Goethe Institut โ€œDecolonise The Internetโ€ Edit-A-Thon for African Womxn 2020

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Spread the loveAs a kick-off, Goethe Institut are organizing an Edit-A-Thon to open up the world of Wikipedia to Womxn from Africa!ย Studies have shown that most of the articles on the Wikipedia are written from Europe and the US โ€“ and articles written from Africa are mainly written by men. Application Deadline: None Timeline: The … Read more

UNDP COVID-19 Detect & Protect Challenge 2020 – Apply

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Spread the loveTHE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES THE COVID-19 DETECT AND PROTECT CHALLENGE. Application Deadline: 30th June, 2020 at 12:00AM PT About the Award: As COVID-19 has shown, challenge and crisis cross borders โ€“ impacting everywhere on Earth. However, innovation and ingenuity are not constrained by geography. … Read more

World Bank Mission Billion Challenge โ€œWURI West Africa Prizeโ€ 2020

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Spread the loveThe World Bankย Groupย announced today the launch of theย Mission Billionย Challengeย โ€œWURI West Africa Prizeโ€ย to seekย innovative solutions that augmentย inclusionย of informal workers in social protectionย through flexible benefits platformsย andย identification systems.ย  Application Deadline: 14th August 2020 About the Award: Theย West Africa Unique Identification for Regional Integration and Inclusion (WURI) programย facilitates access to services through foundational identificationย platforms forย all persons in … Read more

World Bank Global Tech Challenge: Solutions for Women 2020

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Spread the loveThe World Bank Group, one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, has partnered with CES โ€”the worldโ€™s largest and most influential technology eventโ€”to launch a Global Tech Challenge to bridge the digital gender divide. Hereโ€™s why: Application Deadline: 1st June 2020 About the Award: Over 300 million fewer women … Read more

TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science 2020 for Researchers from Developing Countries

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Spread the loveTWAS is invitingย nominationsย for the 2020 Award. Application Deadline: 15th May 2020 About the Award: This newly established award will recognize scientists not older than 45 who are living and working in a developing country. The first edition of the award will recognize achievements in the physical sciences, including physics and chemistry. Eligible Field(s): … Read more

Wiki Loves Africa Photo Contest 2020

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Spread the loveOf all of the millions of subjects you can read about on Wikipedia, subjects relating to Africa have the least coverage. This is because of a number of reasons, but mostly because many people do not know that they can donate their images, videos and audio. Wiki Loves Africa needs your help to … Read more