The United Nations Development Programme: Join Accelerator Labs.

Deadline: Application is on-going The United Nations Development Programme is looking for people in 30 countries (including Nigeria and including journalists) to join them in solving the world’s rapidly evolving social and environmental challenges. You’ll join one of the UNDP’s dedicated Accelerator Labs. Last year, they established the Accelerator Labs and set a course for […]

The Ian Parry Scholarship, 2020

Deadline: 5 July, 2020 Ian Parry was a photojournalist who died while on assignment for The Sunday Times during the Romanian revolution in 1989. He was just 24 years of age. Aidan Sullivan, then picture editor, and Ian’s friends and family created the Ian Parry Scholarship in order to build something positive from such a […]

The Atlantic Dialogues Emerging Leaders Program 2019

Deadline : 15 September, 2019. The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)  is organizing the eighth edition of the Atlantic Dialogues Conference, a high-level conference convening influential public and private sectors leaders from around the Atlantic Basin for open, informal discussion on cross-regional issues. As they believe that it is of crucial importance to engage young […]

Social Innovators Programme 2019/2020

Deadline : Application is on-going SIPA is a yearly immersive fellowship that empowers and equips 20 young African changemakers with requisite skills and tools for building sustainable enterprises.  We are currently accepting applications for our 2019/2020 cohort. During the course of the Fellowship, Fellows will be exposed to: 6 day residential sustainability training/ workshop Mentoring […]

British Council : Future Leaders Connect 2019

Deadline: 6 May 2019 British Council is currently accepting applications for its Future Leaders Connect Program with an aim to provide future leaders with skills and international networks which will improve their ability to make or influence policy changes, leading to long term impact on the social and economic development in their countries and beyond. […]

UNESCO’s Imagining Africa’s Futures Project: Become a ‘Local Champion’

Deadline: 24 March, 2019 The Imagining Africa’s Futures project is launching a call for expressions of interest to become a local champion in Futures Literacy in Africa. Local champions are expected to be key constituents of UNESCO and its partners’ effort to conduct research in Futures Literacy by co-designing and co-running Futures Literacy Laboratories in their local communities. […]

The 2019 Afresist Youth Leadership Program

Deadline : 11 February, 2019 In partnership with Afrika Youth Movement (AYM), Afresist presents the Afresist Youth Leadership Program (AYLP), a new training programme rooted in the belief that African youth can be everyday pan-Africanists, everyday leaders, everyday activists. While various leadership programs targeting African youth do exist, most times there is either little or no […]

Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum 2019

Deadline : 31 January, 2019 About DRIF The 7th edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (formerly Internet Freedom Forum- IFF) will hold from April 23 – 25, 2019 in Lagos Nigeria. The Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum has gained a reputation as an important platform where conversations on digital policy in Africa are shaped, […]