Opportunity

HiiL Innovation Hub – East Africa Jenga Haki Lab 2023


Deadline: April 30, 2023

Are you an aspiring entrepreneur in Uganda looking to build a tech solution that prevents or solves land justice problems? Apply for the HiiL Innovation Hub – East Africa Jenga Haki Lab 2023.

Jenga Haki Lab is a programme that aims to challenge individuals to come up with innovative solutions around preventing or resolving certain justice issues using technology. The solutions are based on a theme that changes every year. They will be running 3 of these programmes in Uganda and Kenya this year focused on crime and land related problems.

The theme for this round of applications is: How do you use technology to prevent or resolve land problems such as fraud and disputes in Uganda?

Benefits

The Jenga Haki Lab programme offers a 5-week long programme that provides the selected teams with:

  • Match with like-minded and talented entrepreneurs to build a solution
  • Training during the residential 2-day Jenga Haki Weekend. The training will be on;
    • Prototyping
    • Human-centered design or Designing for your User testing   
    • Leadership and Project Management
    • Pitching and Presentation
  • Two weeks of product development sprints for the teams to design, develop and test their prototype.
  • Pitch at the Jenga Haki Festival in front of a 3 member Jury and stand a chance to win grant funding of:
    • 1,000 Euros to the Winner
    • 750 euros to the 1st runners up
    • 500 euros to the 2nd runners

Eligibility

  • The programme is suitable for individuals with Innovative solutions/ideas that can address land justice problems in Uganda including:
    • Land boundary disputes
    • Land fraud
    • Disputes over land ownership, transfer and land titles
    • Land evictions
    • Land succession disputes
  • Jenga Haki has also been designed to support teams hence all applicants must be willing to be in/form teams of 3-5 members.
  • Members of the team must be above 18 years of age and residents or citizens of Uganda at the time of application.

Jenga Haki looks for teams that have:

  • 3 – 5 Individuals with a passion for justice and entrepreneurship.
  • Multidisciplinary teams based on the following background/expertise:
    • Law/Legal
    • Business knowledge
    • Have a social science background such as sociology, psychology 
    • Have IT or Software development experience

Application

Registration closes on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 11:59 EAT. Late applications will not be considered.

Click here to apply

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For more information, visit Jenga Haki Lab.

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