BRICS WBA 2024 Presidency

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ABOUT THE CONTEST

The BRICS Women’s Business Alliance invites everyone to participate in the BRICS Women’s Startups Contest.

About the project. The contest is aimed at identifying and promoting women's startups in BRICS member countries and stimulating women's motivation to participate in entrepreneurial activities

Goal. To select the best women's startups of the BRICS member countries with the prospect of their scaling up in the BRICS markets

Task. To select the most efficient startups with considerable commercial and innovative potential

STAGES OF THE CONTEST

June 3
  1. The official launch of the contest
August 1 - 23

2. Consideration of applications by the Selection committee and Jury

June 4 - July 31

3. Accepting and verification of applications

October 18

4. Awarding ceremony at the BRICS Business Forum

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST

The terms of participation in the BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2024 include a number criteria

CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION

  • The Contest is open to women from the BRICS countries, as well as from the countries outside the BRICS, over the age of 18 (legal entities or individual entrepreneurs without registration of a legal entity) who develop and implement innovative projects with significant novelty and the prospect of commercialization in order to scale in the BRICS countries.
  • For participants of the Contest from the countries outside the BRICS, a special category “BRICS Friends: on the way to sustainable development” is established.
  • The projects that contribute to solving global problems, improving the quality of life of the population and developing connections between women entrepreneurs are accepted for participation within the category “BRICS Friends: on the way to sustainable development”.

BUSINESS PROJECTS NOMINATIONS

  • Based on the submitted business projects contest participants are selected in the following nominations:

    • IT;
    • Education;
    • Health and Medicine;
    • Ecology;
    • Food security and agriculture;
    • Innovation and infrastructure;
    • Artificial intelligence;
    • BRICS Friends: On the Way to Sustainable Developmnet.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS

  • Quality presentation of the project;
  • Demo-version of the project (availability of a prototype, a functioning digital platform/website, application, etc.);
  • Capitalization potential in the international market;
  • Project implementation strategy in the international market;
  • Rate of return of the project;
  • Marked competitive and/or technological edge;
  • Social value, inclusivity;
  • Innovativeness.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

Register on the website

Fill in the application form to participate

Attach the presentation of the project

GENERAL PARTNER

PJSC Sberbank is Russia’s largest bank and a leading global financial institution. Holding almost one-third of aggregate Russian banking sector assets, Sberbank is the key lender to the national economy and one of the biggest deposit takers in Russia. The Government of the Russian Federation represented by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is the principal shareholder of PJSC Sberbank owning 50% plus one voting share of the bank’s authorized capital, with the remaining 50% minus one voting share held by domestic and international investors. It holds general banking license No. 1481 dd. August 11, 2015, from the Bank of Russia.

Make your idea real: Apply to participate and launch your business with the BRICS Women’s Startups Contest 2024

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