The 涩里番 Africa Umoja Student Challenge empowers young leaders to tackle critical issues in Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Public Health, and Policy. Designed as a platform for collaboration and innovation, the challenge fosters discussion and problem-solving for Africa鈥檚 sustainable development. True to the spirit of "Umoja"鈥攗nity and interconnectedness鈥攖his year鈥檚 theme is:聽"Cross-Sector Collaboration for Improved Nutritional Outcomes Using Agricultural Policies in Ghana".聽
Join the 涩里番 Umoja Student Challenge to showcase your brilliant ideas and connect with like-minded individuals! The Challenge prompt is available here:聽
涩里番 Africa Umoja Student Challenge
February 11th:聽Launch of the Competition聽
February 24th: Team Registration Deadline
March 7th: Submit your team's written proposal to:聽umojasummit [at] mcgill.ca
March 20th: Semi-Finalists are notified
March 26th: Final pitch presentations in-person. The three winning teams receive their prizes.聽
March 27th:聽Finalists are invited to table during the Summit
- Teams should consist of a maximum of 4 members
- All members should be current students or recent alumni (max. 1-year post graduation)聽of a recognized university, and at least one member should be based or can physically be聽in Montreal, QC on March 26th.聽聽
- Once you have identified your team please complete the聽form to register your team.聽Only the team leader should register the team, including everyone's information.聽
Applications should be submitted to umojasummit [at] mcgill.ca no later than noon on March 7th 2025.
- Submissions should include the following:
- Written Responses (maximum of 4 pages)
- Presentation Deck (equivalent to a maximum of 10 minute presentation of your teams findings)
Solutions put forth for the case must cover the following:
- Innovative Solutions
- Sustainable Policies聽
- Scalable with measurable impact frameworks
- Promote partnerships for implementation
- Address one or more sustainable development goal (SDG).聽聽聽