East Africa’s Premier TV Entrepreneurial Contest, Inspire Africa, Airs Tomorrow

The long-awaited TV Entrepreneural contest, Inspire Africa will be launched in Kampala tomorrow, Wednesday January 4th 2012. CEO Nelson Tugume, who was also the Overall Winner of the 2011 Young Achievers’ Awards is expecting to host “the crème de la crème in business and entrepreneurship” as well as Kampala’s socialites at The Hub, Oasis Mall. Project Inspire Africa features twenty-four of East Africa’s most talented young entrepreneurs competing for a grand prize of US$ 50,000 worth of business capital.
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They were selected by a panel of judges from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, and they will traverse the East African continent doing daunting business tasks with camera crews documenting every second of their lives in a thirteen week business adventure.

 

This is the first ever television reality show of its kind from East Africa, and represents a landmark that is expected to change the entrepreneurial climate and inspire millions of young aspiring entrepreneurs across Africa.

The show will be airing on NTV Uganda every Wednesday at 8pm and will run for an hour.