Limpho, Produtos Alimentares, Lda. from Octávio Muchanga, was one of the winners of the SUN PITCH Competition, a global online event with 21 finalists from Africa and Asia.
Octavio Muchanga wins a $10.000 prize as the winner in the Nutrition category (affordable and aspirational). This prize is offered by Royal DSM, one of the sponsors of the event.
"We need to make nutritious food widely accessible, widely available and we need to make it aspirational. Therefore, I have distinguished the entrepreneur who offers a delicious option; who has thought of the consumer and extremely attractive and nutritious products”, said Fokko Wientjes, Vice President of Malnutrition Programs and Partnerships at Royal DSM and a member of the jury of this event.
According to Kátia dos Santos Dias, Director of GAIN in Moçambique “we are proud to know that once again Mozambique takes an award in this global competition. This is proof that the national private sector is committed to improving the nutrition of Mozambicans”.
Nutrition Pitch Competition
SBNMOZ hereby thanks all those who made this process possible, especially:
- BCI – Banco comercial e de Investimentos
- GAPI, S.I.
- IPEME – Institute for the Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises
- UCM – Catholic University of Mozambique
- Universidade Zambeze
- Universidade Pedagógica
- Lúrio University
The numbers of the SUN PITCH 2020 Competition:
- 500 competing SMEs
- 24 competing countries
- 21 finalists and 21 innovative proposals
- 40 competitors from Mozambique
- 9 months, from the beginning of the competition, until the final (including the entrepreneurs' capacity building process)
SUN Pitch
The SUN PITCH Competition is an event organised by SBNMOZ, with the support of CTA – Confederation of Business Associations of Mozambique, under the project "Catalyzing the participation of the private sector in Mozambique", an initiative implemented with the support of DfID of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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