Shoko Festival Opens Applications for 2018 Hub Awards
Shoko Festival returns for another exciting year. With the urban festival comes the Hub Awards. This year’s big prizes includes $4 000 dollars worth of prizes and opportunities each to 4 new cutting edge ideas that use new media and civic tech to solve problems in their community or at a national scale.
The awards seek to empower the next generation of new media and tech startups. The Hub awards have created opportunities for startups such as CulxureMag, Tipster, TV Yangu, Spiked, Road Rules, and Afro Tokyo. These have become some of leading digital companies in Zimbabwe.
Categories:
WOMEN RISING AWARD – An award given to a startup/organisation advocating for women’s rights & voice using new media & technology.
SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER AWARD – An award for a new media solution & platform encouraging accountability & dialogue (with local authorities, city council, local government & government)
3. YOUR VOICE AWARD – An award for the best upcoming individual blog, video blog or citizen journalism platform.
4. FIX UP, LOOK SHARP AWARD – An award for the best new media/ tech solution to address poor service delivery in communities.
Terms & Conditions
- Participants can either be individuals or teams
- Participants are allowed to submit one idea only
- Participants must be residents of Zimbabwe
- Participants must between the ages of 16 & 35 years old
- Participants must be willing to participant in The Hub Awards Pitch competition at Shoko 2018
- Must complete the application
- The judges decision is final
Application Form here.
