Adansonia Entrepreneurship Challenge for African Entrepreneurs 2017

Bocconi University in Milan, Spain, is currently recruiting entrepreneurs to participate to Adansonia, a pan-African entrepreneurship contest starting in May. ย  Application Deadline: 30thย April 2017 Offered Annually? No Eligible Countries: All African countries To be taken at (country): Interested participants only requireย internet-connected devices. About the Award: Entrepreneurs joining Adansonia will get the opportunity to take … Read more

Facebook Bots for Messenger Challenge for Creative Developers in Africa and the Middle East 2017

Facebook is seekingย Creative Developers from Sub-Saharan Africa and the MENA Region for itsย Facebook Bots for Messenger Challenge. Application Deadline:ย 28th April 2017 Eligible Regions: (i)ย The Middle East and North Africa; and (ii) Sub-Saharan Africa To be taken at (country):ย  About the Award:ย For many years Facebook has been promoting innovation across the Middle East and Africa, providing … Read more

Apply: East Africa Postharvest Technologies Competition 2017 (EAPTC-2017) for Innovative Entrepreneurs in East Africa

The East Africa Postharvest Technologies Competition 2017 (EAPTC-2017) aims to identify scalable post-harvest technologies in East Africa for dissemination. Application Deadline:ย 20th February, 2017 Eligible Countries: East–African countries About the Award:ย The EAPTC-2017 will select top 50 scalable technologies from successful entries and offer them accelerated training on scaling up and pitching. Twenty five outstanding participants in … Read more

Morgan Stanley Worldwide University Photo Competition 2017

Each year, students show Morgan Stanley what the world looks like through their eyes in our annual photo competition. This yearโ€™s theme, Places and Spaces, focuses on the various places and spaces where you live, work and travel to. Application Deadline:ย 19th February ย 2017 Eligible Countries:ย Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa and North American countries … Read more

SA Writers College (SAWC) Annual Short Story Award 2017 For Emerging Writers in South Africa

The annual SA Writers College Short Story Competition acknowledges excellence in creative writing in the Short Story form. The contest is open to any beginner writer living in South Africa. Application Deadline:ย 30th April 2017 Offered annually?ย Yes Eligible Countries:ย South Africa To be taken at (country):ย South Africa Theme: A person’s world is only as big as their … Read more

Now Open! 4th impactAFRICA Journalism Contest. $500,000 plus funded to the US

Journalists in six African countries — South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria — can win a fully paid study tour to major United States newsrooms as part of a new impactAFRICA reporting contest. Application Deadline:ย 15th March 2017 Eligible Countries:ย South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria To be taken at (country): About the … Read more