Juliani, Eric Wainaina & Frasha Endorse The Biggest Initiative To Come To Kenya!

Last year there was a video that went viral. Sierra Leone’s Kelvin Doe’s visit to MIT, it got 4.4 million times on YouTube.

This year, the people who initiated that whole process have cast a favourable glance on Kenya’s high school students! Global Minimum, the international organization that brought fame to the engineer prodigy is launching its second national Innovation challenge. This is for high school students in Kenya.  

Global Minimum have created a system, whereby any young student in Kenya who dreams of an idea, can access a support network. Finalist teams will be selected by an internationally acclaimed panel of judges, to receive up to US$ 1500 to make try to address a well-defined local problem.

The financial support is however not the only appeal of Innovate Kenya. “We believe that mentorship and access to a big network and co-operation are essential components of any successful project”, says Francis Meyo. Global Minimum have partnered with a wide range of internationally and nationally acclaimed experts, to provide the best mentorship to the participating students. From famous Ivy League Professors and CEO’s to respected local community leaders.

Three artists behind the project are Eric Wainaina, Frasha of P-Unit and Juliani. Today by the way happens to be Juliani’s birthday.

More information about Innovate Kenya can be found on www.gmin.org www.innovatekenya.org, where you can also find details about the rules for participating. The deadline for applications is May the 22nd.  

Contact Info:
Jacob Lennheden, Co-Founder, Global Minimum
jacob@innovatekenya.org
+254 (0)705866652
www.innovatekenya.org

Watch that kelvin Doe video below.

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