Applications are currently being accepted for the 2025 cohort of the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority’s (ZICTA) ICT Innovation Program.
The Authority’s flagship program is intended to give promising entrepreneurs and start-ups a platform to develop or turn their ICT-related concepts or business endeavours into valuable, impactful goods or services that tackle pressing issues in various spheres of Zambian society.
April 28, 2025 is the deadline for applications.
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Local innovators, startups, and entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35 who have creative, feasible, and scalable tech-related initiatives are the target audience of the program.
Each year, an independent panel of judges selects finalists based on their promising proposals and awards them financial support for project commercialisation.
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The eligible sectors are: health; transport; E-Commerce; agriculture; education; energy; tourism and hospitality; banking and digital financial services; Environment, Climate Change, and Sanitation.
Benefits for participants
Benefits for the participants include the following: Business and technological development-focused training sessions; Soft skills and personal growth; Industry expert mentoring; Funding options to assist in the commercialisation or scaling of innovative ventures.
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The online application process can be completed at https://lnkd.in/eARC7Ssr
The program aims to support research, development, and use of innovative technologies, as mandated under the ICT Act No. 15 of 2009. It encourages young people to make more innovations in the field of ICT.
The initiative is supported by a number of partners, including Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited, Airtel Networks Zambia Limited, and many more.
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About ZICTA ICT Innovation Program
The ZICTA ICT Innovation Program aims to provide ICT innovators, startups, and entrepreneurs with technical and business development assistance.
Since 2016, the Authority has been in charge of this initiative, and seven cohorts have been run so far.
This program is specially designed for young people in the country who have creative, feasible, and scalable ICT projects or ideas that tackle contemporary issues in a range of economic sectors.
It gives bright entrepreneurs a chance to develop, polish, or turn their tech-related ideas into valuable, impactful goods or services that help various facets of Zambian society.
Mentoring from industry professionals, financial opportunities to assist in the commercialisation or scaling of creative ventures, training courses centred on business and technical development, soft skills, and personal growth are among the main advantages for the participants.