WHAT WE STAND FOR
& OUR PRINCIPLES

What:

Digital Innovation Challenge for women 2016 is a competition, organized by Women In Digital (WIDBD) partnership with United International University and associated with selected companies. Our goal with this challenge is to encourage women for the ideas development, development of apps, websites and online services that provide real value to the communities.

Who:

The competition is aimed to all women who are interested in digital innovation. We are challenging talented and creative women to act like startups or specialized and come up with revolutionary ideas or product for the digital challenges. So think like an entrepreneur! Are you up for the challenge?

Why should you apply?

How:

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Digital Innovation Challenge for women supports vision of a connected world by recognizing those who are working to make the Digital world more relevant to the women in Bangladesh. Our goal with this challenge is to encourage women to generate ideas, development of apps, websites and online services that provide real value for the members of these important communities.

Prizes:

• Get the focus, present your idea or product and have a chance to win cash.
• Network and collaborate with other companies, startups, and corporate professionals.
• In House Product Development Facility
• Copyright guidance.

Deadlines

We will start receiving application from 28th January, 2016 and Closing of application receiving date 13th February, 2016

Rules

Please be sure to review Digital Innovation Challenge for women rules carefully before entering. Download the PDF or request a copy by emailing at challenge@widbd.com. A signed copy of the rules must accompany your entry.

Guidelines:

Your entry should include:

• Participants full name, mailing address and phone number. If you’re submitting as a group, also mention the name, email and phone number of a contact person (Men also can be a group member but group leader has to be a woman and women ratio would be more than men in the group).

• Group members can be maximum Five (05) person.

• A project/idea brief (summary) must include: individual/team background, goals, target audience and size, and plans for rollout and language support. You may also include screenshots or other images of your project in your summary, if applicable. The summary should be no longer than 2,000 words and can be submitted either in the body of your email, or as a link or attachment.

• App installation and usage files (attached or as a separate URL), along with instructions for installation and usage, if necessary.

• Optional: You may also choose to submit a video about your project. Your video should be no longer than 5 minutes and must be included as a link (no attachments).

FAQ

Competition duration:

Competition duration will be for one (01) month. Contestants must be available in this time period and our judges/mentors will sit with contestant to guide them. According to the guidance contestant/s must complete the ideas/projects till the deadline.

Who is eligible to participate?

Individuals (women) and groups around the country (Bangladesh) are eligible to participate as long as their ideas, applications, websites or services are designed to meet the contest criteria.

What will be the language of the project/idea?

Your entry and all accompanying materials need to be in English.

Does my project/idea have to be finished?

If it’s finished then excellent but it can be simply a prototype too.

How will you choose the winners?

Can I enter more than once?

No, contestants can enter only single project.

What if I have more questions?

Please review the complete challenge rules, which contain additional information not covered by this FAQ. If you still have questions, you can reach us at challenge@widbd.com

How can I get up-to-date info about Digital Innovation Challenge?

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