Accelerating efforts to instill critical believing skills, creative thinking and also the entrepreneurial mindset among stay-at-home students, amidst Covid-19 problems, the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), in partnership with the Sharjah Private Education Authority, has actually officially announced the launch of its second phase of their partnership. In its second edition, Start-up Sharjah will combine secondary school students for a two-week extensive bootcamp. The students will certainly take on each other using their tech-enabled ideas, all of which revolve around the United Nations Sustainable Development goals. The program began June 14th, 2020.

Adapted right into an online format in order to support health and safety guidelines, the second Start-up Sharjah competition belongs of the Future Changemakers initiative. The initiative was released in April to utilize the remote learning duration and motivate students to find, invest in and also foster their talent. The Startup Sharjah candidates have been selected from within the Sheraa Online School.

Najla Al Midfa, CEO of Sheraa, claimed, "With programs such as the Sheraa Online School as well as Startup Sharjah, we make every effort to produce an interactive educational experience that will certainly offer our future changemakers with the right tools and also - more importantly - the entrepreneurial mindset that will certainly enable them to build high-impact ventures. By concentrating this competition on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, we intend to teach these students that you are never ever too young to make a difference, as well as we are thrilled to showcase what passionate young people can."

Designed to develop a startup, from conception to prototype, the online program consists of regular workshops and also one-on-one mentorship sessions, covering subjects such as market validation, prototyping, as well as financials. The students will certainly likewise be linked to seasoned founders from the Sheraa Alumni community who will aid in mentoring their venture creation process.

Twenty shortlisted students will get the chance to pitch their tech-enabled business idea before an online judging panel of ecosystem leaders, after which the top 3 will certainly be awarded gives of 10,000 AED, 5,000 AED, and 2,500 AED respectively.