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TECHIMPACT ACADEMY
Empowering University Students to Create Impact through Technology
About TechImpact Academy
The TechImpact Academy program aims to empower students with the knowledge and experience to create meaningful change and social impact through technology.
By working on projects that utilize technology to address pressing social or environmental challenges, participants will gain invaluable skills in both technology and leadership.
Building the Next Generation of Changemakers: How the TechImpact Academy Works
Our program is offered online and offline. Through a series of interactive sessions under the guidance of experienced mentors, student teams will follow the design thinking process to investigate the problem, ideate solutions, create a business model, develop prototypes, and test their idea. Following the foundation course, students will delve into key startup topics such as team building, customer identification, financial analysis, storytelling, and more.
Topics covered
Facilitated by
PIM Staff
Our team will work with our partners to develop and execute the program – helping everything go to plan.
Mentors
Expert mentors from around the world help students develop their solutions and prepare for pitch day.
Judges
Leaders from academia, business and government join to help select the winning solutions.
Tech4Good Global Competition
One of our most notable clients for our TechImpact Academy program was Huaweed’s Seeds for the Future. In partnership with them, we created a uniquely branded program called Tech4Good as well as a Global Competition.
All participants of the Tech4Good program are also eligible to apply for the Tech4Good Global Competition that is held in January/February every year. The Global Competition provides an opportunity for all participants to showcase their projects, compete with other international cohorts, receive intensive social entrepreneurship training, pitch their projects to a panel of esteemed judges, and have a chance to win up to 100,000 USD in investment funding.
The Global Competition provides a platform for participants to share their ideas with the world, network with renowned social impact leaders and investors, receive guidance from seasoned mentors, and further their impact-driven initiatives.
Featured entrants
FarmAI
Team Algeria was awarded a startup capital fund of USD$100,000 for their agricultural drone monitoring project “FarmAI”, following their success in Seeds for the Future Tech4Good Global Competition 2022.
After taking home the Silver Award and Audience Award against nearly 100 projects and participating in multiple entrepreneurial coaching sessions with Huawei, the team took their next step towards success by traveling to China for the Startup Sprint event, where they presented a robust business plan to the Tech4Good Investment Committee.
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