Application Deadline: April 30, 2019 Under a program supported by the Vera R. Campbell Foundation, SAR invites proposals for an Advanced Seminar that focuses on the circumstances of women in …
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch Corporate Presentation 2019 for Nigerian undergraduate students.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, 20th March 2019 Are you passionate about finance? Or curious about what investment banks do? Find out more about these topics and the wide range of programmes …
Wangari Maathai Impact Award 2019 for African Innovators (fully-sponsored trip to attend NeurIPS 2019 in Vancouver, Canada)
Application Deadline: 12 April 2019, 11:59pm, Central African Time (CAT). The Maathai Impact Award encourages and recognises work by African innovators that shows impactful application of machine learning and artificial …
Application Deadline: Monday, April 29 at 5:00 pm PST. Facebook is calling for proposals for pilot and early-stage research that extends computer vision technologies in developing countries1. Facebook specifically seek …
Injini EdTech incubator programme 2019 for EdTech entrepreneurs in Africa (Fully Funded to Cape Town, South Africa)
Application Deadline: March 17th 2019 The Injini Cohort 3 programme will launch in May 2019. For this, 8 start-ups from across Africa will join the programme for 4 months during …
The African Union Commission 2nd Pan Africa Youth Forum 2019 – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Application Deadline: 2nd March 2019 12:01 am East African Time The African Union Commission is hosting the 2nd Pan Africa Youth Forum under the theme “African Youth Unite for Action …
British Council Future News Worldwide Conference 2019 for young media makers (Fully Funded to Reuters UK headquarters in Canary Wharf, London)
Application Deadline: 12.00 (noon) GMT on 21 March 2019. British Council Future News Worldwide is looking for 100 of the world’s most talented, motivated and passionate student journalists to attend …
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Early Career Academic Grants 2019 ( GBP 2000 grant)
Application Deadline: Sunday 31 March 2019 Early Career Conference Grants are open to early career academics employed by ACU member universities, enabling them to participate in a conference held in any country …
Application Deadline: Sunday, 31st March, 2019. The University of Ghana, Legon, is pleased to invite applications for the position of Occupant of the Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies, to …
Application Deadline: 21st March 2019 Women and young people are the future and backbone of agricultural development. Promoting agriculture as a business has gained currency in recent times to create …
Thomas Reuters Foundation Generation Africa Programme 2019 for Storytellers (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: unspecified Stories have the potential to be powerful changemakers. Do you, or does anyone you know have a remarkable story that has the power to inspire people around …
Application Deadline: March 15th 2019 The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is an artist-activated, audience-engaged contemporary art museum. We generate art, ideas, and conversation around the creative process. We are …
Call for Research Papers/Abstracts: The Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2019, Hamburg, Germany
Application Deadline: April 8, 2019 The Global Investigative Journalism Conference, scheduled for this September 26-29 in Hamburg, Germany, will again feature an academic research track. Journalism professors and researchers worldwide …
2019 Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Prize for Science, Literature & Literarcy Criticism ($USD 100,000 prize)
Application Deadline: May 3rd 2019 The Nigeria Prize for Science and The Nigeria Prize for Literature are sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited. The prizes are aimed at bringing Nigerian scientists …
2019 Teach A Man To Fish School Enterprise Challenge (Student-led, Business Start-Up Competition for Schools around the World)
Application Deadline: March 31st 2019 The School Enterprise Challenge is an international business programme for schools run by the educational charity Teach A Man To Fish. It guides and supports teachers and students to …
Application Deadline: 10th of March 2019 at 11:59pm. In 2017, Wema Bank flipped the script on the traditional banking experience with ALAT, Nigeria’s first and only fully digital bank. Built …
The Zukunftskolleg’s AAA Fellowships 2019 for early career African Researchers
Application Deadline: 30 April 2019 The Zukunftskolleg’s AAA Fellowships support early career researcher from Africa, Asia and Latin America. The AAA Fellowships have a duration of up to three (or …
The DO School Connected Fashion Challenge 2019 for Creatives (Fully Funded to Berlin, Germany)
Application Deadline: 28 April 2019 DO School challenge you to co-create a fashion collection that utilises wearable technologies to connect communities in new and exciting ways. During this one month …
Application Deadline: February 28th 2019 To foster the development of children’s literature in Nigeria, Goethe-Institut Nigeria is organising a workshop for 6 children´s storybook authors and 6 illustrators from 17 …
European Commission’s 2019 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for Outstanding Reporting on Development & Poverty Eradication (€10,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: 14 April 2019 23:59 CET The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize was launched in 1992 to recognise excellence in reporting on development issues, inequality, human rights, and poverty eradication. …
Application Deadline: Thursday, February 28, 2019 Midnight ET. YouthLead is announcing its new YouthLead Ambassador activities for young changemakers. We seek a self-directed and motivated youth with a proven track …
Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders Awards 2019 for Peace Buliding Activities ($USD 10,000 prize & all-expenses paid trip to PeaceCon 2019 in Washington, DC)
Application Deadline: 00:00 GMT 25 March 2019. 1 Now in its seventh year, Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders offers global recognition for grassroots peace activists in war zones around the world. These are …
Thomson Foundation Journalism Now World Team Challenge 2019 (all-expenses-paid one week UK work-study trip in London)
Application Deadline: March 1st 2019. Form a team, create a media brand, publish, learn and shake the world! The Thomson Foundation Journalism Now Team Challenge gives a group of participants …
JR Biotek Foundation (JRBF) Molecular Biology Training & Open Labware Building Workshop 2019 at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic.
Application Deadline: Monday, 18th February 2019 JR Biotek Foundation (JRBF) is partnering with the Laboratory of Genetics, Horticulture and Seed Science at the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Republic to hold …
Paradigm Initiative Techtiary Python Bootcamp 2019 for young undergraduates based in Lagos, Nigeria (Free)
Application Deadline: March 21st 2019 Techtiary is Paradigm Initiative’s response to the huge need for entrepreneurship among tech-savvy Nigerian youth based on the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria and …
Obama Foundation Africa Leaders Program 2019 for young Africans (Fully Funded to Johannesburg, South Africa)
Application Deadline: February 28 at 6:00 PM Eastern Time The Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa Program seeks emerging leaders who have a demonstrated potential for impact, a clear commitment to integrity, …
Make-IT Mentor-Driven Capital Program 2019 (Lagos and Nairobi) for business professional, entrepreneur, & investor
Application Deadline: March 1 2019 Do you want to make a difference in the lives of starting entrepreneurs and their journey? Are you an established business professional, entrepreneur, or investor with some …
The Falling Walls Lab 2019 International Forum for Innovators & Creative Thinkers (Funded to Falling Walls Conference in Berlin, Germany)
Application Deadline: April 17th 2019 The Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for the next generation of outstanding innovators and creative thinkers. Its aim is to promote exceptional ideas …
Thomson Reuters Foundation 2019 Reporting on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery Workshop (Funded to Kolkata, India)
Application Deadline: 11th March 2019 Thomson Reuters Foundation’s one-week Reporting on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery in Kolkata is a unique chance for journalists in India to gain practical …
AmplifyChange @ Women Deliver 2019 Opportunity grant for women-led civil society organisations ( EUR30,000)
Application Deadline: 5 March 2019 (5:00pm/17:00 UK time). As part of AmplifyChange participation at the Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, Canada, AmplifyChange will be offering women-led, Southern-based organisations the chance …
Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) Grants 2019 Call for Proposals
Application Deadline: April 30th 2019 The Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) is a grant making and advocacy foundation that is part of the global Open Society Foundations Network. …
