Contests

Application Deadline: Thursday, 23rd February 2017 Hash Code is a team-based programming competition organized by Google for students and industry professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You pick …

Application Deadline: January 20th 2017 Shell Ideas360 is a collaborative programme that invites students on an exciting journey of learning & discovery. Enter this global ideas competition to develop and submit a …

Application Deadline: Friday, February 10, 2017 by 5 pm CST The Rice Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level student startup competition. It is hosted and organized …

Application Deadline: January 15, 2017. Now in its third year, the #Blog4Dev Contest is an ideas-sharing platform for youth in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. This year, the World Bank wants …

Submission Deadline: January 31st 2017 Wiki Loves Africa is a photo competition to share the daily practices of people across the continent with each other and the rest of the …

Application Deadline: January 20, 2017 The Girls Impact the World Film Festival, presented by the Harvard College Social Innovation Collaborative (SIC) and Connecther, is a film festival and scholarship program …

Application Deadline: January 1st 2017 Startups for News is an international competition that rewards early-stage startups working on high-impact and daring solutions for the news industry. Every year, GEN, in …

Submission Deadline: Friday, January 6, 2017 at 12:00 CET. The annual photo contest rewards photographers for the best single exposure pictures contributing to the past year of visual journalism. The …

  The Diamond Challenge was created in 2012 to expose high school students to entrepreneurship as a viable career path and provide them with an opportunity to learn about the entrepreneurial process as …

Submission Deadline: January 10, 2017 Olympus contributes to society by making people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling all around the world. In line with these contributions, the Olympus Global …

Application Deadline: December 5th 2016 For 2017, the 55th session of the Commission for Social Development (CSocD55) has selected the following priority theme: “Strategies for the eradication of poverty to …

Submission Deadline:January 29 2017 (midnight GMT) The Bodley Head/Financial Times Essay Prize aims to discover young talent from around the world in long-form essay writing, and has led to many …

Application Deadline: January 31, 2017 The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the fifth cycle of the Wheelwright Prize, an open international competition that awards $100,000 …

Application Deadline: 5 May 2017. The UPU’s International Letter-Writing Competition aims to improve literacy through the art of letter-writing. Targeted at children and young people, the annual competition encourages participants …

Application Deadline: January 31, 2017. The Alliance for Health Policy & Systems Research is pleased to announce its first ever essay competition on the future of health policy and systems …

Application Deadline: February 28, 2017  The World Bank and the Wharton School invite students and young professionals from around the world to develop innovative ideas for financing and implementing the …

Application Deadline: 31st January 2017 (at 6pm Central European Time). The Cultural Innovation International Prize is a biennial competition organised by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (hereafter CCCB) …

Application Deadline: 15 January, 2017 Giving a quick analysis on world’s headlines and news today, you will see that a large portion of them, if not more than 70% speak …

Application Deadline: 1st March 2017 Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) in collaboration with Africa Organization for Standardization (ARSO) is organizing the 4th Continental Essay Competition 2016/2017 with the effort to ensure …

Application Deadline: 12 June 2017| The Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, in collaboration with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human …

Submission Deadline: Tuesday 31 January, 2017 11:59 pm EST Are you, an African youth concerned about peace and security on the continent? Do you believe your future is, in any …

Application Deadline: November 20th 2016 With the strong focus on youth, UNDP are looking for submissions to be used at the Youth, Peace and Security in the Arab States Region …

Application Deadline: December 7, 2016 (Pacific Standard Time) In partnership with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and a broad cross-sector network …

Application Deadline: 21 Dec 2016. WSBE17 Hong Kong – International Youth Competition invites imaginative ideas, projects and action plans that best demonstrate an innovative interpretation of the Conference theme “Transforming …

Application Deadline: November 30th 2016 Dell EMC is launching the annual graduation project competition for senior undergraduate students from universities in Turkey, Middle East and Africa who are enrolled in …

Application Deadline: January 31st 2017 How does corruption and malpractice affect water and wastewater management? What does integrity in wastewater management mean? How can we visualize it? Your photos could …

Application Deadline: Feb. 6, 2017, 11:59 p.m. Central time. The International Interior Design Association Student Design Competition  is open to graduate and undergraduate students around the world who are currently …

Application Deadline: January, 31st, 2017 (12am EST time). The 5th edition of the International Reggae Poster Contest 2016 will open for entries on November 1st (12am EST time), and will run …

Application Deadline: December 5, 2016 The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) empowers the next generation of social entrepreneurs by providing them with mentoring, exposure, and over $80,000 in prizes to …

Application Deadline: January 17th, 2017 Throughout Africa, Johnson & Johnson  are looking to drive entrepreneurship and help advance promising consumer healthcare solutions. Chosen applicants will receive a combination of awards …

Application Deadline: 6 Jan 2017 at 23:59GMT Mozilla is inviting entrepreneurs, researchers, designers, and innovators to help connect all people to the open Internet so they can realize the full …

Application Deadline: Monday, December 12, 2016. During ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Week held in Accra, Ghana (October 17-19), the Private Financing Advisory Network (PFAN) launched its third annual West Africa Forum …

Application Deadline: 9:00 AM on Monday 14 November 2016. What does the word ‘Belonging’ mean to you? All sorts of images might pop into your head – maybe of your …

Application Deadline: June 19th, 2017 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time. Bow Seat 2017 Ocean Awareness Student Contest invite middle and high school students from around the world to participate in the …

Application Deadline: December 2nd 2016 The International Competition Network (ICN) and the World Bank Group are pleased to announce the launch of the 2016 – 2017 Competition Advocacy Contest. This …

Submission Deadline: November 5th 2016 In partnership with the Economic Research Forum (ERF), the World Bank announces a Call for Essays addressing Youth Employment in Egypt. The Egypt Youth Essay …

Application Deadline: Monday, April 24, 2017 by 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time). Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Science without Borders® Challenge is an international art competition that engages students to promote …

Application Deadline: November 15th 2016 Boost your startup and let the world know about your digital solution to help support sustainable development in Africa Startup Challenge Digital Africa, organised by …

Application Deadline: January 4th 2017 The MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) for the Pan Arab Region, in partnership with Community Jameel, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Abdul Latif Jameel, and …