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Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge 2019 for Middle East, Africa & Turkey Region (USD $150,000 in Funding)
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Call for Applications: NELGA 2019 course on land and gender – Accra,Ghana (Funded)
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Pollicy’s Data fellowship program 2019 for students & young professionals – Kampala, Uganda (funded)
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T.M.C. Asser Institute Fellowship Programme for Human Rights Defenders 2019
June 9, 2019
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June 15, 2019
tvebiomovies Global Youth Video Competition 2019 on Climate Change ( Win all expense paid trip to UN Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Chile)
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Automation Anywhere Bot Games Virtual Challenge 2019 ($10,000 USD prize)
June 3, 2019
EDF Pulse Explorer Mobility Exploration Challenge 2019
June 3, 2019
Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2019 for Internet of Things (IoT) Startups (100,000+ $USD cash prize)
May 31, 2019
UNHCR Essay Contest Award 2019 for Research on Forced Displacement in Africa (US$1,000 Prize)
May 30, 2019
UNFCCC Global Youth Video Competition 2019 for Young Change Agents (Fully Funded to UN Climate Change Conference in Santiago, Chile (COP 25).
May 27, 2019
UNFPA CACPD-Youth4Youth Forum 2019 : Call for Video Submissions
May 23, 2019
South African Law Reform Commission Legal Essay Writing Competition 2020 for South African law students (R70, 000 worth of prizes)
May 17, 2019
Samsung Engineering/ UN Environment 12th Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition 2019
May 17, 2019
IAEA 2020 Essay Competition for Students and Early Career Professionals (€2000 prize & Fully Funded to Vienna, Austria)
May 15, 2019
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Opportunity Round up – Top Opportunities for Africans for the Month of November 2018.
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November 29, 2018
Mastercard Foundation Announces New $USD 2Million Fund to Seed Young African Leaders’ Social Ventures
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November 5, 2018
Opportunity Round up – Top Opportunities for Africans for the Month of October 2018.
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October 30, 2018
Meet the 2018 Anzisha Prize Finalists: US$100,000 cash prize for Africa’s youngest entrepreneurs
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October 4, 2018
The Jack Ma Foundation launches Africa Netpreneur Prize for young African entrepreneurs
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UNDP Africa & Accenture launches Youth for Africa and SDGs (YAS) portal for Africa’s young entrepreneurs
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African Development Bank Launches Coding for Employment Program: Unleashing Africa’s Next Generation of Digital Innovators
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Meet the inaugural class of the 2018 Obama Foundation Fellowship for civic innovators.
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Meet the Selected 1,000 Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs for 2018
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March 23, 2018
AfDB Launches Youth Advisory Group to Create 25 Million Jobs for Africa’s youth.
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November 28, 2017
Morland Writing Scholarship 2017 Shortlist
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November 23, 2017
University of Abomey-Calavi Becomes First Francophone West African University to Join Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
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