Competitions

Applications are invited for ACT Foundation Changemakers Innovation Challenge 2020. The Changemakers Innovation Challenge is conceived by ACT Foundation as a response to the impressive work of community nonprofits and social enterprises in Africa who are leveraging technology/ digital tools to create social change in their communities. Research shows that …

Call for Submissions: Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2020. The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system and reinforces the need for fit for context, innovative and scalable solutions in education. DOTSS provides an approach for reorienting Africa’s education and training systems to meet the knowledge, competencies, skills, …

The KOKUYO DESIGN AWARD is an international competition for user-centric product design, where the best of the best are actually put on the consumer market. This year’s theme is “POST-NORMAL”. The target designs that we want to receive are for “stationery, furniture and all items generally used in working, learning …

WMO launches 2021 Calendar Competition. They are therefore really looking forward to high-quality and artistic photographs, and especially those which illustrate the theme of World Meteorological Day 2021, “The Ocean, our climate and weather.” The Ocean covers 70% of the Earth’s surface and provides resources on which we depend. It …

Could your picture tell a thousand words? Then the camera is in your hands. Thomson Reuters Foundation photo competition is open to anyone with a passion for turning the lens on the real lives behind the headlines, and an ability to capture the most powerful images of the pandemic’s impact …

Applications are now open for the the world’s largest short film competition “My Rode Reel” for young filmmakers from anywhere in the world. This year, My RØDE Reel is bigger than ever. Seriously. They are giving away a monumental $1 million in cash – plus heaps of awesome gear and filmmaking prizes …

Calling out to all children and teens around the world! If you’re between ages 5 to 19, they want you to use your imagination and create a poster of your favourite food hero at work. The world is full of food heroes – from farmers to drivers, shop assistants, food bank …

Applications are now open for The 2020 Girl Rising Storytelling Challenge. In the last few months, the COVID19 pandemic has revealed deep-seated racial,  gender and economic inequities. The social impacts are being felt most deeply by people of color, women and girls who are already historically disadvantaged. At the same …

Gallery Siva invites artists, curators and artist collectives to apply to its open call for 2021.  The program of gallery Siva is based on presentation, production and education – closely related to street art, graffiti art, design, comics, illustration and other fields of visual art with the main criteria being …

FITC Essay Challenge 2020 now open for Application The Youth Connect Essay Challenge is organized to harness the creativity and innovation mindset of the African youth in promoting growth and development in Africa. The objective is to develop in undergraduate students the habit of contributing to national and global issues, …