Applications are now open for the 2025 AfOx Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scheme. AfOx-HIP is open to work with any type of technology and in any discipline, including outside life sciences and engineering sciences, to create solutions for disease prevention, diagnosis, management and treatment. This includes vaccines, diagnostics, medical devices, therapeutics and surgical devices. (more…)
Applications are open for the 2025 West African Research Center (WARC) Travel Grant Program. The WARC Travel Grant promotes intra-African cooperation and exchange among researchers and institutions by providing support to African scholars and graduate students for research visits to other institutions and regions on the continent. The WARC Travel Grant provides travel costs up to $1,500 and a stipend of $1,500. (more…)
Applications are open for UN SDSN Nigeria Climate Actors Accelerator Programme 2025. The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Nigeria (UN SDSN Nigeria) recognizes the significant threat of climate change and its consequences as a result of the triple planetary emergency – which includes the rising global temperatures, habitat loss leading to the extinction of species, and ongoing pollution of air, land, and water. (more…)
The Slingshot Challenge, supported by the National Geographic Society and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, is calling on young changemakers worldwide to share their bold ideas for protecting the planet. If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, this is your opportunity to make a difference! By submitting a 1-minute video showcasing your solution to an environmental challenge, you could win up to $10,000 in funding to bring your idea to life. (more…)
GSMA is excited to introduce the GSMA Innovation Fund for Impactful AI (“the Fund”), designed to support small and growing enterprises in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) across Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The Fund aims to accelerate the adoption and scalability of AI-driven innovations that address critical local socio-economic and climate challenges. (more…)
Know a young leader who has shown exceptional leadership in promoting or defending democracy? Nominate them for the third edition of the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize. The Kofi Annan Foundation and the Democracy and Culture Foundation invite nominations for the third edition of the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Award. (more…)
