adminMathew Masinge
THIRTEEN tertiary institutions drawn from across the country will tomorrow converge in Harare for this year’s edition of the Delta-BOOST Social Innovation Competition.
Running under the theme “Delta- BOOST Social Responsibility Programme (Make A Difference)”, the competition calls on young innovators from Zimbabwe’s tertiary institutions to design business solutions that respond to their community needs and aims.
Skills and ideas from the platform will be used to support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
“This year’s programme seeks to address challenges associated with waste in communities through innovative and profitable waste management practices that generates income and create employment for youth and women which are key developmental target groups.
“The students were tasked to implement profitable waste management models that promote a clean and safe society for all while empowering livelihoods in the process,” said Delta Corporation general manager for corporate affairs, Patricia Murambinda.
The event will also be marked with an anti-litter awareness march in the Central Business District before participants present their business pitches to the judges.
Murambinda said the 2022 programme was launched earlier this year at a workshop where students and their mentors from institutions of higher learning were trained in Business and Sustainable Environmental Management practices.
Since the launch, the teams have been running environmental awareness campaigns and have established businesses that have been running for the past year.
Tomorrow’s event is a result of the partnership between Delta Corporation Limited and BOOST Fellowship under the theme “Make a Difference” nurturing and shaping talented student leaders who have a mind for business and a heart for the world.
Grants worth US$20 000 will be up for grabs.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter