Application Deadline: June 18, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Global Development Awards Competition. The Global Development Awards Competition (GDAC) is GDN’s largest and longest-running programme that brings …
Application Deadline: May 4, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 UNFPA Equalizer Challenge: Scaling Women’s Health Innovations. UNFPA, in collaboration with MIT Solve, IE University and Women of …
Application Deadline: 9 May 2025 at 24:00 (PDT). Applications are now open for the 2025 World Food Forum (WFF) Transformative Research Challenge. The WFF Transformative Research Challenge (TRC) is a global competition designed to empower …
Application Deadline: Varying by Country Applications are now open for the 2025 Climate Launchpad green business ideas competition. ClimateLaunchpad is the world’s largest green business ideas competition. Innovation and invention …
Application Deadline: 18 May 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Global Peace Photography Award. The Global Peace Photo Award recognizes and promotes photographers from all over the world …
Application Deadline: APril 30, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 FINCA Ventures Prize Competition. NCA Ventures is hosting the second annual Prize Competition to fund early-stage companies with …
Application Deadline: April 14, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 BlueInvest Africa: Call for Pitchers. Are you an entrepreneur with an innovative project in the blue economy? BlueInvest …
Application Deadline: 11 April 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Nedbank Pitch & Polish Competition. Now in its 15th year, Nedbank Pitch & Polish sees 16 ambitious entrepreneurs …
Application Deadline: 30 May 2025, 11:59PM Singapore Time (GMT+8). Applications are now open for the 2025 L’Oréal SAPMENA’s Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program. The Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program …
Application Deadline: August 5, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize. The 2025 Global Contest promotes climate justice. We believe climate change is a …
Application Deadline: Ongoing Applications are now open for the 2025 WEMA Bank Hackaholics 6.0 Hackathon. Hackaholics is Wema Bank’s premier hackathon, designed to bring together the brightest minds in technology, …
GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2025 for young African Entrepreneurs (USD 160,000 cash prize)
Application Deadline: 10 June 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition. The GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition is an integral part of the Africa Food Systems …
Application Deadline: May 24, 2025 at 16:00 CET Applications are now open for the 2025 Peter Drucker Challenge Essay Contest. The 2025 Drucker Challenge is dedicated to the memory of social …
Application Deadline: April 14, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 CivicHive Hack4Democracy Program. Hack4Democracy is an annual hackathon bringing together CivicTech innovators, activists, and organizations across West Africa …
Application Deadline: May 5, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Universal Postal Union (UPU) International Letter-Writing Competition. In 2025, the UPU (Universal Postal Union) is partnering with IMO …
Application Deadline: 18th April 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Innovation Challenge. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat is …
Application Deadline: April 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 UNDP Tanzania Insurance Innovation Challenge. UNDP’s Insurance and Risk Finance Facility is creating an Insurance Innovation Challenge (IIC) to …
Application Deadline: April 14, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Youth Challenge in Economics. The 2025 IMF Youth Challenge in Economics is an exciting opportunity for …
Application Deadline: 4 June 2025. Applications are now open for the 2026 BBC World Service/British Council International Audio Drama Competition. Writers from around the world are invited to submit their …
Application Deadline: April 11, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge. Launched by the UN Secretary General, President of the World Bank and the …
Application Deadline: 31 May 2025, 5:00pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT/ New York time) Applications are now open for the 2025 PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival. PLURAL+ is a youth video festival …
Application Deadline: June 30, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Entrepreneurship World Cup Pitch Competition. The Entrepreneurship World Cup is one of the largest and most diverse pitch …
Application Deadline: 16 July 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Geneva Challenge. The 2025 Advancing Development Goals International Contest for Graduate Students aims to present innovative and pragmatic …
Application Deadline: May 23rd, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Africa Business Heroes Competition. Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) is the Jack Ma Foundation’s flagship philanthropic program in Africa …
Application Deadline: May 23rd, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is Our Commonwealth Journey. Journeys are a fundamental aspect …
Application Deadline: 30 April 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Falling Walls Global International Competition. The Falling Walls Global Call is an international competition format that brings together …
Application Deadline: April 13, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Allan Gray Makers Entrepreneurship Inter-College Competition. The aim of the Inter-College competition is to foster a culture of …
Application Deadline: Varying by Country Applications are now open for the 2025 AYuTe Africa Challenge Program. The AYuTe Africa NextGen, an initiative of Heifer International, was established in 2021 as …
Application Deadline: 16th May 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 French Agency for Development (AFD) Digital Energy Challenge. The aim of the Digital Energy Challenge is to support the development of …
Application Deadline: June 13, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition. The Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition …
Application Deadline: 11 April, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Resilience Innovation through Scaling Entrepreneurship (RISE) Urban Challenge. The Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) is launching the Resilience Innovation …
Application Deadline: March 31st, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Africa Organization for Standardization (ARSO) 12th Continental Essay Competition. The SABS is a member of African Organisation for …
Application Deadline: 26 May, 2025 23:59 Central European Time. Applications are now open for the Y4C’s Call for Solutions is a global innovation challenge for Youth and Youth-led organizations working …
Application Deadline: March 24, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Egis Foundation Team up for Climate Challenge. Each year since 2022, students and young graduates from around the world come …
Application Deadline: September 1, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) Annual Photo Contest. The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) is excited to announce the launch …
Application Deadline: March 18, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Citi Foundation Global Innovation Challenge. The Citi Foundation’s Global Innovation Challenge is an open call for applications or …
Application Deadline: s February 28, 2025 at 23:59 UTC. Applications are now open for the 2025 ECOWAS Startup Competition. The African Forum on Research and Innovation (FARI) is the ECOWAS …
Application Deadline: March 31, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Photo Competition. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and …
Application Deadline: 18 February, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 UONGOZI Institute’s Youth Leadership Competition. The Youth Leadership Competition is organised as a component of the African Leadership …
Application Deadline: April 15, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 World Food Prize Foundation Innovate for Impact Challenge. The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation …