{"id":164072,"date":"2015-11-02T15:57:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=164072"},"modified":"2015-11-02T15:59:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T15:59:27","slug":"total-petroleum-launches-the-startupper-of-the-year-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=164072","title":{"rendered":"Total Petroleum launches  the \u201dStartupper of The Year\u201d  in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Total Petroleum Ghana has launched the challenge \u201cStartupper of the year by Total\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Initiated by the Total Group in 34 African countries simultaneously, this contest aims at identifying, rewarding and supporting the best projects in enterprise creation or development (less than 2-years old) in Ghana. The winning projects will be conferred with the \u201cStartupper of the year 2016 by Total\u201d label, with financial and coaching support from Total Petroleum Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>This call for projects is free and open to any Ghanaian citizen, not older than 35 years.<\/p>\n<p>The application process started on 1<sup>st<\/sup> November 2015 (8.00 AM GMT) and is directly available on the website: <a href=\"http:\/\/startupper.total.com\/\">http:\/\/startupper.total.com\/<\/a>. Candidates will be able to apply until 31<sup>st<\/sup> January 2016 (11.00 PM GMT).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_164077\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164077\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen-Appiah-honorary-patron-center-with-the-MD-of-Total-Ghana-in-white-and-some-staff-of-Total.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-164077 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen-Appiah-honorary-patron-center-with-the-MD-of-Total-Ghana-in-white-and-some-staff-of-Total.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Appiah, honorary patron, (center) with the MD of Total Ghana (in white) and some staff of Total\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen-Appiah-honorary-patron-center-with-the-MD-of-Total-Ghana-in-white-and-some-staff-of-Total.jpg 800w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Stephen-Appiah-honorary-patron-center-with-the-MD-of-Total-Ghana-in-white-and-some-staff-of-Total-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-164077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Appiah, honorary patron, (center) with the MD of Total Ghana (in white) and some staff of Total<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A jury of professionals will pre-select up to ten of the best projects in Ghana based on the following criteria: how innovative, original, daring the project is, its development potential and its capacity to improve the living conditions of the population.<\/p>\n<p>The list of finalists will be published on the website of the contest by February 28, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>After candidates\u2019 defence which will take place by March 15, 2016, the jury will select the best projects &#8211; three maximum \u2013 and the results will be announced during the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The entire contest rules are available online on the dedicated website (<a href=\"http:\/\/startupper.total.com\/\">http:\/\/startupper.total.com\/<\/a>).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Challenge \u00ab\u00a0Startupper of the year\u00a0by Total \u00bb is part of Total\u2019s global initiative for supporting the socioeconomic development of all the countries where it operates worldwide. It is a very concrete action aimed at locally strengthening the industrial fabric and employment on the African continent, by supporting the most daring and innovative entrepreneurs in realizing their project. This approach targets the emergence of new initiatives, while respecting the Total Group values.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Total Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Total Petroleum Ghana has launched the challenge \u201cStartupper of the year by Total\u201d. Initiated by the Total Group in 34 African countries simultaneously, this contest aims at identifying, rewarding and supporting the best projects in enterprise creation or development (less than 2-years old) in Ghana. The winning projects will be conferred with the \u201cStartupper of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":164076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,4],"class_list":["post-164072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-psychiatric","tag-st-augustines-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}