Contests

Application Deadline: August 6th 2018 YouTube has announced the third year of the YouTube NextUp contest to find the next generation of star creators that will grow the Arab creator …

Application Deadline: August 5th 2018 Degradation affects about 50 million hectares of land in Africa, which now faces perhaps the toughest ecological test of any continent. But African people are …

Application Deadline: July 25, 2018 What does it mean to love your community? How do you care for those around you? What can you do to better the lives of …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2018 Lufthansa Innovation Hub is partnering with the SAP.iO Berlin Foundry in The Aviation Blockchain Challenge to explore potential opportunities and drive adoption of Blockchain technology …

Application Deadline: August 31 2018. The next World Bank World Development Report (WDR) 2019 will address The Changing Nature of Work. For the first time since the World Bank began publishing …

Application Deadline: November 30th 2018 The goal of this global competition is to raise awareness of corporate real estate as a viable career opportunity amongst college students of all academic …

Application Deadline: August 6th 2018 International Finance Corporation (IFC) and International Youth Foundation (IYF) have launched a new publication Creating Value Through Global Youth Engagement: A Smart Investment for the …

Application Deadline: 1st August 2018, 18:00 Central European Time (CET) The Fair Play Competition is about original songs by young bands (18-35 years) on the on the theme of anti-corruption, …

Application Deadline: July 12th 2018 The ITU Telecom World 2018 will be hosted on African soil for the first time on 10-13 September 2018 in Durban, South Africa. The Department …

Application Deadline: 5 August 2018. The Campus Innovation Challenge is a Union Bank initiative (in partnership with CcHub) that aims to discover and support students engaged in entrepreneurial activities across …

Application Deadline: September 1st 2018 Now in its third year, the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge will once again bring startups, life sciences companies and healthcare organizations together to tackle the …

Application Deadline: 23:00 pm on Tuesday 31 July 2018. Do you want to open your own business, but don’t know where to start? Are you struggling to get your business off …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2018 In 2018, Short Story Day Africa is seeking innovative short fiction set in the rooms, the passages, the bars and the lobbies of hotels across …

Application Deadline: October 9, 2018. The Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize, or the Grinnell Prize, directly reflects Grinnell’s historic mission to educate men and women “who are prepared …

Application Deadline: July 20th 2018 Are you an early stage start-up based in Southern Africa? Are you working at the cutting edge of innovation and would like to run a …

Application Deadline: 9 November 2018! FAO is calling on children and teens all over the world, from age 5 to 19, to use their imagination and create a poster that …

Application Deadline: July 15th 2018 The International Photo Contest ”Youth Eyes on the Silk Roads”, taking place from 11 April  to 15 July 2018, is organized within the framework of UNESCO Silk Roads …

Application Deadline: August 15, 2018 Is someone you admire doing right by girls? Or maybe YOU are the one making the world a better place! HP is calling on individuals …

Application Deadline: July 30th 2018 World Water Challenge is an international contest for water solutions. As a follow up activity of the 7th World Water Forum in 2015, it has …

TechCrunch is once again teaming up with Facebook, partner for last year’s Nairobi event, to bring the Startup Battlefield to three major cities representing regions with vital, emerging startup communities. …

Application Deadline:July 15th, 2018. Photographers between the ages of 18 and 25 years are invited to participate in the 3rd Young Photographer Award. This competition is geared towards passionate emerging …

Application Deadline: 11pm on Monday 6 August 2018. The Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre is delighted to launch its 2018 International Poetry Competition to celebrate the power of poetry across the …

Application Deadline: January 31st 2019 The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) is engaging young legal minds in generating innovative ideas on issues of law reform. Guided by the wish …

Application Deadline: 25th of August 2018, Rosatom Central and Southern Africa announces 4th annual youth video competition inviting African youth to debunk nuclear power myths Russian state owned nuclear corporation …

Application Deadline: January 11th,2019 The Sony World Photography Awards is one of the most celebrated and diverse photography competitions in the world. Now in its 12th year, our goal is …

Application Deadline: July 1st 2018 The WE Empower Challenge is a global business competition for women entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN Sustainable Development Goals and inspiring entire communities to …

Application Deadline: 14th September 2018. The Urban Studies Foundation Seminar Series Competition aims to support the generation of internationally excellent research in all areas of urban studies. In the 2018 …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2018 Falling Walls Venture showcases the most promising research based start- ups from all over the globe. Nominated by renowned universities and lead- ing research institutions, …

Application Deadline: July 22nd 2018 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 …

Program dates June 18 – November 2, 2018 2018 Seedstars World, the largest startup competition for emerging markets, is back in Africa to scout for the top high growth startups …

Application Deadline:August 15, 2018. The Yale Drama Series is seeking submissions for its 2019 playwriting competition. The winning play will be selected by the series’ current judge, Ayad Akhtar. The …

Application Deadline: June 28, 11:59 p.m. Eastern (3:59 a.m. UTC) The Online News Association, Knight Foundation and Google News Initiative are partnering to launch this open call for ideas, offering …

Application Deadline: September 2nd 2018 Samsung Engineering jointly with UN Environment would like to launch ‘The 11thEco-generation Environmental Essay Competition’ inviting the youth all over the world to raise awareness …

Application Deadline: July 1st 2018 While women who apply for a mid-career fellowship from WHO/TDR are just as likely as men to receive it, women have been less likely to …

Application Deadline: 31st May 2018. We are at a point in time where sustainability challenges facing Africa and the rest of the world are growing and becoming more and more …

Application Deadline: 15 June 2018, at 11:59 PM (CET). The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is soliciting ideas from students and early career professionals on how to communicate on nuclear …

Application Deadline: August 31, 2018. The NextGen in Franchising Global Competition is a worldwide program that engages millennial entrepreneurs seeking to grow their businesses through the franchise model, and the …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2018 Are you fighting climate change in Africa using new technology?  Send a 3 minute video for chance to win US$500 As in much of the world, …

Application Deadline: August 31st 2018 Are you 18-30 and taking part in activities to fight climate change? Send a 3 minute video for a chance to be a youth reporter …