Category: Competitions

Competitions, Grants
The Africa Business Heroes Competition 2022 for young African Entrepreneurs (1.5 Million USD Prize)

Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa to support entrepreneurs. The mission is to showcase and grow local talent who are creating positive impact in their communities and beyond, and inspire a movement of African entrepreneurship. Over a ten-year period, the program will recognize

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African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa Contest 2022 for African Designers (USD 6,000 cash Prize)

The African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa initiative’s second online competition is offering $6,000 total in cash prizes, mentoring, new branding packages and other support for winning African designers of sustainable and circular fashion. Fashionomics Africa is an African Development Bank initiative increasing Africa’s participation in the global textile and fashion industry value chains.

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African Union (AU)-UNICEF Youth Innovation Challenge 2022 on the Impact of Harmful Practices on the Mental Health of Children and Young People

African Union (AU)-UNICEF Youth Innovation Challenge on the Impact of Harmful Practices on the Mental Health of Children and Young People Survivors of harmful practices such as children marriage and FGM may find it difficult to seek help and cope with the mental health and psychological challenges due to their

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Afri-Plastics Challenge Strand 2: Creating Solutions 2021 (up to £1,000,000 in prizes)

Applications are open for the Afri-Plastics Challenge Strand 2: Creating Solutions 2021. The Afri-Plastics Challenge is seeking the creation of new or the development of early-stage products, technology and/or services to encourage the reduction or elimination of plastic usage across Sub-Saharan Africa.  By the end of the Challenge successful community-centered products

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UNDP Africa YouthConnekt Sahel Forum: Sahel Innovate Challenge 2021 for young Africans (Fully Funded to Dakar, Senegal)

UNDP Africa is searching for 20 exceptional youth from the Sahel Region who will win an opportunity to pitch their innovative solutions to a panel of judges at the YouthConnekt Sahel Forum. #SahelInnovateChallenge is a flagship initiative of the YouthConnekt Sahel Forum designed to promote and showcase the innovation and resilience of young Sahelians

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Goethe Institut Nigeria Call for Artistic Research Proposals: Cosmological Knowledge Systems in Nigeria 2021

Artists in Nigeria are invited to submit Research Proposals for the Cosmological Knowledge Systems in Nigeria 2021. The project invites the collection and visualization of cosmological knowledge as well as an artistic exploration of it. For this purpose, not only the major cultures (Yoruba, Igbo, Haussa) should be focused on but they encourage

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Youth4Nature Call for Stories: Transforming Systems for Climate and Biodiversity 2021

The Youth4Nature is calling for Stories: Transforming Systems for Climate and Biodiversity 2021. They are looking for personal climate-nature narratives that engage in food, water, energy, shelter, and/or clothing topics such as just transition, livelihoods, food security/sovereignty, water security, energy security, sustainable fashion, green/blue built infrastructure, etc. Especially welcomed are