Contests

Application Deadline: July 31st 2017 The Short Story Day Africa Prize is an African writing prize open to African citizens, permanent residents of African countries, or second generation Africans living …

Application Deadline: July 21st, 2017. The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with Gatefield Impact wish to announce the 2017 Tobacco Free Nigeria Advocacy Champion Challenge. Individuals between the age …

Application Deadline: August 10, 2017 The MasterCard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity Innovation Challenge 2017 seeks to support innovative financial products, services or processes from organizations that will design, pilot …

Application Deadline: July 31, 2017 #Blog4Dev: How Would You Boost #Job #Opportunities4Youth in Tanzania? #Blog4Dev: How Would You Boost #Job #Opportunities4Youth in Malawi? #Blog4Dev: How Would You Boost #Job #Opportunities4Youth …

Application Deadline: July 9, 2017 The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), in collaboration with African Agribusiness Incubators Network (AAIN), Agribusiness TV and innovation spaces including Orange Fab …

Application Deadline: September 8th 2017 JFTC is sponsoring JFTC Essay Competition 2017 to encourage students, young researchers and business people to express their opinions on matters of national and international …

Application Deadline: July 15th 2017 Drucker Challenge is an essay contest for students and professionals between 18 and 35 organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe. Keeping the human-oriented management …

Application Deadline: September 1st 2017 Applications are open for HealthTech Innovation Challenge, a part of Accenture’s broader HealthTech Innovation program—which will also include acceleration and venture opportunities, innovation labs and …

Application Deadline: July 14, 2017 Program dates October 11 – October 11, 2017 TechCrunch is hosting its first startup competition in Sub-Saharan Africa. The organizer have wanted to bring TechCrunch …

Submission Deadline: 1 week after Ramadan 1438. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is pleased to announce the second edition of its Ramadan Social Media Photo Competition. Requirements The competition …

Application Deadline: June 10th 2017 ‘My Little Big Thing’ SDGs Campaign, is a competition is challenging university students to develop simple ideas that are commercially viable that will contribute to …

Submission Deadline: 13:00 GMT – January 11, 2018 The Sony World Photography Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2017, a decade-long partnership between Sony and the World Photography Organisation, bringing …

Application Deadline: June 23, 2017. Through a competitive application process, HackforGood will attract 20 students between the ages of 18 and 30. Applicants may be techies, programmers, humanists, artists, entrepreneurs, …

Application Deadline: September 1, 2017 at 12:00 PM GMT. Agility Africa Photo Competition 2017 – The story of today’s Africa – young, growing, urbanizing, and tech-savvy – needs to be …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 Are you an amateur or professional photographer? Use your skills to capture pictures that not only show but tell amazing stories and submit your photos …

Participate in This Generation Conference 2017 and you stand a chance to win an All Expense Paid trip to the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. To Participate: Record …

Application Deadline: 2 July 2017 The G20 summit in Hamburg in July will revolve around the big issues facing global society. The competition #youforG20 is looking for good ideas with which …

Application Deadline: June 10th 2017 The Dutch-Nigerian Student Business Challenge is an innovative business case competition where 12 Dutch and 12 Nigerian students work together on sustainable entrepreneurial solutions for …

Application Deadline: 4th June 2017. Ahead of World Environment Day 2017, Earthplus, a global non-profit committed to environmental sustainability especially in Africa is launching an Africa-wide environmental video challenge for …

Application Deadline: September 15th 2017 The NextGen Global Competition engages young entrepreneurs who are seeking careers and business opportunities in the franchising industry. We are looking for 20 outstanding young …

Application Deadline: June 30th 2017 Entries are open for RFI Challenge App Africa with an aim to develop innovative mobile solutions in the field of girls’ education in Africa, organized …

Application Deadline:16 July, 2017 (Indian Standard Time 6:00 PM) The Global Development Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme launched by GDN with the generous support from the Ministry of Finance, …

Application Deadline: In recognition and appreciation of Liberia’s rich cultural heritage, the European Union has sponsored the production of a new edition of the book “Legends of Liberia”, a collection …

Application Deadline: May 29th 2017 Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to tell data-driven stories in an entertaining and thought-provoking way? If so, you are invited to enter …

Application Deadline: Varying by Country Seedstars World, the biggest seed stage startup competition for emerging markets is coming back to Africa to scout for the top high growth startups and …

Application Deadline: 18 August 2017 Applications are now been accepted for the UNFCCC Global Youth Video Competition 2017 If you are between the ages of 18 and 30 we want …

Application Deadline: June 5th, 2017 Samsung Engineering jointly with UN Environment would like to launch “The 10th Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition” inviting the youth all over the world to raise …

Application Deadline: May 26th 2017 Are you a blogger in Nigeria? If yes, DW is inviting you to participate in a blogger competition on how to preserve the environment. The …

Let’s mobilise the Diaspora community to build scalable business solutions to social challenges in Africa. ‘CcHub Diaspora Challenge’, an international project that will engage entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists from African …

Application Deadline: July 24th 2017 Applications are open for the Innovations Against Poverty (IAP) challenge. IAP is a specialized fund with the specific mandate to identify and support innovative Inclusive …

Application Deadline:Tuesday, 14th July, 2017 (5pm GMT). African citizens between the age of 18-25 are invited to submit an essay for this year’s Leadership Essay Contest organised by the Institute …

Application Deadline: May 31st 2017 Implementing a Sustainable ‘African Youth (especially women) Entrepreneurship Online Portal’ UNDP has created an incredible online resource: ‘YAS! Youth for Africa and SDGs’. If implemented …

Application Deadline: 2 June 2017. The 2017 WTO Essay Award aims to promote high-quality research on trade policy and international trade co-operation and to reinforce the relationship between the WTO …

Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m. (WAT) on May 15th , 2017. This year, the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) is inserting itself in relevant conversations going on in Nigeria, and globally. Through the …

Application Deadline: May 20th 2017 The Africa Energy Ideas Competition is for early-stage business ideas. Across Africa, the key energy challenge is how to electrify millions of households, remote communities …

Application Deadline: October 22nd 2017 The Green-Go International Short Film Contest aims to gather environmentally and socially conscious individuals to act for the environment! You care about nature? You want …

Application Deadline: June 16th 2017 Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition (LKYGBPC) derives its name from Singapore’s founding prime minister, who developed the country’s defining business plan bringing the …

Application Deadline:  18 June 2017 midnight GMT Each year, six young people – one from each global region – will be named Young Champions of the Earth. These winners receive …

Application Deadline: Varying by country 1776 are now accepting Challenge Cup applications through 1776’s UNION network, a digital platform that offers your startup access to pitch-coaching, industry advice, and key …