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Action with Africa

Recap 2022

:77 Film Challenge 2021/2022

The 77-Second (:77) Film Challenge took place from November 2021 to January 2022. The Top 2 teams from 10 African Enactus countries plus Germany created impressive short videos about the impact their projects have on the continent of Africa. The Top 10 winners received a total of EUR 20,000 in project funding.

Click here to watch the full :77 Film Challenge playlist.

Action with Africa Kick-off 2022

On 27 January 2022 host Florian Ambrosius officially kicked off the Action with Africa program together with BMZ’s State Secretary Jochen Flasbarth and Klaus Peter Meier, President of Enactus Germany. They further announced the TOP 10 teams from the :77 Film Challenge and officially opened the Action with Africa Challenge 2022.

Watch the 1-minute recap movie or the full livestream recording on YouTube.

TOP 3 Winners – 77-Second Film Challenge

1. Asante Sanaa, University of Bayreuth, Germany (EUR 7,000)
2. YouFeed, IHEC Carthage, Tunisia (EUR 5,000)
3. fini:ks Solutions, Durban University of Technology, South Africa (EUR 2,500)

The amounts stated in () indicate the project funding awarded per project team.

Action with Africa Challenge 2022

Enactus teams from 15 countries with more than 200 Enactus projects showed their interest in presenting their business ideas to a global audience. Ultimately, 89 teams made it to the final round and had the chance to win their share of USD 200,000 awarded as project funding! The entries were evaluated by 159 international judges and the TOP 8 teams presented their pitches live on 29 September 2022 at GIZ Campus in Bonn, Germany.

Don’t miss the Award Event 2022 and watch selected TOP 8 pitches on YouTube!

TOP 4 Announcement at Enactus World Cup 2022

On 1 November 2022 the TOP 4 winners were announced at the prestigious Enactus World Cup 2022 in Puerto Rico. Representatives from Enactus Egypt and Nigeria accepted the awards on behalf of their student teams and we congratulate all teams for their great achievements!

You can still watch a recording of the final TOP 4 Announcement and the entire ‘Impact of Collaboration session’ at Enactus World Cup 2022!

TOP 8 Winners – Action with Africa Challenge 2022

  1. Fish Waste, Cairo University, Egypt (EUR 35,000)
  2. Sayla, Ain Shams University, Egypt (EUR 30,000)
  3. Grow Green, Modern Academy, Egypt (EUR 25,000)
  4. BettaCoal, Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Nigeria (EUR 15,000)
  5. PUP Industries, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria (EUR 8,000)
  6. RecyCoal, RWTH Aachen, Germany (EUR 8,000)
  7. Akuna Soap Industries, Southern Adventist University, USA (EUR 8,000)
  8. RunAm Technologies, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria (EUR 8,000)

The amounts stated in () indicate the project funding awarded per project team.