Application Deadline: September 1, 2021 The U.S. Department of State and IREX seek academic, professional, and regional experts to read and score applications for the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship. Over the …
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Application Deadline: August 15, 2021 The IZA/FCDO Program on Gender, Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries (G²LM|LIC) is sponsoring the ONLINE EVENT: « Development Economics Course for Sub-Saharan Africa », September …
Application Deadline: August 9th, 2021 Applications are now open for Paradigm Initiative’s annual Digital Rights Academy and Litigation Clinic 2021. The Digital Rights Academy is aimed at building the capacity of African …
Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 2021 for Journalists worldwide (£1,000 learning bursaries)
Application Deadline: September 10th 2021 The Young Journalist Award – in partnership with the UK Foreign Press Association – is Thomson Foundation’s annual journalism competition dedicated to finding and inspiring ambitious journalists from across …
WE Africa’s Leadership Program 2022 for women in executive-level leadership positions in African conservation.
Application Deadline: 15th August 2021 WE Africa is for women working for the environment who wish to transform the future of African conservation and environmental work. Supported by an extensive …
SAMSA Training for Journalists from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to cover COP26.
Application Deadline: Samsa launches a call for applications for the COP26 event dedicated to the fight against global warming. The conference will take place from November 1st to November 12th, …
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) residential investigative journalism boot camp 2021 for Ghanaian journalists
Application Deadline: July 27, 2021. Do you desire to be an investigative journalist? Do you want to be equipped with the skills to be able to undertake fact-based, in-depth and …
She Code Africa Summer Code Camp 2021 for High school girls from across Africa.
Application Deadline: unspecified The Summer Code Camp is an annual initiative of She Code Africa targeted at High school girls from across Africa to stimulate and nurture their interests in …
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) AI Academy for Small Newsrooms.
Application Deadline: August 1st, 2021. A 6-week programme to help small newsrooms leverage the power of artificial intelligence. This FREE online programme offers a deep-dive into the potential of artificial …
UNICEF Innovation Fund 2021 for AI & ML Startups ($100K equity-free investment)
Application Deadline: 2 August 2021 The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to $100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the …
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2021 The YCA launches yet another exciting program to create continental flagships to accelerate youth empowerment efforts. The very objective of this challenge is to amplify …
The GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Programme 2022 for Agtech Start-ups in Africa.
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2021 ‘Scaling Digital Agriculture Innovations through Startups’ (SAIS) is a project implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German …
Maliyo Games/Google Game Developer Bootcamp 2021 for beginner African Mobile Game Developers.
Application Deadline: 2nd August 2021 Google in partnership with Maliyo Games has launched a training Bootcamp for beginner game developers that aims to take you from zero experience to creating …
Application Deadline: July 25, 2021. The Centre for Logistics and Traffic will organize another transnational summer school this year which is sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service („Deutscher Akademischer …
KAIPTC Inspiring African Women Leadership In Peace And Security (IAWL-PS 21) Programme 2021 (Fully Funnded)
Application Deadline: September 3rd 2021 The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) in Ghana will run an 8-month Inspiring African Women Leadership in Peace and Security Programme with support …
African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG) 2021 Academic Scholarship for emerging genomic scientists.
Application Deadline: August 15th, 2021 African Center for Translational Genomics (ACTG), an initiative of 54gene, is pleased to announce the 2021 Academic Scholarship open to emerging genomic scientists. The objectives of …
The Joke Waller-Hunter (JWH) Initiative Support Grant 2021 for Young Environmental Leaders.
Application Deadline: August 31, 2021 at 5PM CEST The Joke Waller-Hunter (JWH) Initiative creates opportunities for young people in the environmental sector in developing countries to unfold their full potential. …
Application Deadline: August 2nd, 2021 The HB Antwerp Innovation Lab prepares soon-to-be graduates with skills for the engineering and technology industry. The program will include an intensive month-long virtual core …
Application Deadline: 31 August 2021 Femme Politics is a social action project that empowers young African women leaders. The Femme Politics Incubator Program is a collaborative program designed to help …
The USAID Youth Excel- call for concept notes for strengthening youth’s mental health in East Africa and southern Africa
Application Deadline: August 11, 2021, 11:59 p.m., East Africa Time The USAID Youth Excel: Our Knowledge, Leading Change program is conducting a grant competition in six African countries. Grantees will test and …
Application Deadline: AUGUST 31, 2021 The L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents for Women in Science program is committed to supporting the involvement of young women in scientific research. This program identifies and …
Application Deadline: August 4th, 2021 Building the gender-lens investing ecosystem for women climate entrepreneurs to grow scalable climate-related businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through this project, ANDE, in consortium with the …
Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Program 2021 for young Kenyan University Students
Application Deadline: July 30th, 2021 Seeds for the Future Program is Huawei’s global CSR flagship program that was launched in 2008 . Since 2014, Huawei and ICT Authority have jointly …
CGIAR Gender Researchers’ Leadership and Mentoring Program 2021 for mid-career Researchers
Application Deadline: July 31st, 2021 The CGIAR Generating Evidence and New Directions for Equitable Results (GENDER) Platform, in collaboration with African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), is announcing the …
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) HR in HE Community Challenge Grants
Application Deadline: 8 August 2021 23:59 UTC. COVID-19 has disrupted life globally, and the higher education sector is no exception. HR professionals have continued to play a vital role in …
AKU GSMC Media Innovation Centre Innovators-in-Residence Program 2021/2022 for media innovators in East Africa. ($20,000 in grant funding)
Application Deadline: August 31st, 2021 The AKU GSMC Media Innovation Centre, together with its partners DW Akademie and Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) are looking for the brightest media minds from …
Stellenbosch University LaunchLab Science Idea & Startup Showcase 2021 for science ideas & startups. ( $ 7 000 in prize money)
Application Deadline: August 29, 2021 Humanity faces unprecedented challenges. But nowhere else are we more resolved to solving those challenges, than right here in Africa. Stellenbosch University LaunchLab believes that …
Call for 2022 AGYA Membership: The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA)
Application Deadline: 15 September 2021, 18.00 (6 pm) UTC. The GYA membership call for 2022 is open now. Applications are sought from young, independent scholars who combine the highest level …
Allianz Climate Risk Research Award 2021 for young Scientists (monetary award & funded trip to Munich, Germany)
Application Deadline: September 15th, 2021 Launched in 2017, the Allianz Climate Risk Research Award acknowledges and rewards young scientists whose works shed light on the nexus between climate change and …
Tunza Eco-generation 27th Eco-generation Regional Ambassadors Program 2021/2022
Application Deadline: 16th August, 2021 (Midnight, GMT+0). Eco-generation would like to announce a call for applications for the 27th Eco-generation Regional Ambassadors Program. Eco-generation Regional Ambassador is an elite position awarded to …
Pangea Blue Economy Accelerator Program 2021 for ocean-based startups across Africa
Application Deadline: 29th August 2021 The accelerator program focuses on Blue economy startups from Africa tackling the greatest opportunities and challenges in the sector. The program is designed to support …
Application Deadline: July 25th, 2021 23:59 Pacific time. UNLEASH Plus is a global 6-month incubation program for entrepreneurs working on social or environmental challenges, in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. …
British Ecological Society Ecologists in Africa grants 2021/2022 (£8,000 for research)
Application Deadline: 10 September, 2021 This grant provides support of up to £8,000 for ecologists in Africa to carry out innovative ecological research. Objectives This grant provides support for Ecologists …
Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) Naija Coke Summership (internship) Program 2021 for young Nigerians
Application Deadline: unspecified NBC is launching the third edition of the “Naija Coke Summership” – a one-month internship programme designed to attract third/penultimate year undergraduate students who share our passion …
The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Nigeria Program 2021 for female Entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: July 15, 2021. The U.S. Consulate General in Lagos and Ascend Studios Foundation have partnered to implement the 2021 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a U.S. Government initiative that supports women entrepreneurs around the …
Institute for Poverty, Land & Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) Short Course 2021 for African Academics.
Application Deadline: 6 August 2021. Across Africa, the majority of both rural and urban residents have insecure tenure rights, either in law or in practice. They face the legacy of land …
Jamlab Accelerator sub-Saharan Africa Programme 2021/2022 for creative journalists and media makers.
Application Deadline:13 August 2021. Are you working on something that you think could reshape media or journalism in sub-Saharan? Do you have skills you could apply to creating great new …
Women’s Political Leadership Programme 2022 for emerging women Leaders (Fully Funded to Sweden)
Application Deadline: 31 August 2021. If you are a local political leader in Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe, a woman and most importantly, an agent of change – this programme …
The Development Bank of Nigeria Entrepreneurship Program 2021 for young Nigerian Entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: August 1st 2021 In addition to providing funding and risk-sharing facilities to MSMEs and Small Corporates through participating financial institutions, the Development Bank of Nigeria is expected to …
Application Deadline: July 31st, 2021 DOT is a youth-led movement of daring social innovators and digital ambassadors who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their …
