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DESCRIPTION:<a href="http://thrivedevelopment.co.bw/event/startup-world-cup
 -botswana-2/register">Startup World Cup-Botswana</a>\nDate: Tuesday\, 17 M
 arch 2026Time: 18 00hrs - 1930hrs Venue : Stanbic Bank Accelerate Incubato
 r\, Fairgrounds Organised By Thrive Development Initiative (TDI) Convenor 
 of Innovation & Capital Investment Week 2026 In partnership with Startup W
 orld Cup | Pegasus Tech Ventures | Youth Ambassadors Botswana The Startup 
 World Cup Botswana Regional Information Session is an introductory engagem
 ent designed to inform entrepreneurs\, innovators\, and ecosystem stakehol
 ders about the Startup World Cup Botswana Regional Competition and the opp
 ortunities it offers to high-potential startups. The session provides part
 icipants with an overview of the global Startup World Cup platform powered
  by Pegasus Tech Ventures\, which connects startups from around the world 
 to investors\, venture capital networks\, and international markets. Durin
 g the session\, participants will learn about the competition structure\, 
 eligibility criteria\, application process\, and judging framework for the
  Botswana regional competition. The information session will also highligh
 t the pathway for the winning startup to represent Botswana at the global 
 Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco\, where startups compete f
 or a potential USD 1 million investment prize. In addition\, the session i
 ntroduces the broader ecosystem support available to participating startup
 s\, including mentorship\, investor readiness preparation\, networking opp
 ortunities\, and exposure to venture capital and corporate partners. It wi
 ll also situate the competition within the larger Innovation & Capital Inv
 estment Week 2026\, a national platform convened by Thrive Development Ini
 tiative (TDI) to accelerate innovation\, entrepreneurship\, and capital mo
 bilisation in Botswana. The information session aims to encourage particip
 ation from startups across sectors\, including technology\, agriculture\, 
 health\, digital solutions\, climate innovation\, [...]
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LOCATION:Stanbic Bank Accelerate Incubator\, Shop G26\, Farigrounds Mall\, 
 Gaborone\, Botswana
SUMMARY:Startup World Cup-Botswana
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<a href="http://thrivedevelopment.co.bw/event/
 startup-world-cup-botswana-2/register">Startup World Cup-Botswana</a>\nDat
 e: Tuesday\, 17 March 2026Time: 18 00hrs - 1930hrs Venue : Stanbic Bank Ac
 celerate Incubator\, Fairgrounds Organised By Thrive Development Initiativ
 e (TDI) Convenor of Innovation & Capital Investment Week 2026 In partnersh
 ip with Startup World Cup | Pegasus Tech Ventures | Youth Ambassadors Bots
 wana The Startup World Cup Botswana Regional Information Session is an int
 roductory engagement designed to inform entrepreneurs\, innovators\, and e
 cosystem stakeholders about the Startup World Cup Botswana Regional Compet
 ition and the opportunities it offers to high-potential startups. The sess
 ion provides participants with an overview of the global Startup World Cup
  platform powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures\, which connects startups from 
 around the world to investors\, venture capital networks\, and internation
 al markets. During the session\, participants will learn about the competi
 tion structure\, eligibility criteria\, application process\, and judging 
 framework for the Botswana regional competition. The information session w
 ill also highlight the pathway for the winning startup to represent Botswa
 na at the global Startup World Cup Grand Finale in San Francisco\, where s
 tartups compete for a potential USD 1 million investment prize. In additio
 n\, the session introduces the broader ecosystem support available to part
 icipating startups\, including mentorship\, investor readiness preparation
 \, networking opportunities\, and exposure to venture capital and corporat
 e partners. It will also situate the competition within the larger Innovat
 ion & Capital Investment Week 2026\, a national platform convened by Thriv
 e Development Initiative (TDI) to accelerate innovation\, entrepreneurship
 \, and capital mobilisation in Botswana. The information session aims to e
 ncourage participation from startups across sectors\, including technology
 \, agriculture\, health\, digital solutions\, climate innovation\, [...]
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