Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (Malawi)
Akiba Uhaki Foundation (restricted to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania)
Arab Human Rights Fund (restricted to the 22 member countries of the Arab League)
The Future of travel and tourism in the wake of COVID 19 by WTTC, 2020, shows that the world has and continues to suffer sizeable losses and setbacks due to COVID-19. Not least among those setbacks is the shock to the Travel & Tourism sector.
The following are Opportunities for Entrepreneurs to build their Startups and reshape the tourism sector.
The research found that about 77% of Chinese travelers favoring domestic travel within three months after the peak of the crisis. 71% of Americans looking at domestic locations.
What innovators need to do to boost domestic and regional tourism and travel?
Build innovative product which will facilitate domestic and regional tourism and travel
A traveler survey found that the “fear of exposing others” was the top concern for 39% of travelers in the UK and 31% in France.
What innovators need to do to address risk issues in domestic, regional, and international tourism and travel?
Build innovative product which will allow users to share risk places and things to do for each destination.
As new business models emerge to adapt to the changing market needs, the sector will focus on “automating the predictable so it can humanize the exceptional” according to Matthew Upchurch, Chairman & CEO of Virtuoso
What kind of Startups needed?
Building Startups to facilitate contactless or automation delivery of Tourism and travel services.
For example:
Thinking about the airport of the future, Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, noted that a distributed airport experience with travelers getting into pods as they go through necessary checks may be developed in the future, and effectively reducing the number of travelers touchpoints.
What kind of Startups needed?
Building Startups to automate services across the traveler journey including the integration of connected rooms, contactless check-in, digital car keys, and delivery robots, among other technologies.
Tourism Businesses and destinations alike will continue to adapt to the changing times, even offering virtual experiences as they work to re-inspire wanderlust in travelers and restart the sector.
What kind of Startups needed?
Building Startups to facilitate virtual tourism. Entrepreneurs can partner with tour operators to execute this startup.
With the rise of remote work and the use of remote connections, businesses will prioritize the protection of consumer data accordingly and guard against major data breaches at a time when trust is paramount. According to Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, “defense and investment against cyberattacks need to intensify irrespective of COVID-19”.
What kind of Startups needed?
Building Startups to support cybersecurity to protect the business from cyber-attacks.
The Adaptation Fund has launched a new USD 10 million pilot small grants programme (Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator, AFCIA) to foster innovation in adaptation in developing countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid. The AFCIA targets a broad range of potential finance recipients, including governments, non-governmental organisations, community groups, young innovators and other vulnerable groups.
The AFCIA will provide small grants to developing countries to support innovation for effective, long-term adaptation to climate change and is part of the Adaptation Fund’s Innovation Facility (please click here for more information). Two of the Adaptation Fund’s accredited Multilateral Implementing Entities (MIEs), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), receive USD 5 million each to administer and aggregate a project of small grants (up to USD 250,000 each). The Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), which is the operational arm of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Technology Mechanism, works in conjunction with UNEP as an executing entity in the AFCIA.
• (UNDP) The programme is open to Not-for-profit, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) including Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Business Member Association (BMO), other Association, Cooperative, Community Based Organizations registered in a developing country.
• (UNEP-CTCN) The eligible countries in the programme include Non-Annex I Parties in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and Caribbean under the UNFCCC that do not have National Implementing Entities (NIEs) accredited with the Adaptation Fund (114 countries in total as of 26 June 2020).
• UNDP - The first call for proposals will be open in late November, first stage of application deadline is 18th of December, and final grantees will be selected in early January. The first cycle of projects will be implemented for two years from December 2020 to December 2022. The second call for proposals will be in late 2022 for another two-year project cycle.
• UNEP-CTCN - There will be three-time opportunities to submit an application (technology concept) to UNEP-CTCN. The first, second and third calls for application submission are planned to be open in November 2020, February 2021 and February 2022, respectively.
All applicants can submit their application via programme webpages. The applicants can download an application form or submit their application online.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) is now open for African entrepreneurs. The priorities for 2021 is the economic recovery of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) and young African entrepreneurs, following the Covid-19 disruption to economic activities.
For-profit organization and entrepreneurs
Africa
March 31 to apply for the seventh edition of the program
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