Impact Week Maputo, Mozambique 11th – 19th May 2022

After Impact Weeks had to be held in digital and modified form during the past two years due to the crisis, local competitions will be held again in 2022. The first Impact Week will be held in Maputo, Mozambique in May 2022.
The dual concept of Impact Weeks consists of two modules. In a three-day learning phase, international innovation talents and lecturers from local universities are trained as Design Thinking coaches. During the practical phase, the trained coaches apply their new skills and help students identify challenges within their respective societies and solve them using innovative business models.
Upon completion of the program, you will be a trained coach who has already applied the methodology. You'll gain key skills through Design Thinking, such as innovation, customer focus, and implementation orientation. In addition, Impact Week promotes local entrepreneurship and social innovation. We enable universities to apply Design Thinking themselves and run their own Impact Weeks.
You want to be part of Impact Week Maputo? Then apply here – or get more information below.

Applications can be submitted until March 4, 2022 via the following link.

The dual concept of Impact Weeks consists of two modules. In a three-day learning phase, international innovation talents and lecturers from local universities are trained as Design Thinking coaches. During the practical phase, the trained coaches apply their new skills and help students identify challenges within their respective societies and solve them using innovative business models.

Upon completion of the program, you will be a trained coach who has already applied the methodology. You'll gain key skills through Design Thinking, such as innovation, customer focus, and implementation orientation. In addition, Impact Week promotes local entrepreneurship and social innovation. We enable universities to apply Design Thinking themselves and run their own Impact Weeks.

Each participating team will work on one of the focus areas.
Concrete focus areas are still under discussion with the partners in Mozambique and will be published soon.

Each team decides which focus area they want to participate during the registration process. The teams would then together ideate on how they would like to approach the challenges within the focus areas - as a Problem, Need or an Opportunity.

The challenge is scheduled in the Mozambique time zone (UTC +2:00)

The participation fee for each Design Thinking Coach trainee is €2,195 (excluding travel costs to and from Maputo, visa and vaccinations).

Impact Weeks 2022 will still be held during pandemic periods. We are therefore working closely with local universities to develop specific hygiene concepts.
We reserve the right to cancel the event on short notice depending on the situation in the host country.

Contact the organizing team for Impact Week Maputo 2022:
Bruna Nogueira Mota, Lufthansa Cargo - bruna.mota@dlh.de - Head of Organization
Hartmut Klose - hartmut.klose@gmail.com - Lead Organization
Michael Kögel - michael@koegel.org - Lead Coach