A nationwide innovation program called Genius Bee brings together young Nigerian talent from different secondary schools to engage and develop capacity building.
Their goal is to “develop a network of young innovators and change-makers that would impact the world, through their transformative actions and innovative solutions”. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the sole focus of a global student platform that will be developed, allowing young people to connect, receive training, and gain access to a special ecosystem of professionals, mentors, investors, and governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Genius Bee Innovation Programme provides the next generation hands-on trainings on SDGs, Circular Economy, Green Economy, Waste Recycling and Artificial Intelligence. The Genius Bee invites secondary school students to show off their knowledge of general academics.
Benefits
- A bootcamp training and multi-educational contests which includes essay writing, spellings, speech presentation, arithmetic, waste innovation and more.
- As a central part of the experience, they will immerse the young talents in a daylong bootcamp where they will receive training and support from facilitators and mentors to frame problems and develop early stage prototype solutions within their interested SDG.
- Top three (3) schools will be given the grand prize of 200,000 Naira, 150,000 Naira and 100,000 Naira, respectively.
Eligibilities
Young applicants of secondary school of Nigeria.
Eligible Regions: Nigeria
