Application Deadline: April 10, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 FINCA Ventures Prize Competition. The FINCA Ventures Prize Competition supports rising African entrepreneurs with bold visions, disruptive business …
Application Deadline: March 29, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Sundry Markets MSMEs Growth Pitch Challenge. The Pitch Competition is designed to identify, support, and reward high-potential local …
Application Deadline: June 8, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Student Contest. The 2026 Ocean Awareness Contest – Your Story, Our Ocean – encourages you to …
Application Deadline: April 30, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Queen’s Commonwealth Writing Competition. The Commonwealth represents one of the most varied international communities in the world, stretching …
Application Deadline: 3rd April 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 AFRISE Challenge. The AFRISE Challenge provides an opportunity for high potential African youth and student entrepreneurs to rise up …
Application Deadline: March 14, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria. The AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria is an enterprise development program initiated by Heifer International …
Application Deadline: April 20, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Peter Drucker Challenge Essay Contest. Culture is the glue that holds human relationships, organizations, companies, even entire societies …
Application Deadline: May 5, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter-Writing Competition. The UPU is pleased to announce the theme of the 55th …
Application Deadline: April 28, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Africa Business Heroes Competition. Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa …
Application Deadline: 30 April 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 UNDP Youth4Climate Global Innovation Challenge. The Call is open to youth from 158 countries and territories covered by …
Application Deadline: Varying by Country Applications are now open for the 2026 Climate Launchpad green business ideas competition. ClimateLaunchpad is the world’s largest green business ideas competition. Innovation and invention …
Application Deadline: 10 March 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 UNICEF Venture Fund for blockchain solutions. The UNICEF Venture Fund is calling on startups developing blockchain-based social good …
Application Deadline: March 10, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Ericsson x Federal Government of Nigeria x Tech Revolution Africa Connect NextGen Hackathon. The Connect NextGen Hackathon (powered by …
Application Deadline: March 11, 2026 – 11:59 PM (EST) Applications are now open for the 2026 World Bank Group Youth Summit 2026 Pitch Competition. The World Bank Group Youth Summit …
Application Deadline: March 16, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Flour Mills of Nigeria (FMN) Prize for Innovation Competition. Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc, a leading food and …
Application Deadline: February 28, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 KPMG Female Founders in Africa Competition. The 2026 KPMG Female Founders in Africa Competition is delighted to invite …
Application Deadline: April 15, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 World Food Prize Foundation Innovate for Impact Challenge. The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation …
Application Deadline: February 28, 2026. Applications are now open for the 2026 Rest of World’s Photo Contest. Technology is often portrayed as sterile, isolating, and cold. At Rest of World, we …
Application Deadline: 15 April 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Falling Walls Global International Competition. The Falling Walls Global Call for Science Breakthroughs is an international competition format that aims to …
Application Deadline: May 4th 2026, 0:00 a.m. CET. Applications are now open for the 2026 ISC3 Innovation Challenge in Sustainable Chemistry and Climate Change. Following the final pitch event held …
Application Deadline: March 16, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 ICC-ITC-WTO MSME Group Small Business Champions Competition. The Small Business Champions Competition was launched in 2021 by the …
Application Deadline: Ongoing Applications are now open for the 2026 WEMA Bank Hackaholics Hackathon. The Hackaholics Accelerator Program 2026 is a growth-focused accelerator designed for revenue-generating Nigerian startups ready to scale sustainably, …
Application Deadline: : March 15, 2026, at 23:59 CET Applications are now open for the 2026 World IP Day Youth Video Competition. WIPO invite individuals and groups to create and …
Application Deadline: February 11, 2026. Applications are now open for the 2026 Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition. The EBPC, the world’s top education business plan competition, invites education entrepreneurs …
Application Deadline: February 16, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Heirs Insurance Hackathon. The Heirs Insurance Hackathon is a groundbreaking initiative designed to leverage technology to redefine Africa’s …
Application Deadline: February 29, 2026. Applications are now open for the 2026 SADC Media Awards Competition. The Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is pleased to announce the …
Application Deadline: February 1st, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition. Open to any student-led team that has designed a health-related solution. All countries. …
Application Deadline: 1 March 2026. Applications are now open for the 2026 UN Human Rights (OHCHR) International Contest for Minority Artists. Artists who self-identify as belonging to a national, ethnic, religious …
Application Deadline: January 31st, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2025 Design Equality International SDG-Focused Design Competition. In a rapidly evolving world, global challenges are becoming increasingly complex and …
Application Deadline: 21 March 2026 Applications are now open for the UNESCO Regional Youth Contest for Human Rights in Eastern Africa. The UNESCO Regional Youth Contest for Human Rights in …
Application Deadline: January 9, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Microsoft Imagine Cup Student Startup Competition. Imagine Cup is where student founders turn bold ideas into solutions trusted by …
Application Deadline: January 25, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable investing Challenge. Every year, the Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge invites teams of graduate students …
Application Deadline: 31 January 2026. Applications are now open for the 2026 Merck Group Innovation Cup. The brightest students from all over the world meet at the company headquarters to …
Application Deadline: 05 April 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 LVMH Prize for young Fashion Designers. Driven by a passion for creativity, the LVMH group launched the LVMH …
Application Deadline: 17 January 2026 Applications are now open for the 2026 World Press Photo Contest. The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary …
Application Deadline: January 15, 2026 Applications are now open for the 2025/2026 Learning PlanetYouth Design Challenge. Over half the world’s population is under 30, yet many youth with solutions for …
Application Deadline: December 12, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Allianz x Social Shifters MoveNow Global Social Innovation Challenge. The Allianz x Social Shifters MoveNow Global Social Innovation Challenge supports …
Application Deadline: 15 December 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Canva Africa Design Challenge. Think WhatsApp product menus, email templates, business cards, brand kits, social video templates and …
Application Deadline: December 31, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2026 develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition. The develoPPP Ventures is aimed at young companies, whose innovative business model improves living …
Application Deadline: 31th December 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 WASCAL’s Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy (WISE). With the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, …