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Four Ugandan innovators receive seed funding worth UGX 308 Million from UNICEF
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Winners to also receive mentorship, social business training and linkages to partners in the market to grow their innovation solutions
KAMPALA 8 April 2021– Outbox, in partnership with UNICEF Uganda today announced four teams that will receive UGX 308 million seed funding to support them develop and grow their innovations solutions. Each innovator will receive UGX 77 million.
The provisional winners, selected by an independent panel of judges, will also receive six months mentorship, social business training, linkages to partners in the market to enable them to realize and implement their ideas.