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INTERNATIONAL TRADE CENTRE (ITC) WTO MSME GROUP SMALL BUSINESS CHAMPIONS COMPETITION

Application Deadline: 28 March 2025

LOCATION: Switzerland

Are you an organization that supports the circular business model? Are you a non-governmental organization that empowers small businesses and entrepreneurs to become sustainable? Are you owning a small business implementing or wanting to scale sustainable innovations?

Become a Small Business Champion!

ELIGIBILITY:

The proposal entails:

Initiatives that can include awareness-raising campaigns, competitions, capacity building, training, mentoring and networking programmes related to the circular economy.

Small businesses active in the circular economy with an innovative business concept that, through its operations, reduces, prevents or repurposes waste in equivalent conventional business models.

Applications should have a clear link to international trade and include an action plan. To see examples from past competition winners, visit the MSME Group Small Business Champions website.

Proposals are open to small businesses, enterprises, industry associations, chambers of commerce and non-governmental organizations and should be submitted by 28 March 2025 via this online form:

Small Business Champions 2025 – Formstack
For more information on the Proposal and the Initiative, visit:

English: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_e.pdf

French: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_f.pdf

Spanish: http://www.wto.org/english/forums_e/business_e/call_for_applications_2025_s.pdf

BENEFIT:

The winner(s) will be invited to travel to Geneva for the award ceremony on 26 June 2025, sponsored by ICC and ITC. The International Trade Centre will additionally award each winner $4,000 prize money to support the development or further scaling of their winning project and issue an award certificate.

Moreover, training and mentoring opportunities will be discussed with each winner according to their needs, while winning submissions will be promoted by ICC, ITC, UN Trade and Development and the WTO MSME Group through their communication channels.

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NEXT TITAN NIGERIA 50MILLION GRAND PRIZE FOR ENTREPRENEURS

LOCATION: Nigeria

Are you an Unconventional Entrepreneur?

Do you have what it takes to be on THE NEXT TITAN NIGERIA Season 10, The Unconventional?

The Season 10 is searching for exceptional entrepreneurs that have potential, creativity, and tenacity to compete for 10 weeks for N50m worth of prizes.
The new season is in need of innovative entrepreneurs with trail-blazing ideas to change the status quo with innovations to open up new avenues of economic success and growth that can transform industries. ARE YOU ONE?

It does not matter what your business idea is all about or its focus, but if you are an unconventional entrepreneur, then Season 10 is for you.

ELIGIBILITY:

You must register on the Betano App with the promo code “TITAN10“.

You must be a bona fide Nigerian citizen.

You must be at least 21 years of age and not more than 39 years old.

You must be a Graduate or an undergraduate of a Higher Institution of Learning.

You must be in excellent physical and mental health.

You must be willing and able to move into and reside in the “The Titan House’’ in Lagos for the duration of the 10 weeks of the show.

You must be willing and able to cover all your travel expenses to and from the location of the “The Next Titan House” where all contestants will be resident throughout the duration of the show.

You must be willing and able to fully participate for the duration of the 10 weeks of the show, based on the dates set by the Producers.

You must be willing and able to peaceful co-exist with the other contestants who will be your housemates during the duration of the show.

Neither you nor any of your immediate family members, must be an employee, producer, director or agent of Bravopoints International Ltd, Betano Nigeria, and other Sponsors, of the show.

BENEFIT:

The Winner walks off with N50,000,000 Grand-prize

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