This is because Jakarta is seen as having shown support for the growth of entrepreneurship and start-ups, Governor Anies Baswedan said here on Friday.
In response to the challenge, the Jakarta provincial government will build a "Prototype Zone" that can showcase solutions to urban problems, he informed.
"We believe that the Urban Innovation Challenge will protect the ecosystem of city innovation in building Jakarta as a livable city," Baswedan remarked.
Other major global cities participating in the competition are Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dhaka, Lagos, Kigali, Nairobi, and Rio de Janeiro, he noted.
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They are all developing cities located in Asia, Africa, and Latin America with the fastest population growth, which has brought them both challenges and opportunities, he said.
The newly opened competition aims to activate the ecosystem of 800 innovative urban entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders in eight of the world's major cities to shape a new urban future, he added.
The winners will receive support in the form of increased visibility, connections/access with investors, start-up resources worth more than US$25 thousand, and the opportunity to join the Technology Pioneers of the World Economic Forum, Baswedan informed.
In collaboration with IDEO, Urban Us, and URBAN-X, the competition will feature a three-month program for the regular public to develop collective intelligence and bring together imaginative communities for exploring the future of cities, according to the organizers.
The winner will be announced in February 2022 in Davos, Swiss, coinciding with the World Economic Forum (WEF), they added.
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