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Application Deadline: Monday 3 January 2022! Are you a human rights defender keen to use the UN to push for change at home? If so, apply to the 2022 edition …

Application Deadline: January 5th, 2022 The Young Global Changers (YGC) are individuals with innovative ideas on how to make this world a better place. They must have developed a project …

Application Deadline: unspecified Every year, Microsoft welcome thousands of university graduates ad students from every corner of the world to join Microsoft. You bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for …

Application Deadline: January 16, 2022, The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the learning and …

Application Deadline: Ongoing Ashoka Young Changemakers is a carefully selected network of young people who have found their power to create change for the good of all and are ready to …

Application Deadline: 28 February 2022 The Efficiency for Access Design Challenge is a global, multidisciplinary competition that empowers teams of university students to help accelerate clean energy access. To provide …

Application Deadline: December 10th 2021 Thunderbird’s Global Entrepreneurship & Innovation Virtual Bootcamp equips you to realize your entrepreneurial dreams and elevate your career as an innovator within a global organization. …

Application Deadline: January 15th 2022 Within the framework of “Female Shift”, the Business Scouts for Development (BSfD) programme aims to create digital offers for African and German women entrepreneurs and …

Application Deadline: December 20th 2021 The Youth Challenge Fund (YCF) is a youth start-up support programme intended to stimulate the establishment and growth of youth-owned businesses, promote digital skills, grow …

Application Deadline:  31st January 2022. Cutting-edge research ranging from engineering to quantitative biology at the shores of Lake Geneva. EPFL offer international bachelor/1st year master’s students eight weeks of lab-immersion …

Are you an African company carrying out activities in areas of the blue economy? Then join in for BlueInvest Africa 2022! BlueInvest Africa is a two-day international B2B hybrid event on 15th …

Application Deadline:December 31, 2021 at 11:59 pm Diversify Photo and the Pulitzer Center are pleased to open applications for the second year of the Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant, which is aimed at telling visual stories …

Application Deadline:2nd December 2021 The British Council’s Creative Enterprise Support Programme for Music, is for young music entrepreneurs in Nigeria who have set up or are interested in setting up …

Application Deadline:  16th December 2021. The Sankalp Awards is a celebration of outstanding social entrepreneurs and a showcase of innovative and successful businesses globally.  The 2021 Edition of Sankalp Global …

Application Deadline: January 16th, 2022 MEST Express is an acceleration program focused on providing investment-readiness support to early and growth-stage startups in Ghana. It is designed to deliver hands-on business …

Application Deadline: December 3rd 2021 The International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynter Institute in partnership with Meta is pleased to announce the launch of a global mentorship program that will leverage the expertise …

Application Deadline: January 10, 2022 The PepsiCo Greenhouse Accelerator: MENA Sustainability Edition will identify and support emerging and disruptive technologies and services focused on reducing, recycling, and reinventing packaging materials. Innovation …

Application Deadline: February 1st, 2022 The objective of the ENERGY GLOBE Award is to present successful sustainable projects to a global audience and to demonstrate that for most of our …

Application Deadline: 2 December 2021 The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to collaborate with representatives of health and non-health youth organizations on key health and development issues affecting young people …

Application Deadline:4 January 2022. Johnson & Johnson is the world’s largest healthcare company aspiring to care for the world, one person at a time. Over 130,000 employees in 60 countries …

Application Deadline: January 16th 2022 The Standard Chartered Women in Technology Incubator, is Africa’s leading incubator programme for female-led and founded businesses. It aligns with calls for more diversity in …

Application Deadline: February 1, 2022. The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) invites applications from emerging African creative writers for its Inaugural Writers’ Workshop. From June 2 to June 29, …

Application Deadline: 3rd December 2021 The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) was established to contribute to the development of alternative and innovative policy interventions through high-quality research, analysis, and advocacy in …

Application Deadline: 7th January 2022  The Climate Story Fund supports compelling storytelling and impact campaigns from around the world that move us closer to a climate just and biodiverse future. …

Application Deadline: December 31st 2021 The Decentralised Development Lab (DDLab) has been developed by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic …

Application Deadline: January 28th, 2022 Backed by anchor partner Telecel Group, the program is ideal for tech-oriented startups looking to scale through corporate and public sector partnerships. ASIP scout, skill, …

Application Deadline: January 10th, 2022 The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and the Government of Japan in cooperation with the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech) have established a …

Application Deadline: November 30th, 2021 Up to 40 Early Career Conference Grants are available for ACU member university staff to attend both virtual (online) and in-person conferences. Applicants must identify …

Application Deadline: November 30, 2021. The Women’s Leadership Accelerator offers an intensive program of mentoring, discussion and learning from some of the top minds in digital media.  Participants work closely …

Application Deadline: December 31st, 2021 The African Development Bank’s Coding for Employment program will train over 500 digital ambassadors to lead a peer-to-peer training model set to expand digital skills to …

Application Deadline: January 9th 2022 The GSMA Innovation Fund for Climate Resilience and Adaptation will help accelerate the testing, adoption and scalability of digital innovations that enable the world’s most …

Application Deadline: 17 January 2022, 13.00 GMT. Each year, the WISE Awards recognize and promote six successful and innovative projects that are addressing global educational challenges. Since 2009, WISE has …

Application Deadline: January 15, 2022. TechGirls connects and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by providing them access and opportunities to advance their …

Application Deadline: November 26th 2021 The BMZ African-German Leadership Academy (African Academy) is a dialogue and training programme targeted atearly to mid-career professionals. It is a space for joint learning …

Application Deadline: 31 December 2021, at 17:00 (SAST). The ARASA Annual Regional Training and Leadership Programme (TaLP) is hosted annually by ARASA. ARASA accept two participants from the following 18 …

Application Deadline: November 23rd 2021 The Thomson Reuters Foundation is looking for journalists based across Africa who want to understand how their countries are losing money to illicit practices. The …

Application Deadline: December 17th 2021 The U.S. Embassy Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) launched the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs(AWE), an initiative supporting women entrepreneurs around …