The organisation committee of the 928 Challenge launched the second edition of the start-up competition in a press conference at the Permanent Secretariat of the Forum for Economic and Trade Co-operation between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (Forum Macao). This year’s edition was jointly organised by the Permanent Secretariat of Forum Macao, City University of Macau (CityU), Shenzhen University, and United Nations University Institute in Macau. The start-up competition was co-organised by various local and overseas tertiary education institutions, namely University of Macau, Macau University of Science and Technology, University of Saint Joseph, Macao Institute for Tourism Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, and Rio de Janeiro State University from Brazil.
The 928 Challenge launched last year was named after nine cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), two special administrative regions and then eight Portuguese-speaking countries. In addition to the university track, this year’s competition opens professional start-ups track to attract more participants. Prof José Alves, Dean of the Faculty of Business of CityU, pointed out that this year will see 1,600 participants, 300 teams from 100 China and Portuguese-speaking countries universities, ultimately have a more substantial contribution to the Macao platform.
The number of sponsors for this year's event has increased from seven last year to 12 this year, including Galaxy Entertainment Group, ISA Tantec, Alibaba Cloud, KNJ Investment, Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM), Banco Nacional Ultramarino (BNU), Millenium BCP, Moxlink Technology Group Ltd, CESL Asia, C&C Lawyers, MdME Lawyers, and Fidelidade.
Team Registration for the 2022 edition of 928 Challenge is open in June. Teams will participate in a two-week boot camp via virtual format this year to gain a better understanding of the business environments and opportunities in China and the Portuguese-speaking countries. The final event is tentatively scheduled for late October 2022 in Macao.
[foogallery id="44161"]
Source: Faculty of Business
