Application Deadline: 30th June, 2024 Merck Foundation Africa Research Summit – MARS aims to contribute to building research capacity in the African Research Community. This year, special focus will be …
Call for Applications
Women in News Leadership Accelerator Programme 2024 for women Journalists & Editors from sub-Saharan Africa.
Application Deadline: January 15, 2024 WIN Leadership Accelerator is an intensive, nine-month long career and leadership programme for journalists and editors working in Africa, the Arab Region and Southeast Asia. …
Application Deadline: December 31st, 2023 At a dedicated World Bank Pavilion side event at COP28, the Global Youth Climate Network of the World Bank’s Youth-to-Youth Community announced, in collaboration with Connect4Climate, the …
Application Deadline: 26 January 2024. Apply for Création Africa, a groundbreaking initiative by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, coordinated by the Embassy of France and the French …
Application Deadline: 16 January 2024 The GET.invest Finance Catalyst links projects and companies to financiers. It targets small- and medium-scale sustainable energy opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the …
Application Deadline: 25 March 2024 at 23:59 UTC+1. The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) has officially opened the call for applications for the 2024 GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace …
Application Deadline: 31 December 2023 African Export-Import Bank’s Creative Africa Nexus (CANEX) and Portugal’s National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE) have launched a call for applications from Fashion Designers from Africa, the …
Application Deadline: January 31st, 2024 Applications are now open for the Chat for Women’s Livelihoods Accelerator Program. An 18-month programme providing training, mentorship and support to 6 social enterprises working …
Mophradat Writing residency Program 2024 for writers from the Arab world (Fully Funded to Brussels, Belgium)
Application Deadline: February 1, 2024 Mophradat is supporting emerging creative writers from the Arab world working in contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Published writers currently working on a new text …
The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) fifth IRENA Youth Forum in Abu Dhabi, UAE (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024 (at midnight, Abu Dhabi local time) The International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) fifth IRENA Youth Forum: The New Generation of Decision Makers will convene in April 2024 …
The Swiss Re Foundation Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award 2024 for entrepreneurial initiatives (USD 700 000 Prize)
Application Deadline: 23 January 2024 The 2024 Entrepreneurs for Resilience Award will support social entrepreneurs working on a hybrid delivery model to improve low-income people’s access to quality primary healthcare …
Application Deadline: Varying by Country The project « African UN Youth Delegates » aims to increase representation of the youth of the Global South at the United Nations. Therefore, The project is …
CIVICUS Digital Action Lab 2024 for civil society organisations from the Global South ($30,000 USD grant)
Application Deadline: January 30, 2024 Applications are open for the CIVICUS Digital Action Lab (DAL) 2024. The CIVICUS Digital Action Lab (DAL) initiative empowers civil society actors in countries facing …
Application Deadline: 30 January 2024. The WFF Youth Action and Policy Track aims to connect and empower young people with different backgrounds across the globe to discuss their local priorities and challenges …
The GSMA Innovation Fund for Humanitarian Challenges (£250,000 grant for startups and social enterprises)
Application Deadline: 12 February 2024 at 23:59 UTC. As global humanitarian needs continue to rise, there is an increasing demand to respond with innovative, impactful and scalable solutions powered by …
The THRIVE Academy: agri-food tech pre-accelerator program for early-stage startups
Application Deadline: January 12th, 2024 at 11:59 pm Mountain Time The THRIVE Academy is a 12-week agri-food tech pre-accelerator program for idea stage entrepreneurs, early-stage startups and researchers looking to …
The MuseumsLab 2024 Funding Programme for African Museum Professionals (Fully Funded to Accra, Ghana and Berlin, Germany)
Application Deadline: 29 January 2024 TheMuseumsLab is a programme for joint learning, perspective exchange, networking and career building among African and European professionals. Bringing them together to build bridges between …
Chatham House Common Futures Conversations 2024 – Join the Community for young people in Africa & Europe.
Application Deadline: 1 January 2024. Young people are often not trusted as leaders or seen as experts in their own right. In response, Chatham House is building a diverse community …
Application Deadline: 12 January 2024 The ITU Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Board is a dynamic and forward-thinking initiative that empowers young individuals to shape the future of global connectivity. This advisory …
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Women in STEM Traineeship 2024 for recent women graduates.
Application Deadline: January 11, 2024 Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) plans to select up to 12 qualified recent women graduates for the Women in STEM Traineeship. Sustainable Energy for All …
Digify Africa Pro Online 2024 Cohort 4.0 for young Nigerians and Kenyans (Self-paced Digital Marketing Training Program)
Application Deadline: 21 January 2024. Digify PRO Online Cohort 4.0 will be an intensive self-paced Digital Marketing training program facilitated by Digify Africa supported by Meta. In each Cohort, the …
US Dept of State Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program 2024 for high school students and adult mentors.
Application Deadline: January 5, 2024 The Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program (PAYLP) is a three-week exchange from dates if known in the United States for high school students and adult …
Application Deadline: December 22, 2023 LiveWIRE Nigeria is a youth enterprise development programme supported by The Shell Petroleum Devlopment Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC). The objectives for the LiveWIRE Programme in Nigeria …
The EU–West Africa Arts Fusion Residency & Expo 2024 for Young African Creatives. (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: January 3rd, 2024 The EU – West Africa Arts Fusion Residency & Expo 2024 is designed to illuminate the world with the power of artistic fusion in the …
Qualcomm® Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program 2024 for early-stage startups.
Application Deadline: February 18th 2024 Qualcomm® Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program, an equity-free mentorship program will identify promising early-stage startups keen on applying advanced connectivity and processing technologies to innovative …
Application Deadline: January 31st, 2024 3-month zero equity accelerator program empowering seed-stage tech startups to scale their ventures to the next stages. The Misk Accelerator was founded in 2019 with …
The Sigma Awards 2024 for Data Journalists worldwide (Funded Trip to Perugia, Italy & US$5,000 cash prize )
Application Deadline: 17 January 2024 The Sigma Awards for data journalism are back again. Each year, the Sigma Awards celebrates the best data journalism from around the world. The Sigma …
UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education (US$ 25,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: 5 February 2024 The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education recognizes innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational and lifelong …
Blossom Academy AI/Data Science Fellowship Program 2024 for Ghanaian Women (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: January 3rd, 2024, 2 pm GMT Blossom Academy proudly introduces a fully-sponsored Fellowship program tailored for women with or without prior coding experience in Data Science and AI. …
Merck Group Innovation Cup 2024 for young Students Worldwide (€20,000 prize and Fully Funded to Darmstadt, Germany.)
Application Deadline: 31. January 2024. The brightest students from all over the world meet at the company headquarters to learn from professionals, network, develop business plans and win the 20,000 …
BUILD PHED Leadership Programme 2024 for young Southern Africans.(Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: December 15, 2023 BUILD is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The BUILD project is led by the African Institute for …
Application Deadline: 15 February 2024 Created in 1997, the annual UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to the …
Application Deadline: 8 January 2024 Les Margaret Awards reward every year European, African and Canadian women entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, whose projects and innovation meet the major challenges of our society. …
World Bank Group Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Program 2024 for young graduates.
Application Deadline: Unspecified The World Bank Group Junior Professional Associate (JPA) program is a unique opportunity to gain entry-level professional experience and first-hand exposure to the challenges – and rewards …
InfoNile Training and Mentorship Program for South Sudanese Journalists Based in Juba
Application Deadline: 30th December 2023. InfoNile in partnership with Classic FM in Juba invites you to apply for a training, mentorship and story grants program aimed at empowering journalists in South …
Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award 2024 for Innovative Nigerian start-ups (₦12,000,000 in Funding)
Application Deadline: January 16th, 2024. The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC Labs that aims at providing young Nigerians with an …
Application Deadline: January 12, 2024 Future of Film Africa is the result of a collaboration between Sèmè City and Future of Film, the global leader in film innovation. The goal is …
Application Deadline: 29 January 2024. The GSK Africa Open Lab is inviting applications from African scientists at an early stage of their career with an interest in conducting research in …
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Program 2023 for Congolese women entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: December 31st, 2023 The U.S. Embassy Kinshasa in partnership with Groupe Utalii Kwetu invites Women Entrepreneurs aged 25-45 years living in Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Goma and Bukavu to apply for …
Application Deadline: December 6, 2023 The Young Innovative Builders Initiative programme will showcase and reward innovative projects built by young Nigerians that align with the Ministry’s objectives to grow the digital …
