Call For Applications: SEEDINVEST Acceleration Program For MSMEs in Nigeria ( Up to N5 Million Grant Prize) All over the world today, the major sector driving employment, income growth, and capacity development is entrepreneurship. Not just entrepreneurship for its sake, but successful businesses and the impact of these businesses on national development and gross domestic product. Nigeria is indeed blessed with great entrepreneurs but unfortunately, most Nigerian businesses do not transcend generations, making an entrepreneurial revolution the solution to Nigeria’s economic and employment challenges. Our desire at ‘Biodun and Ibikunle Foundation is to drive the entrepreneurial revolution in Nigeria and Africa through…
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Call for Applications: ACT Foundation’s Changemakers Innovation Challenge 2024 for African nonprofits and social enterprises. The Changemakers Innovation Challenge was conceived by ACT Foundation as a response to the impressive work of community non-profits and social enterprises in Africa that leverage technology and digital tools to create social change within their communities. Eligibility Requirements Requirements Guideline Deadline: July 12th, 2024 Click HERE to Apply
Call For Applications: World Usability Design Challenge 2024 (up to $3,000 in prizes) This year’s World Usability Day theme asks you to consider how things can be improved to create a better world for all. We have come a long way as a society, yet we still face fundamental human challenges such as war, poverty, climate change, renewable energy, and social justice. Designers can play a critical role in addressing these challenges by creating solutions that seek to improve the human condition and make the world more just. For 2024, the WUI Design Challenge continues to call on the design…
Call For Applications: Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2024 (up to £20,000) The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund was established in 2012, with generous support from The ALBORADA Trust. The Fund supports pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from the University of Cambridge (or an affiliated institution such as the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, NIAB and British Antarctic Survey) and African institutions, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations. To date, 332 awards have been made, to enable Cambridge researchers to engage with African colleagues from 35 African countries. Some awardees have been able to use the preliminary results…
Call For Applications: UPPA Young Photographer Award 2024 (UGX 1,000,000 prize) The Young Photographer Award is an educational award geared towards passionate emerging photographers looking to cultivate a career in documentary photography or photojournalism. The winner of the competition gets an opportunity to participate in an intensive Mentorship Programme. The programme is designed to give young photographers a chance to learn more about photography with a bootcamp course as well as developing a documentary photography project under the guidance of an industry professional. The photographic outcomes from the mentorship are exhibited in Kampala. Prize Eligibility Application Process Photographers are asked…
Call For Applications: AYUTE Africa Challenge Kenya 2024 for young entrepreneurs( up to KSh 3.5 million) 2024 AYuTe Africa Challenge. AYuTe which stands for Agriculture, Youth, Technology aims to create opportunities for young entrepreneurs to propel agriculture transformation, catalyze ground-up innovation from the youth, and make agriculture a desired career for the future. Through AYuTe, youth-led agritech innovations in Kenya get the opportunity to pitch for investment in their businesses to boost the income and productivity of smallholder farmers. Read Also: Call For Applications: F.I.T. Africa Program Analyst Training The awards for the competition include a cash prize of up…
Call For Applications: Design and Digital Marketing School Lagos Program The Design and Digital Marketing School Lagos Program aims to equip Lagos residents with skills in Graphic Design, Product Design, and Digital Marketing, as well as workplace and life skills while also creating the exposure that is needed to launch a career and earn in the tech sector and beyond. Previous participants of this program have landed their first job or first paid gigs within 10-90 days of completing the program. Implemented as part of the Lagos State Employability Support Project, the Design and Digital Marketing School Lagos Program is…
Call For Applications: Future of Capitalism Tech Startup Competition 2024-2025 (up to $1,000,000) Does your technology transform how businesses operate – such as improving productivity, safety, logistics, sustainability, customer experience, or something else? Could your Fintech startup boost efficiency, save costs, and improve security, or spending behavior? If you’re a founder looking for funding to grow your startup and want to make a positive impact, this contest is for you. Apply for the Future of Capitalism Tech Startup Competition 2024-2025. They aim to invest in tech start-ups that want to make both a commercial and a social impact. Either by…
Call For Applications: UNEP UNV Young Talent Pipeline Program 2024 The second phase of the program builds on the efforts of the first phase from 2023 and aims to engage young talented individuals to become future leaders across environment, pollution, and climate action. This joint partnership initiative between UNEP and UNV has a twin objective: Benefits Eligibility Deadline: August 8, 2024 Click HERE to Apply
Call for Applications: Access Bank’s W Initiative Womenpreneur Pitch-A-ton 2024 ( Up to N17 Million Grant, a mini MBA Certificate from IFC ) Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton program is the first women-in-business support initiative of its kind in the industry offered by Access Bank’s W Initiative. The program in its maiden edition provided a free mini-MBA certification for 50 women entrepreneurs in Nigeria as well as financial grants worth N9Million to the top 3 applicants. This is done in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group). Subsequently, the program was extended to…