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By Ritah Kemigisah<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In a move meant to boost entrepreneurial aspirations of Uganda\u2019s young people, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with the Inclusion Works Consortium has rewarded finalists of the \u2018Innovation Challenge for Youth with Disabilities\u2019 with $5,000 (Shs18m).<\/span><\/p>\n

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These were presented by Emilly Ajjambo, the Commissioner for Disability and Elderly Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development in Kampala.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ajambo says it\u2019s only through a combined effort that the country can address the needs of persons with disabilities. <\/span><\/p>\n

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This \u2018innovation challenge\u2019 initiative is part of the Bank\u2019s Diversity & Inclusion agenda initiated a means to empower youth with disabilities as job creators through self-motivated innovations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Standard Chartered Bank and Sightsavers launched the \u2018innovation challenge\u2019 in December 2020, attracting a total of 32 applicants.<\/span><\/p>\n

On 3rd December, the 11 shortlisted applicants pitched their ideas to a panel of judges who then selected the 5 applicants. These have since then been undergoing a mentorship programme where they received sufficient business skills from experienced business mentors and online resources.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On her part, the Standard Chartered Bank Head of Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing, Regina Mukiri says the initiative is a move to recognize the hidden abilities of persons with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Ritah Kemigisah In a move meant to boost entrepreneurial aspirations of Uganda\u2019s young people, Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with the Inclusion Works Consortium has rewarded finalists of the \u2018Innovation Challenge for Youth with Disabilities\u2019 with $5,000 (Shs18m).   These were presented by Emilly Ajjambo, the Commissioner for Disability and Elderly Affairs, Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development in Kampala.   Ajambo says it\u2019s only through a combined effort that the country can address the needs of persons with disabilities.   This \u2018innovation challenge\u2019 initiative is part of the Bank\u2019s Diversity & Inclusion agenda initiated a means to empower youth with disabilities as job creators through self-motivated innovations. Standard Chartered Bank and Sightsavers launched the \u2018innovation challenge\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":46895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}