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ZENDESK TECH FOR GOOD IMPACT AWARDS 

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Application Deadline: August 15, 2024.

LOCATION: USA

The Zendesk Impact Awards are open to registered nonprofit organizations that would like to use Zendesk software to serve their beneficiary communities and help organizations scale their service response. Impact Award applications must be submitted by August 15, 2024.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Zendesk Impact Awards are open to verifiable charitable organizations including U.S. organizations classified as 501 (c)(3) public charities and foreign organizations operating for charitable purposes whose activities are in furtherance of the Foundation’s core focus areas of:

Fostering community

Promoting resilience in times of crisis

Creating career pathways in tech

Organizations must submit an application via the submission form that demonstrates how the applicant’s beneficiary communities will be impacted by Zendesk software and grant funds.#

You must submit proof of nonprofit status with your application in the “attachment” section of the application form. 

Current zendesk customers are not eligible for the impact awards.

Current and past zendesk grantees are not eligible for the impact awards.

Only applications submitted through the application form will be considered. Zendesk will not accept emailed applications.

At this time, zendesk is only accepting applications written in english. 

At this time, we are unable to grant to organizations based in: belarus, central african republic, crimea region of ukraine, congo, cuba, iran, iraq, lebanon, liberia, libya, north korea, somalia, syria, ukraine, russia, venezuela, yemen, and zimbabwe.

BENEFIT:

The Tech for Good Impact Awards will be providing free software and multiple grants ranging from $5,000 – $50,000 to global nonprofit organizations.

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STANDARD CHARTERED WOMEN IN TECH COHORT 7 PROGRAM

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LOCATION: Kenya

The program is an initiative of Standard Chartered in partnership with Strathmore University’s @iBizAfrica incubator. It combines world-class startup support with local and international experience to provide Africa’s most competitive and attractive startup incubation program focusing on immersive learning, mentorship, building and growing Africa’s next iconic startups taking on the continent’s most relevant challenges and opportunities with the support of seed capital.

ELIGIBILITY:

They are seeking to recruit the best entrepreneurial minds, women-led tech startups as key drivers of innovation in business.

The principle founder must be:

A woman.

Above 18 years of age.

Of Kenyan nationality or permanent residency.

The startups must be Kenyan registered companies which are building technological solutions aimed at mitigating Kenyan socio-economic challenges.

The selected startup ventures may be sector agnostic.

The startup ventures must embed components of emerging technologies in building their solutions ie. Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things; Big Data; Machine Learning; Robotics; Augmented & Virtual Reality; 3D & 4D Printing; Cloud Computing; Big Data; Blockchain; Drone Technology and Biometrics e.t.c within their respective sectors.

The applicants must be Women led startup ventures and the teams should be made up of at least 50% women.

Principal applicant must be the founder with a majority stake.

3 months to less than 2 years of operation seeking support for proof of concept, customer, product and business model development.

Pre-revenue with early traction (users). Post revenue is an added advantage.

Not received investment of more than KES. 500,000 and not participated in a similar program in the last 1 year.

Companies solving for any of the 17 SDGs.

BENEFIT:

12 weeks of an immersive learning experience

Access to a leading network of coaching experts

Access to B2B networking opportunities

Personalized mentorship sessions to address your unique business needs

Opportunity to join a supportive Women in Tech Alumni Network

$10,000 equity-free grant seed funding for the top 7 finalists

6 months ongoing support from Standard Chartered and @iBizAfrica to assist with go-to-market and scale for the top 7 finalists.

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