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Home»Search by Region»Africa»20 Opportunities for Young Leaders Still Open – June 6, 2024

20 Opportunities for Young Leaders Still Open – June 6, 2024

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1. Ashoka Changemaker Together Towards Tomorrow Challenge 2024 (Up to 25,0000)

Join the global innovation challenge: Together Towards Tomorrow, a collaboration between Ashoka and HSBC, which invites changemakers from around the world with initiatives that unite people across generations to activate young people as leaders.
 Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 1, 2024

2. Diana Award for Outstanding Young Leaders 2024

Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, the Diana Award recognises outstanding young people from across the globe working to create and sustain positive social change. The Diana Award is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9-25 can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: August 7, 2024

3. Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists 2024 (up to $30,000)

Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and SciLifeLab joined forces in creating the Science and SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists to recognize excellence among young researchers from around the world. The prize was launched with the vision to recognize that global economic health is dependent upon a vibrant research community.
 Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 15, 2024.

4. The World Around Young Climate Prize. 

The prize was conceived by New York-based nonprofit organization The World Around to support the generation of designers and activists who were born into the climate crisis and uniquely positioned to address it. The prize pairs young change-makers with mentors in the international design community who can accelerate the impact of their work and connect them with a global network of like-minded people.
 Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 31, 2024.

5.  Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative 2024.

The Carrington Youth Fellowship Initiative, CYFI, is a dynamic youth-based initiative launched in 2011 by the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos. CYFI brings together Nigerian youth of exceptional vision, skills, and experience to design and implement projects that will have a positive impact on Nigerian society.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 17, 2024

6. develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition 2024 (Up to EUR 100,000)

DEG Impulse GmbH and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) support young companies to scale innovative business models in selected emerging markets that create positive impact and contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 30, 2024 

 7. UN SDG Action Awards 2024

The UN SDG Action Awards, a signature programme of the UN SD Action Campaign, champions initiatives and committed individuals who are wielding the power of creativity and innovation to bring us closer to a more sustainable, equitable and peaceful world. Anyone can mobilize action and achieve impact, even in the most challenging places and times. The campaign is committed to showcasing heroes changing the world and sending a message of hope and infinite possibilities.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 17, 2024

8. Bertha Challenge Fellowship 2025 for Activists & Investigative Journalists.

Applications are open for the Bertha Challenge Fellowship 2025 for Activists & Investigative Journalists. This is an opportunity for activists and investigative journalists to spend a year working on one pressing social justice challenge and to deliver a body of work at the end of the Fellowship year. Successful applicants will receive non-residential paid Fellowships and project budgets to work independently and together
Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 12, 2024

9. Heirs Insurance Essay Championship 2024

In celebration of Children’s Day, Heir Insurance Group invites you to participate in the 2024 Heirs Insurance Essay Championship, an annual competition with the aim of showcasing the creativity and talent of children. They invite you to encourage your children and wards in JSS1 – JSS3 to submit their essay on the topic, “If I could Invent Something New”, and stand the chance to win N5 Million scholarship and a N 1 Million grant for their school.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 7, 2024

10.  ELISA Scholars 2024 Call for Applications

The ELISA Scholars 2024 Call for Applications is ongoing. The 3-day business experience brings together a cohort of high-potential founders of Africa focused startups and entrepreneurs or leaders with bold business ideas.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 28, 2024.

11.  Call for Projects: Ernest Solvay Fund 2024 (up to €10,000)

The Ernest Solvay Fund aims to promote scientific and sustainable development, both in Belgium and abroad.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 17, 2024.

12. Nobellum Innovator Program 2024 for startups

The Nobellum Innovator Program is an instrumental part of Nobellum’s 5 year mandate to support the startup of at least 100 Black-owned businesses in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) by 2025.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 30, 2024.

13. ForSet Data Communication Fellowship 2024

If you are a journalist or civic activist from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan and you are interested in data storytelling and journalism, then you should apply for a data communication fellowship at ForSet!
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 9, 2024.

14. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Okayama Award 2024 (Up to $3,000)

The ESD Okayama Award is held annually by Okayama City and the ESD Okayama Award Steering Board consisting of organizations which have contributed to the promotion of ESD in Japan and around the world. By recognizing outstanding examples of ESD in Japan and abroad, the ESD Okayama Award aims to help organizations that have implemented SD projects to enhance their activities and contribute to the dissemination of ESD and ultimately to the achievement of the SDGs.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 12, 2024

15. British Council Grants 2024 for UK & International Biennales and Festivals (Up to $5,000)

The British Council’s Architecture, Design and Fashion team has supported presentations by UK architects and designers across ten international platforms since 2016 through their biennales and festivals grants.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 23,2024. 

16. AFS Global STEM Accelerators 2024 – Cohort 2 (Scholarships Available)

This is an extraordinary, full scholarship program for girls who are active global citizens and energized to help solve some of today’s biggest global challenges.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: July 1, 2024

17. ORG Impact Awards 2024

The global awards program celebrating the remarkable individuals and organizations leveraging ORG domains to ignite change and transform communities worldwide. From groundbreaking initiatives to steadfast changemakers, Public Interest Registry is thrilled to shine a spotlight on the profound impact and positive change happening across the ORG community.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: June 19, 2024. 

18.  European Union (EU) Youth Sounding Board (YSB) Call For Application

Are you 18 to 30 years old? Are you passionate about youth empowerment and participation? Do you have ideas how the European Union (EU) can consider issues faced by young people in Nigeria and integrate it in programming? If yes, apply to be part of the Youth Sounding Board for the EU Delegation in Nigeria.
Click here to find out more   | Deadline: June 7, 2024

19. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Fellowship 2024.

The fellowship aims to offer an opportunity for young legal professionals from Caribbean AS Member States to understand and apply the mechanisms of protection of the inter-American system of human rights.
Click here to find out more | Deadline: May 24, 2024.

20.  Atlantic Council Young Global Professionals Program 2024 at the Global Energy Centre. 

The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center (GEC) develops and promotes pragmatic and nonpartisan policy solutions designed to advance global energy security, enhance economic opportunity, and accelerate pathways to net-zero emissions. The Young Global Professionals (GPs) provide important research and logistical support to the Center. They are also encouraged to participate in and attend events hosted by other programs at the Atlantic Council.
Click here to find out more: Deadline: June 7, 2024

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