Over Frw 10 million spread over 6 categories is up for grabs. Dubbed Tangira StartUp TV Contest, the pre-recorded show scheduled to go on air by early November 2025 on Igihe TV seeks to offer a platform for start-up founders to access critical resources they need in their enterprise journey such as mentorship, networking and funds to boost their businesses.
Remmygious Lubega the Executive producer of the show and the CEO at RG-Consult Inc behind the innovation stated that submissions are open up from 20th August 2025 until 8th September 2025.
'Tangira is an opportunity for all Rwandan StartUp Entrepreneurs with ideas and startup businesses to showcase what they have to offer as they race to gain business mentorship, reach wider market of customers/ buyers or investors and access to capital in the form of top prizes' he noted.
Submission is through visiting the website tangira.rw and uploading a short 90 secs video pitch of your business or idea to the contest portal.
Upon submission contestants will be screened and the top 50 will be shortlisted to give the general public room to vote/ participate on who they think deserves to be on the show.
The Top 12 ranking participants will then get the opportunity to go live on the big screen through a mentorship in Kigali, facing a panel of experienced Judges leading to the elimination stages where Six out of the 12 will be rewarded.
Alex Ntare president of ICT chamber at Private sector Federation(PSF) and a sponsor/ partners of the show expressed optimism at what the show offered Rwanda's start up ecosystem.
'Am truly humbled for ICT chamber to come through to offer support to this innovation which is designed as a public good, a source of information on platforms where young people are to access while they innovate and comfortably so in Kinyarwanda. We believe this project will support the start-up ecosystem.
'We eagerly anticipate the opportunity to support the next generation of Rwandan start-up founders from this show courtesy of such projects like Tangira StartUp TV Contest,' he said.
Ms. Ines Umurerwa, speaking on behalf of IGIHE Media House, commended the project for its transformative impact.
'We are excited to add valuable content on our channel that is geared to educating our young audience on how to create jobs and how to grow those ideas to big businesses. Through Tangira we see our journey as a media house and how we have now grown because we transmitted our content in Kinyarwanda and stayed with our audience and grew. If we could come this far, we believe that many other local ideas can,' she said.
About Tangira start up TV contest
Tangira is a Start Up TV contest whose first season is scheduled for airing on Igihe TV (Youtube Channel) by November 2025.
Several key stakeholders have come together to support its creation. This includes Rwanda Development Bank (BRD), Start Up 250, The ICT chamber, The Kigali Universe, RG consult Inc, Igihe, 103.5 Capital FM, ATV, BTN, Itara Production among others.
The contest seeks to enable local entrepreneurs to acquire different business skill sets, visibility, and access to finance and leakage to stakeholders to support growth of the enterprise sector by supporting them.
The project's goal is also to create a Free source of entrepreneurship content/ Information in the local language that can be helpful for many startups across the country.
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