{"id":18014,"date":"2024-01-16T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=18014"},"modified":"2024-01-16T16:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T16:06:18","slug":"2024-global-alliance-africa-berger-open-innovation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-global-alliance-africa-berger-open-innovation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Global Alliance Africa\/Berger Open Innovation Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Open Innovation Challenge aims to revolutionise the way we address expired paints, reducing environmental impact while fostering economic opportunity throughout Africa. Africa-based entrants, UK- based entrants and those from Row are invited to apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Berger Paints Nigeria is looking for methods of converting expired paints, and paint fractions and components, into usable paints and other beneficial products. The Innovation should have wide applicability and scalability to help transform this worldwide waste stream into commercially valuable outputs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solutions are invited from, but not limited to, the following sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chemistry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coatings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Manufacturing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biotechnology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plastics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recycling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Construction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Established businesses, start-ups, SMEs, academics or individual entrepreneurs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Africa-based entrants, UK-based entrants and those from RoW are invited to apply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Up to GBP 25,000 seed funding<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opportunity to pitch your solution to Berger Paints Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaboration\/partnership with Berger Paints Nigeria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technical support from Berger Paints Nigeria team<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sector expertise from Innovate UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support in the development of a prototype or pilot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invitation to attend or present at Innovate UK events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investor introductions (if investment is required)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Application support for any Innovate UK or similar competitions that are relevant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Apply?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/innovationexchange.ktn-global.org\/challenges\/287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO APPLY<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Open Innovation Challenge aims to revolutionise the way we address expired paints, reducing environmental impact while fostering economic opportunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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