The African Union Summit on Industrialization and Economic Diversification will be convened under the theme “Industrialising Africa: Renewed commitment towards an Inclusive and Sustainable Industrialization and Economic Diversification.” The Summit will be convened as part of th
Published: 2022-09-05 Type: Contest Deadline: September 30, 2022
In a continent of nearly 34 million unemployed people, software development provides a significant opportunity for empowerment. Africa has more than 700,000 developers, 31% of whom are self-taught. Even more significant, almost one in five developers are women. Now in its third year, th
Published: 2022-08-29 Type: Contest Deadline: December 28, 2022
EcoBank Fintech Challenge is calling on developers and innovators with bright ideas for financial technology to share their vision of creating Africa’s next big fintech solution with them. Up to $500,000 will be won by technopreneurs who successfully pitch the most interesting and viable solut
Published: 2022-08-26 Type: Contest Deadline: September 16, 2022
The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is pleased to launch the latest edition of the Patrimonito Storyboard Competition 2022. This competition aims to provide young people with an opportunity to use their creative and problem-solving skills to raise awareness about World Heritage sites. The World
Published: 2022-08-18 Type: Contest Deadline: September 30, 2022
Imagine you come home and want to enter your apartment, but the door leading into the building remains closed. Or, you are mistaken for someone else at the airport checkpoint. All of this happens because you are a black woman and facial recognition misidentified you because of those two features.&nb
Published: 2022-08-16 Type: Contest Study in: Ghana Deadline: August 22, 2022
Lex:lead is a group of international lawyers and friends who support economic development focusing on the world’s least developed countries. Lex:lead offers an annual essay competition on topics of law and development to the world’s least developed countries. In this way they transfer
Published: 2022-08-16 Type: Contest Deadline: October 31, 2022
How does your faith help you maintain the hope needed to meet and overcome the challenges of our time, and what is your message to encourage others? Hope is the earnest anticipation that comes with believing something good the confident expectation that naturally stems from faith. So pull out you
Published: 2022-08-15 Type: Contest Deadline: September 19, 2022
The African Skills Portal for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (ASPYEE) is a continental knowledge platform hosting a wealth of good practices on Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), skills development methodologies and approaches, and youth employment and&nb
Published: 2022-08-05 Type: Contest Deadline: August 12, 2022
HUAWEI Developer is a platform ecosystem that integrates various services and resources for developers to develop and promote their apps. After registering and being verified as a HUAWEI Developer member, developers can access complete services from development and testing to promotion and monetizat
Published: 2022-08-03 Type: Contest Study in: Deadline: October 9, 2022
Imagine decreasing food shortages while cleaning up oceans or addressing fashion waste while supporting gender equality. Taking inspiration from the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs), identify an interconnected challenge to tackle with your team and create a new innovative tech solut
Published: 2022-08-02 Type: Contest Deadline: October 31, 2022
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City University (CCU), a not-for-profit private university is now accepting entries from Nigerian secondary school students for its 2022 essay contest. This annual essay contest is held to raise awareness of current global issues among the young population. It also aims to encourage young minds&r
Published: 2022-07-07 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: July 15, 2022
The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2023 playwriting competition. The prize and publication are contingent on the playwright’s agreeing to the terms of the publishing agreement. The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2023 playwriting competition. The winning p
Published: 2022-07-06 Type: Contest Deadline: August 15, 2022
Are you an emerging artist or storyteller on the pulse of entrepreneurship in Africa? Apply for the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund.The Tony Elumelu Storytellers calls for application from emerging journalists, filmmakers, content producers, and visual and performing artists to submit multimedia
Published: 2022-07-02 Type: Contest Deadline: July 29, 2022
Are you a young changemaker between 15-35 years old? Do you have photography skills? Do you want to showcase your photography skills with the world? USAID’s Youth Excel program is launching a 6-week global photo competition to encourage young people from Africa, Asia, Europ
Published: 2022-06-27 Type: Contest Deadline: July 17, 2022
BIC is now accepting submissions from creative ball pen artists from Africa and the Middle East for its 2022 Art Master Africa. The BIC Art Master stage offers creative individuals the opportunity to be acknowledged for the work that they do. We would like to extend an invitation to all of the cr
Published: 2022-06-23 Type: Contest Deadline: August 31, 2022
All it takes is an idea, the passion to follow through, and the desire to drive change. Come, bring your idea to life with support from Samsung and FITT, IIT-Delhi mentors. Present in 30 countries, Solve for Tomorrow is Samsung’s global CSR program that has challenged young innovators to dream
Published: 2022-06-23 Type: Contest Deadline: July 31, 2022
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USAID’s Youth Excel program is launching a 6-week global photo competition to encourage young people from Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa to share images reflecting five main themes. Focus Themes Youth mental healt
Published: 2022-06-23 Type: Contest Deadline: July 17, 2022
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This year, Paradigm Initiative is celebrating its 15th anniversary in a dual event that will bring together partners, Friends of PIN, alumni, volunteers, PIN team members, and digital rights and inclusion stakeholders. These events are PIN@15 in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 23rd, 2022, to comme
Published: 2022-06-22 Type: Contest Deadline: June 30, 2022
This year, Paradigm Initiative is celebrating its 15 anniversary in a dual event that will bring together Partners, Friends of PIN, Alumni, Volunteers, PIN Team members, and inclusion stakeholders. These events are PIN@15 in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 23, 2022, to commemorate PIN’s mile
Published: 2022-06-21 Type: Contest Deadline: June 30, 2022
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) and the Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL) are hosting The Stories of Africa, a youth storytelling contest that aims to amplify critical voices from across the African continent. They are looking for perspectives from Indigenous Peoples, local communities, past
Published: 2022-06-16 Type: Contest Deadline: August 14, 2022
