{"id":9721,"date":"2019-06-14T12:15:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=9721"},"modified":"2019-06-14T12:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:15:25","slug":"tech-innovators-to-be-awarded-at-africa-blockchain-conference-in-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2019\/06\/14\/tech-innovators-to-be-awarded-at-africa-blockchain-conference-in-kampala\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech innovators to be awarded at Africa Blockchain conference in Kampala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blockchain\nAssociation of Uganda and Crypto Savannah, in partnership with The Innovation\nVillage are seeking for innovators with a passion for developing sustainable\ndigital solutions leveraging technologies in Blockchain, Big Data Analytics,\nArtificial Intelligence (A.I), Robotics and Drones to solve pressing challenges\nacross their communities and priority sectors such as Agriculture, Healthcare,\nEducation and Finance.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Innovation Village is Uganda&acirc;&#128;&#153;s launchpad for Innovators and entrepreneurs that focuses on building an environment for entrepreneurs and innovators to become business solutions providers for our biggest challenges or opportunities. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>It seeks to help entrepreneurs launch and grow high-impact ventures, attract regional and global opportunities. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Their overall goal is to create a destination that grows companies that matter (Startups, SMEs and Purpose-Driven Enterprises) and are centered around solving our biggest industry and community challenges. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Collectively, it is a convergence of Network, Talent, Capital and Physical Assets leading Uganda and the region into the 4th Industrial Revolution. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Why you should participate<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&acirc;&#128;&cent;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The finalists will have the opportunity to do a\ncrash course on business modelling and soft skills for business with The\nInnovation Village.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&acirc;&#128;&cent;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Receive seed funding to support them in further\ndeveloping their solutions<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>&acirc;&#128;&cent;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Receive international visibility including\nconnection to potential VCs from Silicon Valley<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blockchain Association of Uganda and Crypto Savannah, in partnership with The Innovation Village are seeking for innovators with a passion for developing sustainable digital solutions leveraging technologies in Blockchain, Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (A.I), Robotics and Drones to solve pressing challenges across their communities and priority sectors such as Agriculture, Healthcare, Education and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":9722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9723,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9721\/revisions\/9723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}