Ken Ruto | 24 | Kenya
Science and Technology Award Winner
Creating digital tools that will revolutionize State water utilities and provide the next billion Africans with a consistent, clean and affordable water supply.
Social Shifters’ Global Innovation Challenge is Back!
Our social innovation challenge is designed to help young leaders and founders (18-30 years) to explore, start and grow their ideas to solve the social or environmental issues that matter to them most.
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Cash awards of up $10,000 will be awarded to the best ideas in each category and a FREE digital incubator program will be available to all eligible applicants, worldwide!
Accelerating Next Gen Leaders, Innovators & Entrepreneurs
Social Shifters are next generation leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs with fresh solutions to today’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
We’re looking for creative ideas, projects, and business solutions to the problems that matter most to you and your community. We welcome ideas at any stage and from anywhere in the world.
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Why You Should Take Part?
Unlock Your Potential
Accelerate Your Idea
Make an Impact
Develop your skills, confidence and future prospects with help from skilled mentors and as part of a supportive global community.
Get FREE access to a world-leading Digital Incubator program to help develop your project or business idea.
Compete for awards of up to $10,000 to deliver activities that improve lives, help communities, and protect the planet.
The Sustainable Development Goals
To enter the Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge your idea must contribute towards at least one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. You can submit your idea into one (or more) SDG categories, PLUS one of our special awards!
Special Awards
Refugee Challenge
Ideas to help refugees and enable them to live settled lives.
Supported by Amazon.
Climate Challenge
Ideas to accelerate the shift to net zero.
Supported by Rathbones.
Health Equity Challenge
Ideas to improve access to healthcare & treatment in low & middle-income countries.
Supported by Gilead Science.
Meet Our Previous Winners
Marta Uetela | 25 | Biomec | Mozambique
Climate Award Winner
Transforming abandoned ocean plastics into affordable, 3-D printed prosthetics that enable people with disabilities to experience life with more possibilities.
Ivan Hartano | 29 | Belift Beans | Indonesia
Asia-Pacific Award Winner
Changing the lives of smallholder coffee farmers in Indonesia by improving yields, increasing wages, and opening up access to international markets.
Elena Höge | 29 | Yaldi Games | Scotland
Global Innovation Award Winner
Harnessing the power of immersive video games to inspire children to go outside, connect with nature, and improve their mental wellbeing.
Reham Salman | 23 | Clin.ai | United Arab Emerites
Middle East and North Africa Award Winner
Finding new ways to accelerate medical trials, which enable vaccines to be brought to market faster, and better solutions found to fight and eradicate disease.
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Competition Rules & Timeline
August
Pre-Register
7th September
Applications Open
9th November
Applications Close
14th November
Free Digital Incubator Opens
22nd November
Judging Begins
13th December
Judging Is Complete
15th January
Mentors Assigned
16th February
Pitches Begin
March
Winners Selected
What’s in it For Me?
A selection of cash awards of up to $10,000 are on offer for the best ideas in each category!
A FREE digital incubator program for everyone who applies - global networking, skills building and expert coaches from some of the world’s leading companies!
Global recognition and media publicity for all shortlisted ideas! Follow @SocialShifters on social for EXTRA free support and reward announcements.
Our Partners
The Global Innovation Challenge brings together a coalition of the world’s leading businesses, international networks, and academic institutions to accelerate youth-led innovation.
Special Challenges Supported By:
Supporting Partners:
About Us
Social Shifters exists to help next generation leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs to make a difference in the world.
We operate on a non-profit basis, providing engaging learning experiences, practical mentoring, and a global community of support to move you, and your ideas, forward.
Use our revolutionary Social Shifters elearning and community platform to get your project, campaign or venture off the ground and meet Shifters (like you) in every corner of the planet!
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