U.S. – West Africa Tech Challenge 2023 for young Innovators ($250,000 USD in funding)

U.S. – West Africa Tech Challenge 2023 for young Innovators ($250,000 USD in funding)

The U.S.-West Africa Tech Challenge aims to advance the development of promising technologies that offer innovative solutions to help expose, understand, or counter disinformation, propaganda, and violent extremism within Coastal West Africa. The U.S.-West Africa Tech Challengee invite technologists from across Africa to submit an application to present their solutions against these challenges to an audience…

World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Challenge 2023 for the fight against hunger (USD $100,000 in equity-free funding)

Over 828 million people – more than one in ten of the world’s population – still go to bed hungry each night. The number of people facing acute food insecurity has reached a record high of 345 million, up from 135 million in 2019. Meanwhile, the cost of delivering food assistance has reached unprecedented levels…

Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship 2023 for young Africans (US$500 stipend)

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) welcomes applications for the 3rd Edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL). Successful applicants will participate in the four-month virtual fellowship program from 1 August 2023 to 30 November 2023. Paradigm Initiative works to connect under-served young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures the protection of their rights. Across regional offices in…

The Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition (CSET): Children and Youth Challenge 2023 (Sponsorship to the UNFCCC COP 28 in Dubai, UAE)

Join the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition (CSET): Children and Youth Challenge!  We need energy to do the things we do every day. But did you know most of the energy we use comes from sources that will run out unless we find new ways to make it without harming the Earth? We need energy that is…

Click-on Kaduna Data Science Fellowship Programme 2023

The Data Science Fellowship Programme is part of the Kaduna State’s Data Revolution Plan aimed at strengthening the coordination in the collection and use of data for evidence-based decision-making. The Data Lab Project is jointly implemented by the Kaduna State Government, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Natview Foundation for Technology Innovation. It is a 5-year project aimed…

Mercedes-Benz South Africa Bursary Programme 2024 for Young South Africans

Get a head start into the world of work by participating in the Mercedes-Benz South Africa Bursary Programme and transport your career with one of the world’s most successful automotive companies. The Programme aims to harness outstanding achievers at Grade 12 and Tertiary levels into our fold of growing Talent, by offering the participant financial aid for…