News Desk/Lusa
A project to combat food waste by a team of young entrepreneurs from mainland China and an oxygen generator project for aquaculture by a group of students from Shenzhen University won first prize in the 2nd Startup Contest “928”. Challenge” held in Macau.
A total of 16 teams from China and Portuguese-speaking countries competed on Saturday in the final stage of the competition, divided into two categories: Universities and Startups.
In the startup category, China’s OneDrop, which already has an application to prevent food waste, took first place, followed by two Chinese “startups” Ecomel Ecological & Technology and Reconnect Environmental Institute.
In the university category, Shenzhen University’s aquaculture oxygen generator project team won first place.
A team from Mozambique’s Eduardo Mondlane University won second place for a project to generate biogas from poultry farm waste, and Beijing Foreign Studies University won third place for a project on East Timor’s coffee culture.
“In this second edition, the great interest in the platform concept was confirmed not only by the 1,250 participants and 256 teams, but also by the quality of the projects presented. Marco Rizzoglio
For José Alves, who is also Dean of Business Administration at the City University of Macau (CityU), the initiative will bring much-needed Chinese technologies in infrastructure, energy, telecommunications, agriculture, fisheries, or food to Portuguese-speaking countries. Allows you to relocate to These countries, and “many existing in Macau with companies that can organize and make these remittances”.
“We hope that the Macau government and business environment will improve. [of the territory] We will continue to support this initiative that can bring value-added projects to the Greater Bay Area and Portuguese-speaking countries,” he said.
During the opening ceremony of the award ceremony, a video message from Mr. Mario Campolago, the Portuguese Secretary of State in charge of digitalization and administrative modernization, was broadcast, highlighting the existence of a common heritage between Macau and the Portuguese-speaking bloc. emphasized. be explored. many.
The two officials added that they would “rethink the format” of the initiative “to take advantage of the greater potential of teams and projects”, betting on greater penetration in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau and Portugal. speaking block.
On the other hand, the event also hinted at nine mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area, two special administrative regions of China (Macau and Hong Kong), and nine Portuguese-speaking countries after Equatorial Guinea’s accession to the Portuguese-speaking community. Renamed to 929 Challenge. -Speaking country and forum Macau.
