SLT-MOBITEL launches new campaign tapping innovators
SLT-MOBITEL, in a move to improve the lives of 22 million Sri Lankans, is calling on ‘Dreamers’ - visionaries, inventors, geniuses and outside-the-box thinkers - to step forward with prototypes or working solutions that can meaningfully alleviate the larger problems or concerns the country is facing.
In a media release, the company said it launched its #NoDreamTooBig campaign recently seeking ‘ Dreamers’ working on making their biggest dreams a reality through the innovative utilisation of the same technology, connected tools and devices available to all Sri Lankans. SLTMOBITEL is calling on these Dreamers to come forward and apply to the Dreamers Wanted project, with the aim of supporting them realise those dreams as “we strive to come out these uncertain times stronger, as one Sri Lanka”.
Applicants ready to make the ordinary extraordinary using the knowledge, resources and technology on earth accessible to people, are invited to visit www.sltmobitel.Ik/ dreamerswanted, and submit an application with a short explained video demonstrating the prototype or invention in action.
The Dreamers Wanted Evaluation Team (DWET) comprising SLT-MOBITEL officials and distinguished education experts from local universities will review and shortlist the applications in a continuous selection process to ensure the best ideas are chosen for further development, with the greatest care. Once shortlisted, Dreamers will go through interviews, pitch events, and demo and question and answer sessions so that the best of the innovations will be selected to receive immediate support to help take the project forward swiftly.
The release said SLT- MOBITEL’s pioneering Group R& D initiative ‘ The Embryo’, created to drive a multi-channel innovation pipeline to build cutting- edge digital solutions to serve the nation using the valuable knowledge and skills within the SLT Group and collaborating with Academia, Industry, Integrators and Entrepreneurs; will be spearheading the ‘Dreamers Wanted’ initiative.