Contests

Application Deadline: April 30 2015 The Nigerian Ministry of Communication Technology as part of its yearly activities to mark the “2015 Girls in ICT Day” is calling for submissions for …

Application Deadline: 17 April 2015 Where: Entrants from throughout East Africa, training and finals to be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Why: To give students and recent graduates an …

Application Deadline: April 30 2015 PIVOT East is organized by m:lab East Africa – a consortium comprising iHub, eMobilis, University of Nairobi and the World Wide Web Foundation. The competition …

Application Deadline: April 30, 2015. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is about to commemorate its 40th Anniversary. The Commission intends to mark this genuine …

Submission Deadline: April 14th 2015 Imagine it is the year 2030 and we have successfully achieved the World Bank’s goal of eradicating extreme poverty. How did we manage to achieve …

Submission Deadline: 19 April 2015 The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) invites designers around the world to create and submit their best logo design for the World Environment Day (WED) …

Submission Deadline: May 5 2015 The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) seeks entries for the World Young Reader Prizes. The World Young Reader Prizes are awarded annually to innovative news publishers …

Application Deadline: May 31st 2015 The Challenge :  A project idea for sustainable solutions in the food supply chain If you’re a student, under 35 years and you think out …

Application Deadline: April 30 2015 When: JULY 29 – AUGUST 1, 2015 Global Hackathon Seoul is a unique opportunity to drive social and technological change, on a monumental scale, by …

Submission Deadline: May 13, 2015 at 11:59 p.m. GMT: What: five total grants of $10,000 each to photojournalists pursuing projects of personal and journalistic significance. Since its launch in 2004, …

Submission Deadline: 19 April 2015 Date: 1st – 3rd July 2015 Hosted by – The Peace Palace and The Hague University of Applied Sciences Organized by    The Hague University of …

Application Deadline: 18 April 2015.  The Economic Community for West African States (ECOWAS) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREEE) has launched a writing competition, as part of its …

Application Deadline: May 15, 2015 Do you or does your organization work in financial inclusion? Do you believe that bringing people into the financial system can help drive constructive social …

Application Deadline: May 15 2015 The GEF (Global Environment Facility), UNIDO (the United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and TIA (the Technology Innovation Agency) in South Africa are implementing the GCIP …

Submission Deadline: April 22, 2015 The Bell Labs Prize is a competition for innovators around the globe that rewards 10x game-changing ideas and proposals in the general field of information …

Submission Deadline: April 17 2015 The Israel Kenya Agri Challenge is looking for the next disruption in agritech. Hosted by the Embassy of Israel, the challenge will provide Kenyan entrepreneurs …

Application Deadline: July 31st 2015 CoreNet Global, the world’s leading association for corporate real estate (CRE), is launching its first-ever Academic Challenge. Students from around the world are invited to …

Application Deadline: April 17 2015 Power Africa — an initiative to increase the number of people with access to power in sub-Saharan Africa. To help shed light and their perspective …

Application Deadline: 5th of May 2015 There comes a time when the certain something you have been waiting for comes along. A time when opportunity comes walking into your life. …

Submission Deadline: May 3, 2015, midnight, EST. Whom: The competition is open to everyone with an interest in furthering intelligence education. The International Association for Intelligence Education  is pleased to …

Application Deadline: June 19 2015 The Yara Prize was established in 2005 as a direct response to the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s call for a green revolution in Africa …

Application Deadline: March 27 2015 If you’re a university student looking to earn real-world experience this summer, consider writing code for a cool open source project with the Google Summer …

Application Deadlines: Anthem Entry Deadline: MARCH 20th, 2015 Fountain Head: Entry Deadline: APRIL 26th, 2015 Atlas Shrugged Entry Deadline: October 23rd, 2015   Have you read one of Ayn Rand’s …

Submission Deadline : 1 June 2015 The Princeton Student Film & Video Festival is sponsored by the Princeton Public Library and is in its 12th consecutive year. It provides the …

Application Deadline: 31 January 2016; The Prize is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere. Indicative length is between 3000 …

Application Deadline : 30 March 2015 This year, the United Nation will convene for its General Assembly in New York to adopt a new set of targets called the Sustainable Development …

Application Deadline: Friday, April 10, 2015 Google Code Jam is a programming competition in which professional and student programmers solve complex algorithmic challenges in a limited amount of time. The …

Application Deadline: May 31st 2015 Corel Corporation has launched the 2015 CorelDRAW International Design Contest for entry, inviting all designers around the world using Corel software to create astonishing work, …

Submission Deadline: April 10 2015 Would you like the chance to share your vision of our future with world leaders in Brussels? The six talented finalists of the EDD15 Photo Contest …

Application Deadline: May 7 2015 The ITU Telecom World Young Innovators Competition is looking for young social entrepreneurs using innovative ICT-based ideas to encourage entrepreneurship in local communities around the …

Submission Deadline: May 11 2015 What: Climate, State of Emergency International Photo Contest 2015 Whom: If you live in Southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe or Mozambique), …

Application Deadline: 20 March 2015, 11:59 PM GMT. The United Nation’s Human Development Report Office (HDRO) is organizing a data visualization competition based on its own human development data. In the …

Submission Deadline: July 15 2015 #DrawDisability is a global campaign launched by the United Nations Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI), in partnership with the Global Observatory for Inclusion (GLOBI) …

Application Deadline: May 25 2015 Cisco, Intel and Deutsche Telekom launched Challenge Up! Challenge at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, It is a joint Internet of Things …

Application Deadline: March 6th 2015 Do you have an idea to change the way the world banks? If so, you’re in the right place. Citi are looking for innovative developers …

Submission Deadline: March 31st 2015 The toughest of Nigeria’s health problems require exceptional solutions. The marketplace seeks to spur and honour the most promising technology, market and process innovations addressing …

Application Deadline: 10 April, 2015, 6pm (Indian Standard Time) As part of its 16th Annual Global Development Conference, GDN organizes an essay competition with the support of Economic Research Forum …

Submission Deadline:  March 25th 2015 at 12:00 PM ET / 16:00 GMT. Microsoft YouthSpark is a companywide initiative to create opportunities for 300 million youth around the world over the …

Submission Deadline: June 15 2015 This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of …