Contests and Competitions

1. Hey there, do you have a game-changing idea that you’re ready to showcase to the world? The Venture-Z Startup Competition is the perfect platform for ambitious entrepreneurs like you to gain recognition and secure invaluable investment opportunities. With a focus on the future and the unique perspective of Generation Z, this competition is your chance to turn your entrepreneurial dreams into reality. 2. Are you an aspiring entrepreneur with a groundbreaking product, disruptive service, or innovative technology? Look no further than the Venture-Z Startup Competition! Join us at ICSDI 2024, where the brightest minds and most promising startups come together to pitch their ventures, demonstrate their products or services,

Join the Global Essay Competition and get a chance to be a Leader of Tomorrow at the prestigious St. Gallen Symposium. Here are the benefits: 1. Meet and engage with 300 brilliant young minds from around the world. 2. Present and debate your ideas with 600 senior leaders. 3. Get inspired by renowned speakers who are experts in their fields. 4. Gain a fresh perspective on this year’s topic. 5. Become part of a global community of like-minded individuals. 6. Participate in the symposium and stand a chance to win CHF 20,000 in prize money. Now, let’s talk about the topic question: “Striving for More or Thriving with Less –

Dell Technologies has just launched an awesome competition, Dell Technologies’ Envision the Future Competition for Senior Undergraduate Students from MEA region, for all of you who are working on your graduation projects in FinTech, Sustainability, Education, Healthcare, and Wellbeing sectors. This is your chance to showcase your creativity and play an active role in the Transformation of IT. And guess what? You can win some amazing prizes too! Eligibility Requirements The competition is open to all senior undergraduate students from universities in Middle East, Africa, and Turkey. To be eligible, you need to have a faculty member as your supervisor, be a non-governmental employee, and a full-time university student. Also,

The African Union – European Union (AU-EU) Digital for Development (D4D) Hub invites bloggers from Africa and Europe to participate in its first blogging competition: How can Africa and Europe work together to tackle disinformation and protect human rights in the digital age? The competition is open to all bloggers interested in freedom of speech, disinformation, open internet, and digital rights and principles. We are looking for blogs that present original views on how to tackle online disinformation through human rights-based actions, create awareness of the issues at stake, and foster new ways for Africa-Europe collaboration in the field. Context The AU-EU D4D Hub is hosting a Town Hall debate at the

The Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT Challenge) is an annual competition and awards program for youth-led enterprises (50% women-led) jointly organised by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Climate Investment Funds (CIF) as part of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program YouthADAPT Flagship Program. This challenge seeks to boost sustainable job creation through support for entrepreneurship and youth-led innovation in climate change adaptation and resilience across Africa. What you will be awarded? In this edition of the challenge, 20 innovators will emerge as winners at an award show and will have access to post-award support in the forms of:-  100,000 USD grant for each winner

Applications are open for Africa Youth in Trade Innovation Challenge by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held in Partnership with the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA). This initiative prioritizes Entrepreneurship, Export Development and Market Entry Strategy Development to expand and advance trade within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Requirements for UNDP/AU/UNECA Youth in Trade Innovation Challenge Qualification Open to Youth living and working across Africa. How to Apply Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Development Programme UNDP on eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com to apply For more details,visit UNDP website Application Deadline September 9, 2022

D-Prize seeds new ventures that distribute proven poverty interventions. The world has already invented products and services to end poverty. Yet we have found many proven interventions with large delivery gaps. Millions of people still don’t have access to basic poverty-fighting tools. Can you design a new business or NGO that delivers a proven poverty intervention at scale? Submit your design for a new organization that solves one of our Distribution Challenges below. We will award the most promising teams with up to $20,000 USD to launch their new organization wherever extreme poverty exists. Eligibility Requirements D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age, and any background. The majority of our awardees

The theme for the 2023 Science without Borders® Challenge is “The Sixth Extinction.” For this year’s contest, you can help create awareness about endangered species. We ask students to create a piece of artwork that highlights the beauty and importance of a marine species that is on the brink of extinction. Learn about the theme. Prizes Winners of the Science Without Borders® Challenge will be awarded with the following scholarships: 1st Place: $500 2nd Place: $350 3rd Place: $200 Eligibility This international art competition is open to all students 11-19 years old. Students must be enrolled in primary or secondary school, or the home school equivalent. College and university students are

Are you a startup specialized in Climate Technology? The ClimaTech Run focuses on the use of ICT in developing innovative solutions and new applications for climate action, notably in the following thematic areas: Energy, food and Security, water management, Industry 4.0 for climate action, urban sustainability, mobility and transportation and other climate resilience actions. Overview Entrepreneurs are hammering out innovations in every corner of the world, and many projects show great promise in combating climate change. Sensor technology can measure invisible pollutants that harm our health, and the rise of technologies such as the Internet-of-Things (IoT) provides advances in data collection for monitoring climate change mitigation. ClimaTech Run’s tech-startup track

You are young, African, and want to work with like-minded people committed to making a difference from the grassroots level up? This ideathon is open to students, professionals, community activists, social entrepreneurs, changemakers, and all other interested folks in Africa: Awaken the SDG innovator in you and sign up today! The SDG Innovation Challenge is your space to be! Designed as a virtual, pan-African ideation space, the SDG Innovation Challenge is a powerhouse for young people from across the continent to come together and co-develop practical solution ideas to grassroots challenges while pushing the needle of sustainable development on a global scale. Conceived in 2020, this innovation challenge calls upon

The AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria is an enterprise development program initiated by Heifer International and implemented by Enactus Nigeria to identify, nurture, and support innovative, relevant and technology-driven agric-centric enterprises to grow, scale and thrive. Candidates should be early-stage or growth-stage youth-led agritech businesses/companies with innovative solutions impacting smallholder farmers at scale. Applicants must: Be aged 18-35 by the closing day of submission to the AYuTe Nigeria challenge Be a youth with innovative ideas focusing on the agriculture sector Have ideas that are proven to solve social problems and are implementable, technically feasible, economically sound (affordable), and environmentally smart (eco-friendly) Hold Nigerian nationality with official ID (national identity card, international

The Huawei Global App Innovation Contest (“Apps UP” for short) is a global event held by Huawei that pools the skills of developers from around the world to build an app ecosystem that intelligently connects everything. It aims to inspire developers to innovate, bring together people, devices, and scenarios, and create consistent app experiences while exploring a seamless AI experience. The contest will be held in Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa, and China. Huawei has set aside more than US$1 million as prize money for the contest. The global competition under the theme “Together we innovate” aims to strengthen the skills of regional app developers and

IELTS, the test that’s trusted by educational institutions and universities all around the world, could take you even further: all the way to your ideal academic field, institution and destination. Seven lucky IELTS test takers in each of the countries below will be given a £3,000 prize to turn their academic dreams into reality.  The 2022 IELTS Prize is open to test takers living in Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. The deadline for submitting completed applications is 30 September 2022 – 11:59 GMT. How to enter You must: be 18 years or above be a resident of the country you’re applying from (except applicants in Canada) have taken IELTS with British

The Global Challenge is a renowned international startup competition organized by Hello Tomorrow since 2014. It is uniquely designed to address the needs of early-stage deep tech startups across all industries. The Challenge gives deep tech and science-based entrepreneurs around the globe a platform for their projects, providing opportunities for equity-free funding, global visibility, and connections with key players in the deep tech ecosystem. To date, previous winners and finalists have already raised more than $2 billion in funding. Applications are entirely free and open until the 23rd of September 2022. The Challenge concludes with the Grand Finals which will take place during the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit in Paris