Category: Challenges
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AfCFTA Digital Innovation Challenge 2025
Applications for the AfCFTA Digital Innovation Challenge 2025 are now open. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Innovation Challenge seeks to identify digital solutions with high potential to structurally influence intra–African trade by increasing efficiencies and enabling seamless cross-border commercial exchanges across AfCFTA markets. Applicants should propose digital solutions that support MSMEs in one or…
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Open Call: 2025 APWENLagos SHEnovation Hackathon
Open Call: 2025 APWENLagos SHEnovation Hackathon Theme: AI in Engineering Design APWENLagos is excited to support and mentor female engineering students in this groundbreaking Hackathon, fostering professional-student relationships and inspiring innovation. Are you a female engineering student, young engineer or part of a team eager to showcase your creativity in integrating AI into Engineering Design?…
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Global Open Call: 2025 Impact Challenge Program by Google.org Generative AI Accelerator
Global Open Call: 2025 Impact Challenge Program by Google.org Generative AI Accelerator While four in five nonprofits feel that generative AI is applicable to their work, nearly half are not using the technology due to a lack of awareness, tools, funding, and training. To help address these barriers, Google.org launched a Generative AI Accelerator in…
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Call for Applications: SeedMoney Challenge 2024
Applications are open for the SeedMoney Challenge 2024. The SeedMoney Challenge is a group crowdfunding competition open to any public food garden project located anywhere in the world. Participating projects include youth gardens, community gardens, community farms and food bank gardens. Participants keep 100% of what they raise and compete for challenge grants of $100 to…
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AKTW 2024 Innovation Challenge | Over N5 Million in Cash
This challenge seeks to harness the ingenuity of tech enthusiasts, developers, and innovators to develop digital solutions to pressing challenges facing Akwa Ibom State across various sectors of the economy. The Akwa Ibom Tech Week is an annual event aimed at fostering innovation, technology adoption, and digital transformation within the state. As part of the…
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Youth Sustainable Enterprise Challenge Program (YSEC) | Training, Mentorship and, Funding
The YSEC program is a transformative entrepreneurship initiative designed to unleash the potential of young individuals, equipping them with the expertise, skills, and mindset necessary to launch and scale successful, sustainable businesses. Our aim is to cultivate a new wave of innovative, socially responsible entrepreneurs who will drive economic growth, create jobs, and contribute to the…
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MTN-WWF Africa PachiPanda Challenge 2024 for youth-led SMEs
The Africa PachiPanda Challenge, a joint effort by MTN and WWF to inspire and support innovative solutions addressing pressing environmental challenges across the continent. This program aligns with WWF’s global goals, its Africa Strategy, and its established practices. It also adds significant value to the Mobilising More for Climate (MM4C) Programme. Specifically, the challenge contributes…
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NEF Africa Energy Innovation Challenge 2024 | $10,000 prize
Applications are open for the 2024 NEF Africa Energy Innovation Challenge. The 9th Africa Energy Innovation Challenge, organized by the Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF), invites youth-led early-stage energy entrepreneurs from across Africa to work with local research institutions or industries to create a prototype model of a key device/equipment for a social energy enterprise, agri-business,…
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NITDA Digital Nigeria Innovation Challenge 2024 | Up to 11 Million Prize
The 2024 Digital Nigeria Innovation Challenge seeks to leverage technology and innovation to address critical infrastructure challenges in Nigeria. Participants will work in groups to create innovative digital maps of a single Nigerian state, emphasizing critical infrastructure like hospitals, schools, roads, and utilities. These maps will provide insights that can help to drive sustainable development…
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Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) Africa Challenge 2024 | Up to $50,000 in Equity Funding
The Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST Africa) (www.Meltwater.org), in collaboration with the Norwegian Embassy, proudly announces the launch of the 6th edition of the MEST Africa Challenge (MAC). This year’s challenge seeks to identify and support exceptional AgriTech entrepreneurs who are addressing critical agricultural challenges in West Africa. In the rapidly evolving world of…