2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge

The 2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge is providing grants of up to $100,000 to find a solution that has significant potential to solve one of humanity’s most pressing problems.

This prize program is a call to the world’s artists, scientists, designers, architects, engineers, students, and entrepreneurs committed to playing a transformative role in addressing the biggest issues we face today.

Named “socially-responsible design’s highest award” by Metropolis Magazine, The Buckminster Fuller Challenge program has attracted and awarded bold, visionary, and tangible solutions to the world’s most complex problems. Answering Buckminster Fuller’s call for a design science revolution to make the world work for all, Challenge winners exemplify the kind of breakthrough approach urgently needed to solve humanity’s most vexing challenges.

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Round up of what’s new on Yipe!

Business Startup

How to Go about Setting up Your Small Business
For someone starting out in business, success is the ultimate goal. Many people have the desire to work for themselves or run a small business but often it’s knowing where to start that means people fall at the first hurdle.

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Events

Kenya’s National Youth Summit set to kick off a new era in youth development
Kenya’s National Youth Summit 2013 set to kick off from January 31st to February 1st 2013 will bring together 2,000 young leaders from across the country’s 47 counties to inspire pride, patriotism and social cohesion among the young people.

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Awards:

Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 2014
The Skoll Foundation provides Skoll Awards every year to select few social entrepreneurs whose proven innovations have demonstrated impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems. The Skoll Award recognizes organizations with the potential to not only be individually successful, but also to catalyze large-scale, system-level change.

ONE Africa Award 2012

Throughout Africa, there is amazing progress by civil society focused on ending extreme poverty and preventable disease. These new ideas and exciting approaches are designed and implemented by Africans who understand the complexities of bringing about change and transforming lives in their communities.

The ONE Africa Award celebrates these innovations and progress towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

ONE Africa Award Criteria

The ONE Africa Award aims to recognize, reward, and advance the exceptional work of organizations, founded by Africans and based in Africa, dedicated to helping Africa achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The $100,000 award will bring recognition to innovative African efforts to fight poverty (The award may be split into two prizes in order to award two smaller organizations better able to absorb a smaller monetary award.)

Award recipients can be exceptional individuals, organizations or other groups demonstrating commitment and success in assisting Africans in meeting one or more of the MDGs through innovative advocacy based programs.

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2012 Knight News challenge on Mobile

The 2012 Knight News challenge on Mobile seeks to accelerate media innovation by funding breakthrough ideas in news and information.

The third in its series, the challenge’s winners will receive a share of US$5 million in funding and support from Knight Foundation’s network of influential peers and advisers to help advance their ideas.

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2013 Google RISE (Roots in Science and Engineering) Awards

The Google RISE Awards are designed to promote and support education initiatives in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Computer Science (CS). Google grants awards of $5,000 – $25,000 USD to organizations around the world working with K-12 and university students in these fields.

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AppCircus on Health competitions

AppCircus on Health will run 4 monthly online competitions with 2 apps per month winning a slot to pitch live on stage during the MEDICA 2012 event in Duesseldorf, Germany.

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88mph accelerator program

88mph is searching for startups with ideas that can scale across english speaking Africa. The accelerator program is open to both local and international tech entrepreneurs.

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Nokia App Champions

Join Nokia App Champions powered by AppCircus and win free Nokia devices every month!

Nokia App Champions powered by AppCircus is a monthly app competition that will run until November 2012.

The contest is open to all developers with an app, based on either Windows Phone or Java platforms, and will have two winners a month for each category!

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Best Buy College Innovator Fund

Best Buy is uncovering the next generation of innovators! Through its College Innovator Fund, Best Buy will award cash prizes totaling $100,000 for the next big product or software idea in the areas of technology, sustainability, education, or other related field. The winner gets $50,000 prize money and a mentorship opportunity. Two runners-up will each be awarded $20,000. A “fan favorite” will win a $10,000 prize.

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Google Apps Developer Challenge

Developers in 6 regions across the world will win prizes that include Chromebooks and up to $20,000 USD . All you have to do is build and submit an amazing application. Read More »»