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05.3Signature programme

Take a mandate beyond the meeting room.

Mandate to Market connects public purpose to a solution that can be explained, tested and built.

Format and eligibility forthcoming
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05.3 · Signature programme

Policy is only the
beginning.

Mandate to Market connects public purpose to a solution that can be explained, tested and built.

01

The challenge

Participants will respond to a defined African Union policy mandate by developing an actionable, locally grounded proposal. The exercise is designed to make implementation, not presentation alone, the measure of a strong idea.

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02

What the brief will include

  1. 01

    The policy mandate

  2. 02

    Team and eligibility rules

  3. 03

    Submission format

  4. 04

    Judging criteria

  5. 05

    Presentation schedule

No application or deadline is being presented as final until the programme team releases the official brief.

Files and official links

The application pack will live here.

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Brief, eligibility, judging criteria and submission instructions

Not yet released
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