21 Aug 2018
Telecommunications giant Smart Axiata and Impact Hub Phnom Penh announced the launch of a new entrepreneur program that aims to tackle several key sustainable development goals (SDGs), according to a press release this week.
Spanning three years and including a total of nine cohorts, SmartSpark will incubate 54 local ventures.
Each cohort will focus on a different set of SDGs and will provide support, expertise, mentoring and networking in order to provide teams with the best potential for success.
Smart and Impact Hub will select six teams with the most innovative ideas that have what it takes to bring real change to the Kingdom.
The first cohort launches this week, and applications will be accepted through September 10, according to the release.
Abi Perriman, program and impact manager at Impact Hub, a capital innovation space and business incubator, said in the press release that the program is looking for young Cambodians with the drive and ambition to tackle SDGs.