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TechImpact Academy
Empowering University Students to Create Impact through Technology
About TechImpact Academy
The TechImpact Academy program aims to empower students with the knowledge and experience to create meaningful change and social impact through technology.
By working on projects that utilize technology to address pressing social or environmental challenges, participants will gain invaluable skills in both technology and leadership.
Building the Next Generation of Changemakers: How the TechImpact Academy Works
Our program is offered online and offline. Through a series of interactive sessions under the guidance of experienced mentors, student teams will follow the design thinking process to investigate the problem, ideate solutions, create a business model, develop prototypes, and test their idea. Following the foundation course, students will delve into key startup topics such as team building, customer identification, financial analysis, storytelling, and more.
Topics covered
Facilitated by
PIM Staff
Our team will work with our partners to develop and execute the program – helping everything go to plan.
Mentors
Expert mentors from around the world help students develop their solutions and prepare for pitch day.
Judges
Leaders from academia, business and government join to help select the winning solutions.
Tech4Good Global Competition
One of our most notable clients for our TechImpact Academy program was Huaweed’s Seeds for the Future. In partnership with them, we created a uniquely branded program called Tech4Good as well as a Global Competition.
All participants of the Tech4Good program are also eligible to apply for the Tech4Good Global Competition that is held in January/February every year. The Global Competition provides an opportunity for all participants to showcase their projects, compete with other international cohorts, receive intensive social entrepreneurship training, pitch their projects to a panel of esteemed judges, and have a chance to win up to 100,000 USD in investment funding.
The Global Competition provides a platform for participants to share their ideas with the world, network with renowned social impact leaders and investors, receive guidance from seasoned mentors, and further their impact-driven initiatives.
CURRENT EDITION
The 2023 Edition
In partnership with Huawei Seeds for the Future, PIM launched a new edition of the Tech4Good program in 2023 to provide world-class entrepreneurial education for university students all around the world.
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Sustainable development goals
- Basic human needs
- Education and work
- A fair and just society
- Sustainable lifestyles
- Natural resources
Technology themes
- Artificial intelligence and data
- Blockchain
- Digital reality
- Internet of things
- Mobile and web applications
- Social media
2023 Partners:
PREVIOUS EDITION
The 2022 Edition
In partnership with Huawei’s Seeds for the Future, PIM designed and created the Tech4Good program which provided world-class entrepreneurship education for university students all around the world. In 2022, over 3100 students from 115 countries participated, forming 351 teams to tackle the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The teams focused on using technology to develop their own innovative solutions to address local social and environmental problems.
PIM brought together a diverse group of 40+ mentors from 20+ countries to inspire and guide students worldwide in creating their own social startups. Students completed an 8-day program consisting of daily live sessions, message support from mentors, and hands-on experiential learning. In addition, PIM also offered monthly workshops, team mentorship, and themed coaching sessions, providing comprehensive education on the practicalities of startup life.
Featured entrants
FarmAI
Team Algeria was awarded a startup capital fund of USD$100,000 for their agricultural drone monitoring project โFarmAIโ, following their success in Seeds for the Future Tech4Good Global Competition 2022.โ
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After taking home the Silver Award and Audience Award against nearly 100 projects and participating in multiple entrepreneurial coaching sessions with Huawei, the team took their next step towards success by traveling to China for the Startup Sprint event, where they presented a robust business plan to the Tech4Good Investment Committee.โ
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