Would you like to win £2,200 sterling, a trip to London and have your play broadcast across the world on BBC World Service? If so, the 2018 International Radio Playwriting Competition is now open to entries! Your potential audience on BBC World Service is huge – 77 million people around the world. What story might
Have a cutting-edge idea to improve education in Africa? Submit a UNICEF Think Piece. The UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Office is commissioning a series of Think Pieces that aim to promote fresh and cutting-edge thinking on how to improve the quality of education in the ESA region. These Think Pieces aim to broaden expertise,
Shell Ideas360 is more than a global competition that connects students to develop ideas to tackle the pressures on the world’s Food, Water, and Energy Resources. It’s an exciting journey of learning and discovery. Collaborate with like-minded innovators, Shell experts, and mentors to expand your horizons. Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical
Zimba Women, a flagship project of the Zimba Group, a leading information technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in the provision of technical and software solutions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Ahead of their 2nd two-day Technology in Business Summit happening on the 15th and 16th of November at Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, they have put together
Digital Lab Africa 2017 Competition is initiated by the French Embassy and the French Institute of South Africa in partnership with DISCOP Africa, TRACE, Lagardère studios and leading companies. It targets developing projects, in need of partners and financial support, innovative projects from the perspective of form, narration, content, and technologies utilized. The Digital Lab Africa
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) recently announced that a proposal, submitted by Google, is the first to be selected under the Small Business Champions initiative. The proposal is for a video competition inviting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to share their stories, through a short video, about how they have used
Faces2Hearts is a worldwide blogging experience that will take 4 young people on a 5-month journey across 3 continents. They will discover projects that change peoples’ lives for the better, supported by the EU. And they will reveal the often unreported stories of the fascinating people they meet – stories of positive change and hope. This
Organised by Venture Capital for Africa (VC4A), the Village Capital Fintech Africa strengthens Africa’s startup community by connecting entrepreneurs creating innovative and scalable businesses with the knowledge, network and funding they require to succeed. Venture Capital for Africa believes entrepreneurship is a key driver for the continent’s continued development. Entrepreneurship should be a main driver in
Mastercard Foundation Fund for Rural Prosperity is a US$50 million challenge fund established by the Mastercard Foundation. Just like previous competitions, the 2017 competition seeks to support innovative financial products, services or processes from organizations that will design, pilot and test new ideas, as well as those that aim to expand proven ideas into new geographies
The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is now accepting applications for the seventh edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA), which will see innovators compete for a share of US$185,000 in prize money. The Annual AIF Innovation Prize for Africa Awards seek to celebrate outstanding breakthroughs that deliver practical and commercially viable African solutions that
