Facebook Accelerator: Program for Innovative Commerce Startups

Facebook Accelerator: Program for Innovative Commerce Startups

Facebook Accelerator: Commerce is a 12-week non-equity program supporting innovative commerce startups who renew shopping experiences for buyers and sellers. In this critical time, Facebook is doubling down on commerce and accelerating its work to enable every business to sell online and help people gain inspiration, discover and buy the […]

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University of Cape Town MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2020/2021 for Study in South Africa (Fully Funded)

University of Cape Town MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program 2020/2021 for Study in South Africa (Fully Funded)

The University of Cape Town (UCT) has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation in its global Scholars’ Program: an educational initiative that provides academically talented young people from economically disadvantaged communities in Africa with access to quality university education. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at UCT provides full-cost scholarships to young Africans […]

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Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon 2020 (N7 million Prize)

Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon 2020 (N7 million Prize)

Eko Innovation Centre welcomes applications from teams that can deliver finished metering hardware and software systems. WHY THE HACKATHON? Despite significant investment and resolutions around power generation and distribution, over 60% of users in Lagos are estimated to still be unmetered and this affects the last-mile distribution to customers. The […]

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We54 ‘What’s Your New Normal?’ Poster Challenge 2020

We54 ‘What’s Your New Normal?’ Poster Challenge 2020

What’s Your New Normal?’ As the world around us continues to change rapidly due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we’re also having to equally adapt in our own diverse and unique ways. Therefore, WE54 is calling talented young leaders such as yourself, to create vibrant, dynamic and locally-authentic posters that […]

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Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship Program For Social Innovators – Apply Now

Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship Program For Social Innovators – Apply Now

The Shuttleworth Foundation offers fellowships to individuals to support them in implementing their ideas for social change over the course of a year. The foundation is particularly interested in ideas at the intersection between openness, technology, knowledge, and learning—ideas that would enhance access to global knowledge and social and economic […]

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Application for 2020 NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship

Application for 2020 NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) and its co-venture partners hereby invite applications from qualified Nigerian students for the 2020 NNPC/SNEPCo National University Scholarship Programme. The programme aims to promote academic excellence and improve the skills of young Nigerians. It provides a yearly […]

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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2021 (Cash prize of £1 million)

Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2021 (Cash prize of £1 million)

Applications are open for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2021. The QEPrize seeks nominations from the public that celebrate a wide variety of engineering innovations across all sectors of the profession, and a breadth of nominators from all corners of the globe. The £1 million prize is the world’s most […]

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Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge

Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge

The African Union (AU), through the African Governance Architecture (AGA) Secretariat, in a joint project with the Common market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have launched the “Democracy and Governance in Africa – Youth Innovation Challenge”. Youth innovators, innovation hubs and incubation centres across the continent, are invited to […]

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Equals In Tech Awards 2020

Equals In Tech Awards 2020

Open to: all individuals and organizations, regardless of their languages and nationalities, who wish to submit projects aimed at advancing gender equality using ICTs Benefits: winners become part of a growing community of like-minded entrepreneurs, investors, activists, teachers, and leaders The EQUALS Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital […]

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Global Challenges Local Solutions Grant Competition (15,000 USD)

Global Challenges Local Solutions Grant Competition (15,000 USD)

Global Challenges Local Solutions Program was established in 2016 as a grantmaking program that supports community foundations throughout Europe to address global challenges on the local level. It was set to provide them with additional resources that can improve local initiatives. The Program focuses on initiatives referring directly to Sustainable […]

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The Boma of Africa Creative Arts Challenge for Africans (Grand prize of $50,000)

The Boma of Africa Creative Arts Challenge for Africans (Grand prize of $50,000)

The Boma of Africa festival is a series of insightful convenings to drive the African integration agenda through a strategic high-level engagement between the continental governance institutions, represented by the AU Commission, and the African private sector, represented by its strategic partner AfroChampions. Deadline: Unspecified The African story is the […]

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African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Masters Fellowships 2020/2021

African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Masters Fellowships 2020/2021

AERC wishes to announce the 2020/2021 Masters scholarships for applicants from Anglophone sub-Saharan African countries admitted into any of the following AERC Collaborative Masters Programme (CMAP) in Economics universities: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia University of Botswana University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania University of Cape Coast, Ghana University of Ghana, […]

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