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OSCARS

Students’ Innovation Oscars Olympiad 2023

BACKGROUND

The Kenya Innovation Week (KIW) is an annual event that celebrates innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology in Kenya and across Africa. In 2022, KIW hosted a track on Students’ Innovation. The turn out and outcome pointed to the thirst of more students to participate, the need to link this track and mainstream it with the rest of the events for the innovation week and bringing on board more stakeholders who support the students’ innovation ecosystem among others. This year, KIW Commonwealth Edition will also host the Students’ Innovation Oscars Olympiad summit among others. 

 

The Students’ Innovation Oscars Olympiad Summit is designed to empower and showcase the potential of students who are creating user-centred innovations to address societal challenges. It will be powered by Start-Africa and other partners like STEM Impact Center Kenya, I Choose Life Africa among others.  The participants will be drawn from multiple countries in Africa and will include students from primary, high school, TVETs, Universities and supporters of the student’s innovation ecosystem from government, the private sector, non-state actors and the academia. 

Partners

Aspirations

The Students’ Innovation Oscars Olympiad is aimed at fostering creativity, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving skills among students. It is also a platform for students from various educational institutions across Africa to showcase their innovative ideas, collaborate with like-minded peers, and gain valuable insights from industry experts. This will Africa’s largest students’ innovation extravaganza, dedicated to showcasing the pivotal role of schools, colleges & universities in fostering innovation, entrepreneurship, and job creation.

This year’s summit will bring together aspiring entrepreneurs, industry experts, investors, and thought leaders to showcase innovative ideas and solutions, exchange knowledge, and foster more vital collaboration among key innovation ecosystem players within participating countries and across the continent.

Key Aspirations of the Students’ Innovations Oscars Olympiad:

Innovations at scale

The Student Innovations Oscars Olympiad will provide a platform for student innovators to showcase their groundbreaking ideas and solutions to local challenges and opportunities in their immediate surroundings with relevance to the rest of the continent. There will be a Student Innovations Oscars Olympiad pavilion that will host the innovators

Unlimited Collaboration

The Students’ Innovations Oscar Olympiad will serve as a catalyst for collaboration between startups, established businesses, and investors. By connecting diverse stakeholders, we aim to create a vibrant ecosystem that nurtures partnerships, knowledge sharing, and investment opportunities.

Borderless Entrepreneurship

The summit will inspire and equip aspiring student entrepreneurs with the knowledge, skills, and resources needed to transform their ideas into successful startups that can operate across borders. This will be done through a series of engaging activities like talks, plenary sessions, bootcamps, concerts, fireside chats, pitching competitions, OSCARs award for teams among others.

Sustainable Development Supercharged

By involving hundreds of millions of young people in creating innovative solutions to development challenges, the Students’ Innovations Oscar Olympiad will contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2063 and the specific country vision plans.

Time
Session Topic
Location
09:30 - 12:00
Kenya Innovation Week Opening Ceremony
Ballroom
14:00- 15:00
Bootcamp : Introduction to OSCARS Framework
Ampitheatre
Time
Session Topic
Location
8:00 - 9:00
Bootcamp : Introduction to OSCARS Framework
14:00 - 15:00
VIP Exhibition Tour
Exhibition Area
15:00 - 15:30
Student's Innovation Summit - Opening Ceremony
Ballroom
16:00 - 19:00
Nairobi National Park Tour
TBC
Time
Session Topic
Location
9:00 - 10:00
Partner Session 1: Cultivate Your Creative Edge: Unleashing the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Ball Room
10:00 - 10:30
Fireside Chat 1: Finding Paths: Discovering New Opportunities
Ball Room
10:30 - 11:o0
Tea Break
Ballroom
11:00 - 12:00
Partner Session 2: Financing Quest: Exploring Economic Avenues
Ball Room
12:00 - 12:30
Fireside Chat 2: Money Sense: Your Guide to Financial Wisdom
Ball Room
14:00 - 15:00
LUNCH BREAK
Ball Room
15:00 - 16:00
Partner Session 3: Business Blueprint: Crafting Your Success Strategy
Ball Room
16:15 - 16:45
Fireside Chat 3: Level Up: Elevating Your Abilities
Ball Room
17:00 - 18:00
Pitch Rehearsals
Break Out Rooms
Time
Session Topic
Location
8:00 - 9:00
From Pitch to Prosper: A Young Entrepreneur's Ted Talk
Ball Room
9:30 - 12:30
Pitch Competition
Break Out Rooms
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