A new fellowship has been launched to attract global "visionary entrepreneurs" to New Zealand with up to 400 spaces available.
The
Edmund Hillary Fellowship has partnered with Immigration New Zealand
for the new intitiative launched today which hopes to attract 100
entrepreneurs, investors and startup teams each year. The chosen
participants will be joined by up to 20 Kiwis every year.
"New
Zealand has what it takes to be a global innovation hub attracting the
world's best and brightest minds with our progressive policies, ease of
doing business, educated population, low corruption and good relations
with other countries," said Yoseph Ayele, chief executive of the Edmund
Hillary Fellowship.
"With the global race for talent on as
countries compete for the best, the Edmund Hillary Foundation harnesses
New Zealand's natural and social advantages to offer a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a global impact leader, building
and growing an ecosystem of bold visionaries innovating to tackle global
challenges from New Zealand," he said.
"We're look for people with fresh and pioneering ideas from all different sectors."
Ayele
said they have already received 350 expressions of interest from
innovators, including one woman from Mexico who is developing solar
powered cookers for rural communities.
The intitiative is also open to investors with industry experience who want to work alongside innovators.
"We're
looking for multi-dimensional investors, not just people who put in
captial," Ayele said. "People with global connections who want to invest
their time as well as their money."
The fellowship is supported
by Immigration New Zealand's Global Impact Visa which allows innovators
to work in and live in New Zealand. Fellows will be granted a three-year
open work visa which offers eligibility for residency after 30 months.
Fellows can opt to live anywhere in New Zealand if chosen for the initiative.
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