Africa Tourism Technology and Innovation Awards

(ATTI AWARDS 2019)

Terms & Conditions

INTRODUCTION
The ATTI AWARDS Competition (hereinafter the “competition”) is the first competition and awards in tourism
technology and innovation in Africa. This is in recognition that there exists a big gap in tourism and technology in
Africa. We are looking for young entrepreneurs, startups, individuals and groups in Africa with an innovative
tourism technology project or idea that could make Africa Tourism better, more inclusive, rewarding and easily
accessible/access the rest of the world. After several selection steps, our jury will nominate three winners. The
three winners will have an opportunity to pitch and compete and win THE FIRST AFRICA TOURISM TECH &
INNOVATION AWARD 2019 alongside assorted prizes, strategic partnerships, investment opportunities,
exposure and coaching for their projects. The three will compete during the live competition and tourism tech
workshop/hackathon on the second day of the INAUGURAL AFRICA TECH FOR TOURISM FORUM – ATTI
Forum that will be held in NAIROBI – KENYA on 25 th - 26th April 2019. They will also have an opportunity to
attend and fully participate in the AFRICA TOURISM TECH & INNOVATION WORKSHOP/HACKATHON on
day two of ATTI Forum and stand a chance to win more prizes and privileges.

The winner in each of the three categories will be named the 1 st AFRICA TOURISM TECH & INNOVATION
CHAMPION during the closing ceremony of the INAUGURAL ATTI Forum. Contestants are encouraged to form
teams of maximum of 2 individuals and participate in all the tree categories if possible. Successful teams could
also be given the opportunity to work with companies and institutions represented in the forum.

The aim of ATTI AWARDS is to demonstrate that Tourism technology and innovation is a key component in
Stirling growth, inclusivity and ease of doing business in tourism industry. ATTI AWARDS and its partners would
like to highlight the importance of tourism technology and innovation and expose, promote and support some of
Africa’s greatest ideas and projects. We are also seeking to raise public awareness of the tourism technology and
innovation challenges some of our current ideas and projects face. Our hope is that Africa at large will come
together and, through this competition, provide a means to move many of our technologies that reside in our
various places and institutions, further up the value chain and into the market place. Concrete potential outcomes
include new employment opportunities, improvements in African people’s lives, and wealth creation that will be
reciprocated throughout Africa.

ELIGIBILITY AND ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

➔The contest is open to the public across the entire African Continent
➔Participants may join more than one team.
➔Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
➔Participants must be citizens of any of the 54 African countries
➔Teams will be required to elect a team captain or team representative who will act as a contact point with
the Competition organizers.
➔Participants authorize the Competition organizers to contact them via email (your email will not be
disclosed to third parties).
➔Late idea/project submissions will not be accepted or extended.
 ➔Failure to submit or submission of incomplete competition abstracts will lead to automatic disqualification
➔A participating team who makes it to the Pitch competition stage must take part in the Pitch in order to be
eligible to receive any prize award.
➔The Competition organizers will not engage in, nor will be held responsible for, managing internal team
disputes. Any and all disputes or disagreements between or among team participants must be resolved by
said participants themselves, acting reasonably.
➔Team names containing vulgar, explicit or inappropriate content (collectively “Offensive Content”) will
lead to the immediate dismissal of the entire team from the ATTI AWARDS event. The Competition
participants agree that the Competition organizers, in their sole discretion, will determine what constitutes
Offensive Content and will not incur any liability for said determination.
➔Competition Rules and the conduct of the contest may change at any time and from time to time at the
sole discretion of the Competition organizers. The Competition participants agree that the Competition
organizers, in their sole discretion, will determine when a rule change is appropriate and will not incur any
liability for said determination.
➔If a team is dismissed from ATTI AWARDS process, the members of the dismissed team will not be
permitted to re-enter the competition on different teams. All decisions of the Competition organizers will be
final.
➔Limitations of participants – the following people may not enter the Competition: (a) employees of the
Competition organizers, of any company that they control, that controls them or that is under joint control
with them, and their immediate family members, (b) people who have been involved in organizing the
Competition, and their immediate family members, (c) people who have a conflict of interest or may be
perceived to have a conflict of interest (especially interns and apprentices still working for the participants or
employees of the same organizations as the judges) and (d) with respect to a given Competition technology,
any inventors of that specific technology (albeit, the inventors of a specific Competition technology may
compete with respect to another Competition technology on which they have not made an inventive
contribution).
➔Scores rendered by the judges will not be disclosed to the Competition participants.
➔Judges’ decisions are final and are not subject to review.

What we are looking

1. Solution

We are looking for solutions for Tourism Challenges in Africa that have high scalability potential. We are looking
for innovative and disruptive ideas or projects in Africa tourism.

2. Innovation

We are looking for unique, disruptive and innovative ideas or projects in Africa

3. Flexibility

They must be collaborative and flexible enough to accommodate other existing or new ideas/innovations in co-
developing solutions for Tourism in Africa by optimizing the use of existing resources and infrastructure.

4. Sustainability

Your idea or project’s business model and solutions should demonstrate scalability and sustainability in order to
avoid or minimize environmental impact.

5. Responsible Tourism
Solutions,ideas and Projects that are reducing the negative impact that tourism has on the environment through
innovations in technologies and processes in Africa

6. Community Development
Projects or Ideas that are developing innovative tourism solutions that empower the local community through
local economic growth, rural Development and socio-cultural inclusivity

Who can Apply

Young African INDIVIDUALS AND STARTUPS in Africa that:
Have a tourism tech or innovative idea or project at early stage
The idea or project that are innovative in nature and provide value-added and sustainable solutions for the tourism
in Africa
Have potential for scalability and can change the Africa tourism and business landscape
Have a clear vision and implementation plan for Tourism in Africa
Have projects and ideas that are both for-profit and non-profit and address new or enhanced ways of tourism in
Africa for development

THE FIVE CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION

1. An idea or project that enhances revenue collection and ease management of local attraction sites whilst
promoting inclusivity and empowerment of local communities
2. An idea or project that creates marketing and management solutions for hotels and accommodation facilities
across Africa, enhancing ease access and payment by tourists, better management and increase visibility and
market.
3. An idea or project to develop a MICE Marketplace for Africa making it easy to find venues, suppliers,
equipment, items, amenities, planners, services and make it ease for MICE industry in Africa.
4. Solutions that develop Virtual Events in Africa making it easy and possible for Virtual events across Africa
despite the existing challenges such as poor internet and lack of crucial infrastructure
5. Solutions that develop a comprehensive and inter-operable marketplace for Tour Operators and Travel Agents
across Africa making it easy for inter-Africa tourism B2B and possibilities of global travel agents and tour
operators partnerships with counterparts to increase tourism market-share for Africa as a destination.

THE ATTI WORKSHOP/HACKATHON

The hackathon will take place on the second day of ATTF with the aim of developing and showcasing Technology
Solutions for Tourism in Africa across diverse tourism sub-sectors. There will be a live competition for all the
finalists of the five categories to test their prowess in technological creativity and innovation within a short time.

SUBMISSION DATES

The contest starts on January 21, 2019. Please see the website www.atti-forum.org for updates on
calendar of events.

Prizes could be awarded on April 26th 2019.

The Competition organizers reserve the right, in the event of force majeure or for any reason that is beyond their
control, to modify the contest dates, and will not be liable in this regard.

PARTICIPATION PROCEDURE

To enter the Competition, complete the online form located at www.atti-forum.org

Any entry form that is incomplete or that contains inaccuracies will not be processed and will result in the
automatic disqualification of the team/individual in question.

Entrants are required to compete using their true identities. The Competition organizers reserve the right to carry
out all checks that may be necessary in this regard.

Entrants must compete as individuals or teams made up of utmost two individuals. If, however, a member decides
to leave the team after phase one, the team can remain in Competition if it has one or more members.

Each team must appoint a representative leader. The leader will be the main point of contact with ATTI AWARDS.
The leader must act as a coordinator with the other team members and personally handle the use and possible
division of their member’s personal time and financial participation in the project expenses (if any). ATTI
AWARDS will not be liable for any claims in this regard.

Entry in the contest implies the unreserved acceptance of these Contest Rules in full, along with any applicable
laws, regulations or other legislation applicable in the republic of Kenya and relevant laws that govern Africa
States.

The Competition organizers shall not be bound to return the entries presented, once the competition is complete

COMPETITION PROCEDURE

The selection process is as follows:

The Competition will have three phases.
Phase 1 – 1st call for participation and selection of the 10 finalists in each of the five categories
Phase 2 - 2nd call for submission of detailed and practical solutions and announcement of the last three winners in
each category
Phase 3 – Pitching with aim of identifying the winner in each category

Pitch

The pitch is the final stage of the Competition. Competitors who make it to this round will have to deliver a pitch
on April26, 2019. In preparation for the pitch, teams may submit slides to register@atti-forum.org by 11:59
p.m. on April 20th, 2019. If teams do not submit slides by this time, it will be assumed that no slides will be part of
the pitch. To view pitch requirements please visit www.atti-forum.org

Format Requirements
•Time limit: 5 minutes
•PowerPoint Slides allowed
•1 Team member minimum
•2 Team member maximum

Submission Requirements (in no particular order)

 1.Describe the technology or Innovation
2.What is the problem you are solving? (Practical)
3.Market strategy
4.Competitive analysis
5.About the Team
6. Commercialization and Sustainability

AWARDS

The team/individual, if any, awarded the first prize, in accordance with the criteria set by ATTI AWARDS, will be
given the prizes as will be prescribed by the organizers.
NB: There is no guarantee that cash prizes will be awarded even if Competition participants have invested money
into preparing Competition entries or submissions. The Competition organizers have the desire and means to
actually award the aforementioned prizes but will only do so if the Competition organizers deem, in good faith
and in their sole discretion, that such is warranted upon the conclusion of the Competition. In the event of a tie,
the prize money could be awarded proportionately between or among the tying teams. By way of EXAMPLE, in
the event of two teams tying for first place, the amount of one thousand (USD 1,000) would be divided equally
among the members of the two teams, i.e., five hundred (USD 500) for each team.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

All intellectual property rights in all presentations and submissions are a sole responsibility ATTI AWARDS
recognizes that good ideas are a rare find and therefore requires that you protect your idea/prototype/solution
before submitting on ATTI AWARDS. In Kenya protection can be done through the Kenya Industrial Property
Institute (KIPI). More details are available athttp://www.kipi.go.ke while details of how to undertake
International/Global protection can be found at https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/ Details of the same and
copies of the documentation should be provided along with your submission. If any of the documents submitted
are false you risk being blacklisted and or suspended from any further engagement with ATTI AWARDS. Any idea
that is submitted without protection is at owners sole responsibility.

PUBLICITY AND IMAGE RIGHTS

Throughout the Competition, ATTI AWARDS will issue communications vis a vis the identity of the teams and
the progress of their projects. Accordingly, the teams undertake to provide biographical details and photographs
requested by ATTI AWARDS and agree to these being published on www.atti-forum.org and on its social
network accounts as part of the communication campaign for the contest, until the end of 2019 and beyond. The
winners expressly agree to the free usage and publication of this data on any media and for any advertising or
promotional campaign related to this contest.
All of the nominative information that the entrants provide when registering or during the contest is intended
solely for ATTI AWARDS, which may share it internally and transfer it to its technical service providers and
organizers.

CANCELLATION – MODIFICATION

The Competition organizers reserve the right to cancel or postpone the Competition for any reason and at any
time.
These Contest Rules may be modified by the Competition organizers without notice during the course of the
contest. In this event, participants will be informed on the Internet site www.atti-forum.org

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

The Competition organizers, including HTorex Global, Zuri Events, Lavida Events and ATTI Forum and their
partners shall, under no circumstances, be held liable for defectiveness of any reception equipment or lines of
communication; the loss of any paper or electronic mail and, more generally, the loss of any data; forwarding
problems; the consequences of any virus, computer bug, anomaly, technical defect; and/or any damage caused to
any participant’s computer.

Participants are reminded of the limits of the Internet network, especially with regard to technical performances,
response times for consulting or transferring information, the overloading of the network and the risks of
contamination by virus. The Competition organizers will not be held responsible for any damage caused to
participants, to their IT equipment and their data stored thereon as well as for any consequences that may arise
therefrom on the results of the participants in the context or their personal or professional activities. It is
incumbent upon Competition participants to take all appropriate steps in order to protect their own data and/or
software stored on their IT equipment against any form of hacking. Connection to the Internet site www.atti-
forum.org and participation of the participants in the Competition is carried out under their sole responsibility.

APPLICABLE LAW – JURISDICTION CLAUSE

These Contest Rules and the conduct of the Competition will be exclusively construed, interpreted and enforced
pursuant to the laws and courts of the Republic of Kenya.

CONFIDENTIALITY

Participants in the Competition undertake not to disclose any information about the content of their projects before
the announcement of the winners. Teams may need access to confidential information on the technologies in order
to better complete their competition abstracts/plans. If this need arises, participants will be required to sign
confidentiality forms prior to sharing of any confidential information to ensure that as participants in the contest
they do not publicly disclose said information and only use it for the purposes of the contest.

CONTACTS

Candidates may send in questions at any time to register@atti-forum.org

or call +254 733 761 112 or +254 782 761 112