World Bank Blog4Dev Essay Competition

2020 World Bank Blog4Dev Essay Competition For Young Africans

Blog4Dev is now accepting Essay entries for their 2020 World Bank sponsored Essay Competition. Benefits for winners include internship placement at a World Bank country office, amongst others. JOIN US FOR MORE... Read more »
Nomination Begins for Daily Trust African of the Year award

Call for Nominations: Daily Trust African of the Year Award

Daily Trust has called for nominations of exemplary personalities for the coveted African of the Year 2020. The award enjoys the sponsorship support of UBA Plc which gave 50,000USD annually. JOIN US... Read more »
2020 Intelsat/XinaBox Space STEM Scholarship for African Students

2020 Intelsat/XinaBox Space STEM Scholarship for African Students

Intelsat, in partnership with XinaBox is sponsoring 20 African students on Scholarship. Applicants must be born and currently living on the African continent. JOIN US FOR MORE ON: WhatsApp or Telegram or... Read more »
2021 Fully Funded University of Edinburgh Mastercard Scholarship For African Students

2021 Fully Funded University of Edinburgh Mastercard Scholarship For African Students

The University of Edinburgh offers a fully funded academic and transformative leadership program for undergraduate and postgraduate students from Africa.  The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at The University of Edinburgh believes that all young... Read more »
World Bank ACECoR Scholarship 2020/2021 for Young African Scholars

World Bank ACECoR Scholarship 2020/2021 for Young African Scholars

The World Bank ACECoR Scholarship 2020/2021 is now receiving applications from young African scholars who want to study at the University of Cape Coast. JOIN US FOR MORE ON: WhatsApp or Telegram or Follow... Read more »
e-learning

SUBEB To Involve Special Educators in e-learning Content Development

Chairman, Lagos State Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King, has pledged to involve special education teachers in the production of distance learning content for special needs children while schools remain closed.... Read more »
African Union

Call for Papers: African Union ECHO 2021 Edition

The African Union is now calling for paper for its 2021 edition of ECHO. The deadline for the submission of papers for the African Union ECHO is 15th August 2020. JOIN US FOR MORE... Read more »

African Union Youth Volunteer Corps AU-YVC Programme 2020 for Young African Professionals

Deciding to become an AU-YV is a life-changing decision opening opportunities to serve in a community other than your own and assisting in the local development efforts. Africa needs countless skilled labor... Read more »
African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ) Fellowship Programme 2020

African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ) Fellowship Programme 2020

African Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ) is now accepting applications from candidates that possess a minimum of a Bachelors’ Degree in Journalism for its 2020 Fellowship Programme. The deadline for the submission... Read more »
Vincent Kolo

Nigerian artist wins $50,000 Nefertiti prize for African creativity

A Nigerian artist, Vincent Kolo, has won the $50,000 Nefertiti grand prize for creativity during a virtual festival as part of Africa Integration Day celebration. JOIN US FOR MORE ON: WhatsApp or... Read more »
African Writers Award 2020

African Writers Award 2020 extends deadline until August 15, Submit now

Every year, since 2018, the African Writers Development Trust hosts the African Writers Award 2020 as the highpoint of the African Writers Conference. The categories for the awards were Short stories, Poetry,... Read more »

Call for submissions: 2020 African Writers Residency

Deadline: December 10, 2019. Being the second part of the PenPen African Project, the African Writers Development Trust, in partnership with the Writers Guild Kenya, calls for writers of African descent living... Read more »

Call for Submission: PenPen African Writers Residency

PenPen Africa is an African writers’ residency project that will feature twelve select writers from across Africa. The programme shall hold in both Nigeria and Kenya and will run from July 1,... Read more »

African Writers Awards 2019 Shortlist

The African Writers Development Trust has released the shortlist for the 2019 African Writers Awards. Speaking at a press conference at their Abuja office on Monday, 26th of August, the Chief Judge,... Read more »

2019 African Writers Award Longlist

With the support of the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT), in the course of the last seven weeks, the panel of judges have worked hard on all entries sent for the African Writers Awards (AWA).... Read more »