Every year on April 26, we celebrate the World Intellectual Property (IP) Day to learn more about the role that IP rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity, and ultimately in shaping our world. This year’s celebration is themed “IP and SDGs: Building Our Common Future with In
Published: 2024-05-28 Type: Contest Deadline: May 31, 2024
On the occasion of the celebrations of Africa World Heritage Day, under the theme “My African Heritage”, the African World Heritage Fund is calling on all Africans to participate in the celebration of African heritage during the Africa Month. Stand a chance to win a weeken
Published: 2024-05-20 Type: Contest Deadline: Not Specified
The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (2:00 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory i
Published: 2024-05-17 Type: Contest Deadline: June 25, 2024
Ready to lead the charge for a greener future? Ashoka's 'Young African Climate Changemakers Challenge' in collaboration with the Anglo American Foundation is calling on young people aged 16 – 25 across South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Botswana to unleash their agency and innova
Published: 2024-05-17 Type: Contest Deadline: July 30, 2024
The Cancer Advocacy and Awareness Essay Competition (CAANEC) essay competition for 2024 is now open for senior secondary school students in Nigeria. Organised by the PATELA Care Foundation in collaboration with various partners, this competition aims to educate and empower young minds on cancer awar
Published: 2024-05-16 Type: Contest Deadline: May 31, 2024
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In partnership with the Taiwan Ocean Conservation Administration (OCA), GEEP invites you to apply for the 2024 Youth Innovation Challenge (YIC): Advancing Marine Conservation! The YIC provides an opportunity for young people ages 15–30 around the world to share their innovative solutions
Published: 2024-05-14 Type: Contest Deadline: June 12, 2024
The Isu Elihle Awards Competition is an African initiative that promotes ethical and quality reporting on children’s issues. Isu Elihle, meaning “great idea” in isiZulu, challenges journalists to submit innovative story ideas that center children’s voices and hold authorities
Published: 2024-05-10 Type: Contest Value: ZAR 25 000 Deadline: May 30, 2024
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For over a decade, the States of Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe in Nigeria have experienced significant challenges relating to serious crimes against children in the insecurity context. Children in these regions have been systematically targeted and recruited by these groups; coerced into participation in
Published: 2024-05-09 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: May 17, 2024
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FREE digital skills training & up to N150 Million prize rewards! Level up your career in Digital Marketing, Software Development, Product design, Data Analysis & more. Open to K12, Youth & Civil Servants. The Tech4Dev Digital for All Challenge is Africa’s largest digital skillin
Published: 2024-05-09 Type: Contest Deadline: Not Specified
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It’s time! Join this year’s Call for Code Global Challenge now. Build solutions to address equitable access while building your generative AI skills with free watsonx training. Basic necessities like clean water and safe, affordable housing, or opportunities in education and fair gove
Published: 2024-05-08 Type: Contest Deadline: October 17, 2024
BIC brings to you the “Art Master” Ball Pen art contest that encourages the talents across Africa and Middle East to showcase their creativity and compete with fellow artists. Competition Theme: UBUNTU TOGETHER “Ubuntu Together” is an African philosophy that stresses ou
Published: 2024-04-26 Type: Contest Deadline: July 18, 2024
Tertiary Institutions Energy Pitch Challenge (TIEC) aims to promote student-led clean energy innovations, awareness, and investments across higher education institutions in Nigeria. In 2023, the TIEC was co-created by NEF and sponsored by All On, an impact investment firm. TIEC2024 will gather high-
Published: 2024-04-24 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: May 7, 2024
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Tertiary Institutions Energy Pitch Challenge (TIEC) aims to promote student-led clean energy innovations, awareness, and investments across higher education institutions in Nigeria. In 2023, the TIEC was co-created by NEF and sponsored by All On, an impact investment firm. TIEC2024 will gather hi
Published: 2024-04-22 Type: Contest Deadline: May 7, 2024
The Global Development Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by the Global Development Network (GDN) with the generous support from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. The awards recognize excellence in policy-oriented research, supports research capacity development
Published: 2024-04-16 Type: Contest Deadline: August 19, 2024
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Coal City University Chancellors’ annual essay contest is organized to encourage students develop their writing skills, build confidence, and showcase their creativity. It helps to increase awareness of current global issues among the young population. It aims to encourage and awaken the young
Published: 2024-04-11 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: May 6, 2024
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This media competition is more than just a contest; it's a call to action for media professionals and students to contribute their voices and skills to a crucial global cause, leveraging their influence to make a real difference in the fight against child labour. Objectives: Awareness a
Published: 2024-04-10 Type: Contest Deadline: April 30, 2024
StarNews Mobile and the Global Black Economic Forum (GBEF) have announced a call for applications for the launch of their Business Competition in Lagos, Nigeria which seeks to empower Nigeria’s most promising businesses that are classified as Small-Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with
Published: 2024-04-01 Type: Contest Value: N5,000,000 Deadline: April 5, 2024
The theme for the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will take place in Samoa in October 2024, is ‘One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth’. Nearly half of Commonwealth countries are Small Island Developing States like Samoa that are dispr
Published: 2024-03-25 Type: Contest Deadline: May 15, 2024
Are you a trailblazing African woman driving impactful change in development? Take your chance to be recognized and celebrated internationally! Donors for Africa Foundation proudly presents the fifth feature of the African Women in Development (AWID) Awards, an esteemed initiative ho
Published: 2024-03-01 Type: Contest Study in: Nigeria Deadline: March 10, 2024
Are you a young person aged 18–35 from a landlocked developing country (LLDC)? The United Nations Conference on LLDC3 invites passionate and creative storytellers from LLDCs to submit digital content (photos or videos) highlighting the compelling stories and unique experiences of young people
Published: 2024-02-29 Type: Contest Deadline: March 8, 2024
