partners of the Student Startup Contest include Brain-Booster, AIMS-MasterCard Foundation Mathematics Teachers Training Program (AIMS-TTP) Cameroon, the National Advanced School of Engineering of Yaoundé and GetReady .
Selection
After an online application process, 22 candidates studying in Bamenda, Buea, Douala, Ngaoundere and Yaounde were selected to participate in the competition, alone or in teams.
Timeline
The winners
1st prize : Ouza Aboubakar Adam
National Advanced School of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT
Project : BuildApp (Remote monitoring and evaluation of construction projects software)
– 1 000 000 CFA F to create her company;
– 6 months of access to the coworking space of Brain Booster;
– 1 multifunction printer with a set of ink cartridges;
– 1 external hard drive (1To);
– 1 one-year antivirus license.
2nd prize : Dongmo Mandjou Josiane
National Advanced School of Public Works
Projet : PISA (Construction of low cost ecological houses)
– 1 multifunction printer with a set of ink cartridges;
– 1 external hard drive (1To);
– 1 one-year antivirus license.
3rd prize : Inibikoe Tonye Fatima Reine
Institut Supérieur de Traduction, d’Interprétation et de Communication
Projet : Chatbots Factory (Production and deployment of vocal and textual chatbots)
– 1 multifunction printer ;
– 1 one-year antivirus license.