Innovation Hub, FNBB Create Funding Opportunities

Creative minds: Some of the participants at the Pitch Day PIC: BDIH
Creative minds: Some of the participants at the Pitch Day PIC: BDIH

To develop and support homegrown innovative solutions, Botswana Digital and Innovation Hub (BDIH) has affiliated with the First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) Foundation to create funding opportunities.

The objective of the joint initiative is to back eligible entities that are often excluded by limitations of existing structures and to encourage the participation of start-ups in solving challenges COVID-19 brought. The initiative also aims to boost the private sector’s role in economic recovery.

About 11 innovative companies were selected to participate in a Pitch Day that was adjudicated by a panel of experts in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship.

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