Tag: #Innovation

Scholarships
The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) PhD Scholarships 2023 Call for Rwanda and Nigeria Nationals (Fully Funded)

The Partnership for skills in Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (PASET) is an African-led initiative with the goal of strengthening skills in the Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology to further socio-economic transformation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) is the flagship program of PASET. Rsif focuses on transformative technologies

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Agribusiness Innovation Challenge Program for Agriculture based startups in Oyo state

The Agribusiness Innovation Challenge Program is designed to support Agriculture based startups with innovations improving the supply chain in Oyo state.  Working with governments, businesses and civil society, GAIN, which aims to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious foods for all people, especially the most vulnerable, the Agribusiness

Scholarships
ASU/Mastercard Foundation/Baobab Digital Innovation Scholarships 2023/2024 for young African Professionals (Fully Funded Master’s program at Arizona State University, USA)

In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, Arizona State University will provide graduate scholarships to train 25 young African professionals at the Master’s level for various programs over 4 years (2021 – 2025). This scholarship program is situated within EdPlus, a central enterprise unit for ASU, focused on the design and scalable

Competitions
2022 UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge for young Entrepreneurs and Innovators (Fully Funded to N’Djamena, Chad and $50,000 Prize)

The United Nations Development Programme Sub-Regional Hub for West and Central Africa (UNDP WACA) has launched the 2022 UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge calling for young entrepreneurs and innovators with impactful solutions in West and Central Africa. The UNDP WACA Youth Innovation Challenge is an initiative designed to identify and support the transformative innovations and

Fellowships
Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship 2023/2024 (full-time, paid program at Stanford University)

The Biodesign Innovation Fellowship is a 10-month experience that equips aspiring innovators with a proven, repeatable process to identify important health-related needs, invent novel health technologies to address them (including medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, drug delivery, and biotechnology solutions), and prepare to implement those products into patient care through start-up,

Grants
World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Challenge 2022 (Cohort III) for Solutions to Hunger (USD $100,000 in equity-free funding)

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator sources, supports and scales bold new solutions to disrupt global hunger and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. For this year’s challenges WFP are looking for disruptive innovations for fighting hunger in areas such as resilience to shocks and stress, climate change, access

Awards
World Food Forum (WFF) Startup Innovation Awards 2022

The WFF Startup Innovation Awards, powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) are a global startup competition established to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The Startup Innovation Awards provide

Competitions
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Africa Digital Innovation Competition 2022 for African Startups ($25,000 cash prize)

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 Innovation Competition for African Startups. The competition is targeted towards Digital SMEs and startups that are looking to facilitate the delivery of digital, cross-border, interoperable, and cross-domain services,