Deadline: 30-Apr-23
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur(s) in Uganda looking to build a tech solution that prevents or solves land justice problems? Jenga Haki lab is accepting applications from practitioners who will form teams of 3-5 people.
Jenga Haki Lab 2023
Jenga Haki Lab is a programme that aims to challenge individuals to come up with innovative solutions around preventing or resolving certain justice issues using technology. The solutions are based on a theme that changes every year. They will be running 3 of these programmes in Uganda and Kenya this year focused on crime and land related problems.
The Theme for this round of applications is:
- How do you use technology to prevent or resolve land problems such as fraud and disputes in Uganda.
Areas of Interests
The teams should be made up of individuals with a multidisciplinary background/expertise in the following areas:
- Law/Legal
- Business knowledge or social science background such as sociology, psychology.
- Have IT or Software development experience
What do they offer?
The Jenga Haki Lab programme offers a 5 week long programme that provides the selected teams with:
- Match with like-minded and talented entrepreneurs to build a solution
- Training during the residential 2 day Jenga Haki Weekend. The training will be on;
- Prototyping
- Human-centered design or Designing for your User testing
- Leadership and Project Management
- Pitching and Presentation
- Two weeks of product development sprints for the teams to design, develop and test their prototype.
- Pitch at the Jenga Haki Festival in front of a 3-member Jury and stand a chance to win grant funding of
- 1000 Euros to the Winner,
- 750 euros to the 1st runners up
- 500 euros to the 2nd runners
Eligibility Criteria
- The programme is suitable for individuals with Innovative solutions/ideas that can address land justice problems in Uganda including:
- Land boundary disputes
- Land fraud
- Disputes over land ownership, transfer and land titles
- Land evictions
- Land succession disputes
- Jenga Haki has also been designed to support teams hence all applicants must be willing to be in/form teams of 3-5 members. Members of the team must be above 18 years of age and residents or citizens of Uganda at the time of application.
- Jenga Haki looks for teams that have:
- 3 – 5 Individuals with a passion for justice and entrepreneurship
- Multidisciplinary teams based on the following background/expertise:
- Law/Legal
- Business knowledge
- Have a social science background such as sociology, psychology
- Have IT or Software development experience
For more information, visit HiiL Innovation Hub East Africa.