Application Deadline: March 31st 2021 The #SumItUp competition invites you to use your authentic voice to present a one minute video reflection or unleash your creativity to present a unique …
Contests
Application Deadline:February 28, 2021 UnionX Innovation Challenge: A New Discovery The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world as we know it, setting the stage for innovators and creative thinkers to …
Technovation Girls Competition 2021 for Global Problem Solvers ($10,000 prize and funded trip to San Francisco)
Application Deadline:March 12, 2021 Every year, Technovation invites teams of young people from all over the world to learn and apply the skills needed to solve real-world problems through technology. …
U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) U.S. – Africa Tech Challenge 2021 ($250,000 USD in Funding)
Application Deadline: February 28, 2021. Disinformation and propaganda pose a threat to trust, cohesion, and security. We need the tools to understand, expose, and counter these threats. The U.S. – …
Application Deadline: 14 March 2021. UN Women—together with the European Commission, Belgium, France, Mexico, as well as in partnership with Cartooning for Peace—is organizing a global comic and cartoon competition …
Unilever’s IdeaTrophy 2021 Business Competition for young Nigerian Undergraduates.
Application Deadline: January 29th 2021 IdeaTrophy is a youth development initiative designed to create an out-of-the-classroom learning experience that focuses on the development of personal and entrepreneurial competencies amongst students. …
The Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS 2021 Sexual & Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Short Video Competition
Application Deadline: January 29, 2021 The Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS is organising a short video competition on sexual and gender-based violence as a means of …
Google Hash Code team-based Programming Competition 2021 for University Students & Industry Professionals
Application Deadline: February 25, 2021 Hash Code is a team programming competition, organized by Google, for students and professionals around the world. You pick your team and programming language and …
Application Deadline: January 31st 2021 TechEmerge is on a mission to demonstrate that state-of-the-art technologies and new business models can make temperature-controlled logistics efficient, affordable, and sustainable in Nigeria. In …
The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative (WOI) Ocean Changemakers Challenge 2021 for early-career researchers.
Application Deadline: February 5th 2021. The Ocean Changemakers Challenge aims to showcase innovators working to develop business solutions to ocean-related sustainability challenges. It is aimed at early-career researchers or professionals. Building on …
World NTD Storytelling Competition 2021 for young artists and communicators worldwide! (Cash prizes of USD 6,000!)
Application Deadline:17th January 2021 Tell the world why fighting NTDs matters, or how your country/region is ending the neglect. Calling young artists and communicators worldwide! Send us your multimedia stories …
Rice University Business Plan Graduate-level Student Startup Competition 2021 ($1.5 million in Cash and Prizes).
Application Deadline: February 8th 2021 The Rice Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition. It is hosted and organized by the Rice Alliance for …
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Science without Borders® Challenge 2021 International Art Competition (USD$ 1,000 prize)
Application Deadline: Monday, March 1, 2021. The Science Without Borders® Challenge is an international contest that engages students and teachers in ocean conservation through art. This annual competition inspires students to be …
World Bank & Financial Times’ blog/essay writing competition 2021 for high school students
Application Deadline: February 15th, 2021. Are you 16 to 19 years old? Are you currently enrolled in a high school or secondary school? Has COVID-19 affected your learning or the …
Call for Proposals: Data4COVID19 Africa Challenge 2021 (EUR 100,000 in funding)
Application Deadline: February 5, 2021 l’Agence française de développement (AFD), together with Expertise France and The GovLab, is soliciting innovative proposals (re)using data in a collaborative and responsible way to provide actionable intelligence …
UNESCO Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2021 for young photojournalists (RUB 800,000+ prize)
Application Deadline: February 28, 2021. The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest is open to participants aged 18 to 33. It aims to promote young photographers and support them in their strive for professional perfection. …
University of Oxford Saïd Business School Map the System Global Competition 2021 for young change Agents
Application Deadline: January 31st 2021 Map the System is a global competition of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, delivered in partnership with educational institutions around the world. From its inception …
Geneva Challenge 2021 – Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students (25,000 CHF in monetary prizes & Fully Funded to Geneva, Switzerland)
Application Deadline: July 21st 2021 The 2021 Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students aims to present innovative and pragmatic solutions to address the challenges of crisis management. The …
Application Deadline:May 1 2021 at 11:59 PM The bi-annual Allard Prize Photography Competition, which recognizes photographic excellence reflecting the ideals of the Allard Prize, is adjudicated by the Allard Prize Committee and Maxe Fisher, …
Application Deadline: December 22nd 2020 8 years ago, during the 2012 African Union session at Ethiopia, Heads of States agreed to create a single continental market for goods and services, …
African Development Bank Fashionomics Africa Contest 2020 for African Designers (USD 2,000 cash Prize)
Application Deadline: December 31st 2020 Environmentally friendly measures, sustainability and circular economy actions applied to fashion are the focus of Fashionomics Africa’s first online contest. The first Fashionomics Africa contest …
African Art in Context Call for Submissions: African Resilience in the Wake of the Global Pandemic.
Application Deadline: December 31st 2020 What’s your COVID-19 story? We’re looking for photo and video submissions that showcase African resilience in the wake of the pandemic. A global pandemic dramatically …
This is Gender 2021: Global Health 50/50 Photography Competition (£500 cash prize)
Submission Deadline:3rd January 2021 This is Gender, the global photography competition hosted by Global Health 50/50, is back. Now in its second year, This is Gender invite photographers to share …
Microsoft Imagine Cup Global Student Contest 2021 for students worldwide (USD$100,000 prize money)
Application Deadline: January 29th 2021 The Imagine Cup is a skill-based Competition and will also consist of a prerequisite Sweepstakes as part of Round 1. Open to students around the …
Application Deadline: January 12th 2021 (Deadline Extended) Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is …
