The Urban Innovation Challenge exists for one reason: to find ways to improve life in Bangladesh's cities. We want to find the urban entrepreneurs who want to step up, and give them what they need to innovate.
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Healthcare: SDG 3 Good health and wellbeing
Half a million people migrate to cities every year, with one in every three ending up in slums. Rapid urbanisation leads to […]
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WASH: SDG 6 Clean water and sanitation
65% of households in slums share a single source of water with at least 10 households. Access to safe water is a […]
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Renewable energy: SDG 7 Affordable and clean energy
By 2025, Dhaka is expected to accommodate more than 20 million people. Electricity as a basic service has not been prioritised enough […]
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Climate change: SDG 13 Climate action
Climate change may displace 15 million people in Bangladesh by 2050. More frequent storms, river erosion and salinity intrusion are forcing people […]
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Low cost urban housing: SDG 11 Sustainable cities and communities
Dhaka has a migrant population the size of El Salvador, but it is 80 times smaller. Proper housing for people living in […]
September 14, 2018
Deadline to submit Business Idea
September 27, 2018
Announcement of short-listed Business Ideas
October, 2018
Deadline to submit business proposal
October, 2018
Business Validation, Pitch and Winners’ Announcement
October 2018- April 2019
Business Incubation
April 30, 2019
Investment Pitch
Success stories from 2017
