Call for Applications

Ideation Hub Africa & AIESEC are pleased to provide youths an invitation to the Nigeria YouthSpeak Conference, as well as request you move it to your appropriate network. This high-impact …

Application Deadline: July 15th 2016 The United Nations has launched a new initiative to recognize exceptional young people who are leaders in the effort to end poverty, combat climate change …

Application Deadline: 30 September 2016. UNESCO is calling for candidatures for the 2016 edition of the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication …

  WAAW foundation & AWELE Academy have announced announced the launch of a technology leadership and entrepreneurship bootcamp in Lagos, Nigeria. The AWELE Academy is an immersive software engineering school …

Application Deadline: September 30th 2016 ANFASA, the Academic and Non-Fiction Authors’ Association of South Africa, announces the next round of the grant scheme to benefit authors of academic and general …

Application Deadline: midnight on 31 August 2016 The African Fact-Checking Awards, that each year honour journalism by Africa-based media in the new and exciting field of fact-checking, are in their …

Application Deadline: June 13th 2016 Africa Check, the continent’s first independent fact-checking website, is seeking an experienced journalist/researcher to join our growing Johannesburg-based team – testing the evidence for claims …

Closing date for submissions: 31 July 2016 Shortlist announced: 15 December 2016 Gerald Kraak Award and Anthology A new award and anthology on the topics of gender, human rights and sexuality, for …

Application Deadline: July 10th 2016 Date: July 29, 2016 The purpose of the one-day programme is to help the school establish an ongoing relationship with the brightest university students in the …

Application Deadline: June 13, 2016. How would you use $500 to help kids in your community? If you had $500, how would you use it to solve an issue affecting …

SHARE YOUR INNOVATIVE IDEA AT THE FALLING WALLS LAB, WIN A SCHOLARSHIP AND TRAVEL TO THE FINALE IN BERLIN! Falling Walls Lab Cairo – 20th July 2016 | Deadline: June …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2016 The seif Awards for Social Entrepreneurship represent the largest business plan competition in German speaking Europe. In 2016, for a sixth consecutive year, seif offers …

The summit takes place September 13-14, 2016 The Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology is a collaboration between UN Women, the Alliance for Affordable Internet, the World Wide …

Application Deadline: June 20th 2016 The World Academy of Sciences Regional Office for sub-Saharan Africa (TWAS-ROSSA) seeks to honour an outstanding scientist who has played key roles in the establishment …

Application Deadline: July 1st 2016 OUAGA FILM LAB will take place from 19 to 24 of September 2016 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. OUAGA FILM LAB is a meeting platform between …

Application Deadline: 31st August 2016  2016 Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award are looking for businesses/projects/ideas, whose innovative, lucrative business models have found the solution to an ecological or social problem. Independent from …

Application Deadline: July 15th 2016 The South African Breweries (SAB) has launched a revised Integrated Enterprise Development strategy under its flagship youth entrepreneurship development programme, SAB KickStart. This new strategy …

Application Deadline: Monday July 11 2016,11:59pm U.S. Pacific Time. OpenCon is a platform for the next generation to learn about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data, develop critical skills, …

Application Deadline: September 8, 2016 at 12:00h GMT. The WISE Accelerator is a program designed to support the development of innovative projects in the field of education. It relies on …

Submission Deadline: Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 16:00. The High Commission of Canada in Abuja is pleased to announce that it is accepting project proposals for Nigeria under the Canada …

Application Deadline: 8 p.m. EDT on June 22, 2016. At the American Express Emerging Innovators Bootcamps, you’ll join a network of changemakers who are revolutionizing health care, education, food security, …

Submission Deadline: July 31st 2016 First prize: R10 000 | Second prize: R2 000 | Third prize: R1 000 PLUS – Three promising emerging writers will win a 20 Week Online Writing …

Application Deadline: 15th June 2016. DEMO Africa is back! Now on its fifth season, will be happening at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa on 25th-26th August 2016. We …

Where: Kenitra city – Morocco  facilities provided by Darlekbira Association and Ibn Tofail University. When:: 23 july to 02 august 2016 The Global Summit on Peace and Social Development (The …

Application Deadline: July 31st 2016 The third annual Gender Equality and Mainstreaming in Technology (GEM-Tech) Awards by UN Women and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU),has opened a call for nominations. …

Application Deadline: 3 June 2016 at 23:59 GMT+1 (London time) The Commonwealth Students Association is recruiting for the following vacant positions in its current Steering Committee: 1. Africa & Europe Regional …

Application Deadline: Wednesday June 15, 2016 Born in 2012, in the wake of the democratic uprisings that swept the Arab World, SafirLab is a program intended to support the civil …

Application Deadline: June 8th 2016 The Innohub Accelerator Program is designed to promote innovative entrepreneurship within sub-Saharan Africa, starting with Ghana. The program seeks entrepreneurs with innovative high growth and …

Submission Deadline: June 1st 2016 Short Story Day Africa in partnership with the Goethe Institut invite submissions to attend a series of one day workshops in the following cities: Johannesburg, …

Application Deadline:  17th of June, 2016. There’s a math equation gone horribly wrong; tertiary education, skills development and jobs in Nigeria isn’t adding up anymore. Young people are getting too …

Application Deadline: 11 am CET, 15 June 2016 “Inclusive Media: Rethinking Journalism Conditions for Women Across the Middle East” is a five-day training for 20 female journalists from Europe, North …

  The SEED Africa Symposium is an annual international forum for sharing knowledge and experience, establishing partnerships, and developing solutions to stimulate the growth of social and eco-entrepreneurship across the …

Application Deadline: Tuesday, 31 May 2016. Tax Justice Network – Africa in partnership with the Centre for Film and Media Studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the …

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2016. After another full year of active development works in Africa, the Young African Leaders Forum (YALF) in partnership with the African Union Commission – Department …

Application Deadline: June 10th 2016 The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award for recognizing the extraordinary individual or institution whose contributions to African agriculture are forging a new era …

Are you a young entrepreneur who is making waves in your industry? Are you a leader and changemaker in your community? Are you in need of mentorship and support to …

When: February 6-10, 2017 Peace Revolution Summit (PRS) will take place in Thailand on February 6-10, 2017. It will bring together active agents of peace from different backgrounds to connect, …

 Tosaca Media Group in partnership with the Department of Environmental Affairs, FP&M SETA and EWSETA are hosting the 3rd Annual Green Youth Indaba which will be hosted on the 29th …

Application Deadline: July 3rd 2016 Guzaku are now officially accepting applications for the 2016 Ignite Agribusiness Programme! Ignite is an Agribusiness programme designed to spark creation of jobs and wealth …