Brac launches innovation contest

Brac launched a year-long competition to find solutions to the growing challenges encountered by people living in cities across the country, said a press yesterday.

The competition "Urban Innovation Challenge" has been initiated with an aim to create a platform for innovators, young entrepreneurs and university students to improve urban people's lives and to find the best ideas and support the innovators to build them into sustainable social enterprise models.

The winners will receive mentoring, skill development supports as well as a Tk 5 lakh grant.