Apply for the Deji Alli Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) 2025
The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an initiative by ARM in collaboration with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs, designed to offer young Nigerians the chance to create innovative start-up ventures that contribute to Nigeria’s sustainable economic growth.
The DAAYTA 2025 initiative reflects ARM’s dedication to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by fostering a generation of change leaders committed to building a better future. It merges innovation and impact in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aiming to support creative entrepreneurs with business ideas that not only generate financial returns but also create a positive societal impact and stimulate economic growth.
The innovative ideas must be forward-looking, enhance livelihoods, and promote environmental sustainability. DAAYTA 2025 invites registered and innovative start-ups with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and an established customer base in key sectors such as agriculture, education, healthcare, housing, and transportation.
Pre-Pitch workshops and Award presentations for DAAYTA 2025 will take place in Lagos, Nigeria, in April, with a hybrid format that includes online streaming. Applications are open to duly incorporated limited liability companies from all regions of Nigeria.
To be eligible for the Award, applicants must:
- Be a Nigerian citizen
- Be between the ages of 18 and 35
- Not be an employee or a close relative of an employee of ARM or any of its subsidiaries
- Not have previously won the program
- Apply using their legal name
- Be a limited liability company officially incorporated in Nigeria
- Operate the company on a full-time basis
- Be available to participate fully in the entrepreneurial education program at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria
- Be available to take part in the 5-month acceleration support for venture development, either in person or virtually
- Provide two references
- Be of impeccable character with no criminal record
- Submit evidence of an MVP that is their own original work, free from any copyright, trademark, trade secret, privacy, or other proprietary rights violations.
Don’t miss out on the application deadline which is 14 January 2025.
Link: https://vc4a.com/technovision/deji-alli-young-talent-award-daayta-2025/
