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Imagine you are a Head of Government delivering a speech to your counterparts at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Rwanda. Write a speech that highlights what y
Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) is now accepting entries from undergraduate students in tertiary institutions in West Africa for its 2022 essay competition.
Excellent Minds Initiative (EMI) Essay Competition is calling for entries – The Competition is a brainchild of the Excelle
As part of the 2022 Digital Economy Summit, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Africa Business Center (USAfBC) in conjunction with AmChams across Africa, is hosting its annual Digital Entrepreneurship Competition for African Startups. The competition is targeted towards Digital SMEs and start
Photographers from all over the world, prepare your cameras. We’re now accepting applications for the GLF Africa 2022 Photo Competition. Whether you’re a professional or amateur, nature or urban photographer, we’d love to see your perspective on the beauty and richness of this
Launched in 2021, Best Tourism Villages by UNWTO promotes and enhances the role of tourism in safeguarding rural villages, along with their landscapes, natural and cultural diversity, knowledge systems, and local values and activities, including gastronomy. At the same time, the initiative
ITU is organizing a global competition to select the first group of “Generation Connect Gender Champions.” The competition, funded by the Government of Canada, will select twelve (12) outstanding young women (ages 18-24) from developing countries (2 from each ITU region).  
The Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East (OSVP) has become a reference and has passed the 10-year mark by entering its 11th edition.
Every year, it rewards the best technological projects with a positive impact in Africa and the Middle East. The competition is organized in tw
Entries are invited from African writers for the Kendeka Prize for African Literature 2022.
This Prize will be awarded for the best piece of unpublished short story, either fiction or creative non-fiction. The prize aims at giving African writers, especially the unpublished a platform on which to
The 9th edition of Visa For Music, the first professional music market for Africa and the Middle East, will be held from November 16th to 19th, 2022 in Rabat, Morocco. 30 artists or groups are going to be selected by a qualified jury to perform in front of music industry professionals
Do you have an idea for a short story? The 2022 BBC Young Writers' Award is open for submissions.
Now in its eighth year, the BBC Young Writers’ Award with Cambridge University invites all young people in the UK aged between 14-18 years to submit stories of up to 1,000 words.
There w
The competition is seeking ventures that are centered and deployed in Africa. Enter for your chance to WIN up to $10,000 in PRIZES.
The MIT Sloan Africa Business Club is elated to announce our first in-person conference in 2 years following the virtual successes of 2020’s Africa-focuse
he selection process administered by the judges will be as follows:
• The ‘Weekly Selection’ will be the top entries submitted via our website and Instagram page. This selection will be published at the end of each week on our website as a gallery and in
Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) is an initiative of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) aimed at stimulating literary creativity and encouraging critical thinking among Nigerian undergraduates. Since its inception in 2016 at the University of Ibadan, the prize has received about 3500 entries from stud
GOL is a gamified five-week virtual hackathon developed by MicrosoftADC for undergraduate students. Last year was open to Nigeria & Kenya. It is back, this time open to students in East Africa and South Africa.
The BBC is seeking a rising star of African journalism for the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award, now in its sixth year.
Journalists from across Africa are invited to apply for the award, which aims to uncover and promote fresh talent from the continent.
The winner will spend three months at th
This is your chance to get creative. The World Bank and the Financial Times are looking for your most inventive ideas, high-quality writing, and solutions to improve education outcomes beyond the pandemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt our way of life, causing education systems to ex
Applications for the Thought for Food MENA Agri-Food-Tech Challenge 2022 are now open. Innovators across the Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA) region are invited to share their innovative solutions to transform food systems.
The TFF 2022 MENA Agri-Food-Tech Challenge is powered by the global
The SADC Secondary School Essay Competition is open only to secondary school students from the SADC Member States; Angola, Botswana, Union of the Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republi
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