Watching ideas come to life is one of the most rewarding things you can be part of.

The Youth Entrepreneurship Academy, part of FutureMinds Lab project, and implemented by the University Sarajevo School of Science and Technology within the framework of the Private Sector Development Initiative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, co-financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has spent these past months turning curious young minds into confident creators, and the final Pitch Arena was the moment it all came together, with students from across Sarajevo stepping on stage to share what they've built.

We're proud to have supported this journey throughout, and even prouder that Bloomteq’s COO Miron Lukač had the honor of sitting on the jury for the final event, alongside the panel of leaders from across the ecosystem, Lejla Gurbeta Pokvić, Director of Verlab Institute and Damir Maglajlić, Executive Director of Bit Alliance.

To every young innovator who stepped on that stage - you showed up, you spoke up, and you proved that bold thinking has no age limit.

Congratulations to all the winning teams (Druga gimnazija, Srenjoškolski centar Vogošća, Prva bošnjačka gimnazija), and to everyone who made this journey possible.

It’s great to know that these schools have been awarded valuable prizes that will continue to live beyond this event, supporting the development of entrepreneurial clubs, strengthening student initiatives, and empowering future generations of innovators.

This is exactly the kind of future we want to help build.