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The African Student Organization is hosting a pitch challenge competition. All members are invited to prepare a pitch to present and compete for cash prizes in the first, second, and third places. You can register as a competitor at the event by clicking the link below.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xELHeRzmpU--iaPLVmqA0Y1O6hIlgXJNmGr5xqzTfftURFVPUkhJSjdVSlZRMUFTMzlKSVdPUjg4SS4u
The rules of the pitch challenge are as follows:
- All Participants are required to Sign-up for the competition on or before Monday 20th of September and can immediately start working on their prompts
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All participants will have an opportunity to choose and present any prompt based on the area points listed below.
- Insecurity
- Struggles with the Digital economy
- Unemployment
- Climate change
- Corruption
- Impact of Covid19 and Vaccination efforts
- Each participant is to research a recent event (within the last two years) relating to any of the area points and proffer actionable solutions.
- Only those who signed up will be allowed to compete, but all are welcome to attend
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Each contestant will have 5 minutes to defend their argument and then finalists will be selected.
Rules of the Final prompt
- Selected finalists will be given an undisclosed prompt on that day relating to one of the 6 area points
- All will have about 30 minutes to prepare their presentation
- Each will have 5 minutes to defend their argument or respond to the prompt
- 3 finalists will be selected as Winners
First Prize- $150
Second prize- $75
Third Prize- $50
P.S - Participants are encouraged to conduct research on all areas or at least have insight into current happenings