BRICS Youth Innovation Summit 2023
Theme: Linking Investment to Youth-driven Innovation
Purpose of the Summit
The BRICS Youth Innovation Summit aims to create a BRICS-orientated space that will empower and support young entrepreneurs and innovators already undertaking projects with a prosocial impact in the real world. The summit serves as a meeting point between promising young entrepreneurs and business leaders, investors, partners and experts from across BRICS and the Global South.
Sub-Themes for Innovation Projects:
Young innovators with projects in any of the following sub-theme categories will be eligible to apply to become delegates to the 2023 BRICS Youth Innovation Summit based on the nature of their projects:
• Youth Volunteerism
Projects in the non-profit sector that are contributing to increased voluntary citizen participation in communal, cultural or social development in the global South.
• Green Economy
Projects that are contributing to accelerating a just transition to a greener and more environmentally friendly economy.
• Agribusiness
Projects that are enhancing the capacity of global South nations to achieve and maintain sustainable food security.
• Digitalisation
Projects that are contributing to mainstreaming digitalisation of services in a global South context.
Manufacturing
Projects that are contributing to industrialisation and value-added production in the global South nations.
• Skills Development & EdTech
Projects that are contributing to closing the education gap and enhancing the quality of education at primary, secondary or tertiary levels in the global South.
Objectives of the Summit:
1. Create an international platform for young entrepreneurs from BRICS and the global South to present and showcase their ongoing projects.
2. Foster peer-to-peer networks between young entrepreneurs working on innovative projects in similar or interlinked sectors.
3. Educate young entrepreneurs on the opportunities presented by the BRICS and other South-South/multilateral platforms.
4. Connect young entrepreneurs with mentorship from experts and industry leaders to enhance their work.
5. Provide a platform for investors and businesses from BRICS and the global South to partner with young entrepreneurs and invest in promising innovations.
Target audience:
The Summit will be aimed at young entrepreneurs and innovators between the ages of 18-35 from BRICS and global South countries who are already running projects in one of the sub-theme areas listed above.
Overall, the Summit will gather up to 42 young entrepreneurs and innovators in Pretoria to present their projects. With 50-150 audience participants.
Financial conditions for participation:
- SABYA will provide accommodation and meals during the school period for all participants.
- Participants or sending organizations are responsible for their travel costs to Pretoria, South Africa, and back.
- SABYA will provide visa application support and assistance with issuing permission to enter South Africa for international participants who are required to acquire a visa.
- The event will be organized in compliance with South African health and COVID-19 Regulations.
DEADLINE: January 22, 2023
