The top 5 ideas at the National inter-university pitch share a combined UGX 10,000,000 award money to work on their key need areas to push their businesses further.
The National Inter-University Pitch competition is a flagship StartHub Africa. The event celebrates and exposes innovations and talents at universities as well as engage partners, donors and the entire ecosystem through sharing our impact.
It targets the university community, ecosystem players, investors, development organizations, industry partners to discuss some of the relevant themes in innovation and entrepreneurship education for young people.
The event is a culmination of our LaunchPad program, a university entrepreneurship program we run with partner universities. The National pitch event is a competition among the different top and best ideas that come out of the respective university internal pitches.
UGX in grants
Universities
Awarded
Time |
Agenda Items |
| 09:00 am | Arrival for offline audience & breakfast |
| 10:00 am | Intro of MCs |
| 10:05 am | Welcoming remarks by StartHub Africa |
| 10:15 am | Introduction of Judges & Judging Criteria |
| 10:25 am | Start-ups Pitches Phase I (6 Pitches) + Q&A
5 min. per pitch, 5 min. Q&A 1 Question from the online audience through online chat |
| 11:25 am | Networking break |
| 11:35 AM | Start-ups Pitches Phase I (6 Pitches) + Q&A
5 min. per pitch, 5 min. Q&A 1 Question from the online audience through online chat |
| 12:35 PM
12:50 PM |
Guest of Honour
Awarding certificates to finalists |
| Closing remarks
Voting starts |
|
| 1:00 PM | Lunch and Networking |
| 2:00 PM | Judge´s Deliberation
UIW Side Events (Side Panel) Aswa Hall Unlocking Funding for Ugandan Ventures- What’s uncommon with those that have made it Sharing notes within the Region How do we get money flowing into our Startup Ecosystems? (Online side panels) Rwizi Hall |
| 3:00 PM | UIW Side Event (Master Class) Aswa Hall
The Legalities of Entrepreneurship by KTA Facilitated by KTA Advocates |
| 4:00 PM | Fireside chat/discussion |
| 5:00 PM
until 8:00 pm |
UIW Awards and Closing Ceremony
StartHub Africa Pitch Competition Awards Startup Uganda Awards Guest Performance, Cocktail and Networking |
