Contests/Awards

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Application opens for online competitions for students with prizes in cash and kind every year.

You’ll find cooking, poetry, essay competitions in Nigeria, Ghana and other African and developing countries

Here you find competitions, prizes, and awards on essay, video and other competitions open for Young Africans.

Union Bank Campus Innovation Challenge for Nigerian Undergraduate Students 2018

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Spread the loveThe Campus Innovation Challenge is a Union Bank initiative (in partnership with CcHub) that aims to discover and support students engaged in entrepreneurial activities across tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Application Deadline: 5th August 2018 Eligible Countries: Nigeria To Be Taken At (Country): Nigeria Field of Challenge: Great ideas that could be related but not limited to Education, … Read more

Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize ($1 million) for Outstanding Teachers Worldwide 2018

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Spread the love Do you have what it takes or perhaps you know a teacher who does? Our Global Teacher Prize been designed to identify nothing short of extraordinary teaching, and we use a rigorous set of criteria to help us find individuals who take their profession to new heights. Application Deadline: 9th September 2018 Eligible … Read more

Uganda Press Photo Award (UPPA) Competition for Ugandan Photographers and Photojournalists 2018

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Spread the loveCall for submissions for the Uganda Press Photo Award for all photojournalists and photographers 2018. Application Deadline: 1st August, 2018 Offered annually? Yes Eligible Countries: Uganda To be taken at (country): Uganda Eligible Categories: Submissions can be entered in six categories: Daily Life: Images documenting the extraordinary in ordinary or throw a new perspective on everyday life. Environment: Images including … Read more

UPPA East African Photography Award for Photographers from East African Countries 2018

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Spread the loveThe Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU), in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Canon Central and North Africa, is seeking entries for the East African Photography Award.  Application Deadline: 1st August, 2018 Eligible Countries: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda To be taken at (country): Uganda About the Award: The latest edition to the Uganda Press Photo Award, the East African … Read more

RSHTM Beat NTDs Photo Contest (showcasing fight against neglected tropical diseases) 2018

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Spread the loveRSHTM are partnering with the Neglected Tropical Disease NGO Network (NNN) to launch a photo competition to find the most engaging photographic representation of the work being done to prevent, control, treat and eliminate (NTDs) around the world. Application Deadline: 17th August 2018 To Be Taken At (Country): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia About the Award: The photo competition is … Read more

Wits Journalism Africa–China Photo Exhibition (Funded to Johannesburg, South Africa) 2018

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Spread the loveThe Africa-China Reporting Project (ACRP) at Wits Journalism is inviting all journalists, media practitioners and photographers to submit images for an Africa-China Photo Exhibition that will collect images from across Africa that best encapsulate applicants’ interpretation of “Africa–China”. Application Deadline: 3rd August 2018 Eligible Countries: African countries To Be Taken At (Country): Johannesburg, South Africa About the Award: Commonly … Read more

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