African startups can apply for the Innovate2PREVENT Innovation Contest, which seeks to inspire and mobilise creative minds from around the globe to develop innovative, inclusive and data-driven circular business approaches.
Implemented by Yunus Environment Hub on behalf of the PREVENT Waste Alliance, the Innovate2PREVENT programme allows innovators, environmentalists, and forward thinkers to showcase and advance their innovative solutions contributing to a circular economy in priority countries of the German Development Cooperation while taking just transition principles into account.
It is seeking three types of solution – those contributing to extending product lifetime, closing resource loops or optimising resource efficiency through reuse, refurbishment or repair of electrical and electronic equipment; those in the plastics value chain that contribute to phasing down single-use plastics; and those contributing to a circular economy by integrating digital solutions and interoperable data models across product life cycle stages and value chains.
Applications are open here until July 5.
