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This Wiki page highlights happenings and requests for proposals about innovation in Africa. Anyone can populate it. Just follow the previous entry in each category as a template to input your information. A Wiki bureaucrat will regularly remove outdated resources.

Events

 * 2018.09.26+2 - 13th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Skills on "Uniting Africa" - Kigali, Rwanda


 * 2018.10.18+1 - DEMO Africa 2018 - Morocco


 * 2018.10.29+2 - African Investigative Journalism Conference - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa


 * 2018.10.31 - OECD Development Centre & African Union Commission 18th International Economic Forum on Africa #AfricaForum on growth, employment, migration and development in the wake of Africa’s historical decision for closer integration - Paris, France


 * 2018.11.02 - #StartupSouth4 Startup/Entrepreneurship conference in the South-South and South-East of Nigeria - Oweri, Nigeria


 * 2018.11.11+1 - VC4A and ABAN 5th Africa Early Stage Investor Summit - Cape Town, South Africa


 * 2019.03.12+2 - 3rd International Women in Science Without Borders Conference on Science diplomacy for Sustainable Development - Egypt


 * 2019.09.24+1 - SDG Summit in the framework of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) under the 74th Session of the General Assembly on Accelerating the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - New York, USA

Grants

 * @RachelStrohm maintains three lists of scholarships and grants for African academics: one for MA and PhD study in Anglophone countries, one for Francophone countries, and one for post-doctoral and research funding. Check them out!


 * DL 2018.07.27 - Seeding Labs Instrumental Access - lab or university in need for scientific equipment to push research ahead & increase hands-on student opportunities - lower-middle-income countries as per World Bank definition


 * DL 2018.08.31 - OWSD Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) fellowship - up to USD 50,000 - 62 Science & Technology Lagging Countries


 * DL 2018.08.31 (extended) - AIMS Next Einstein Small Research Grants in Climate Change Science for projects that are at the upper limit of the research-innovation value chain — i.e. projects that are likely to make a tangible impact - non-recurring maximum cost of USD 10 000 per Grantee over 6 to 12 months - African descent but could be residing anywhere in the world


 * DL 2018.09.14 - OECD Future of Work Fellowship scheme to promote new and innovative (post-)doctoral research in the fields of economics, statistics, sociology and other related social sciences on labor markets - global


 * DL 2018.10.01 - Echidna Global Scholars Program visiting fellowship hosted by the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution on education development issues and gender - global


 * DL 2019.02.28 - UNICEF Innovation Fund Call for Data Science & A.I or or similar technology solutions - for-profit technology start-ups registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries that have the potential to benefit humanity - seed funding for open source prototype


 * DL 2019.04.28 - The Regional Programme for Africa L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Call for Applications - for sub-Saharan PhDs and PostDocs in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Prizes

 * DL 2018.07.15 - African Union & Senegal Innovating Education in Africa Expo call for technical & social innovations in education & training - pan-African


 * DL 2018.07.23 - RAEng Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation


 * DL 2018.08.20 - The ReSAKSS Data Challenge 2018 call for the most innovative Essays and Reports, Visual Arts, IT products and services, High School Projects - pan-African (incl. Diaspora)


 * DL 2018.08.20 - 2018 VC4A VENTURE SHOWCASE call for disruptive scale-ups looking to raise Series A (in the range of $250K and $5M) - pan-African (operating in Africa, generating revenue)


 * DL 2018.09.01 - Johnson & Johnson Champions of Science Africa Storytelling Challenge about your journey of scientific research and innovation - format written or video - pan-African


 * DL 2018.09.03 - #TechCrunch Startup Battlefield Africa 2018 - $25,000 Grand Prize + Trip To TechCrunch Disrupt - early-stage startup in sub-Saharan Africa


 * DL 2019.02.28 - UNDESA SDG GOOD PRACTICES Call for Good Practices, Success Stories and Lessons Learned in SDG Implementation - input the 2019 sessions of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) - SDG Changemakers

Courses

 * DL 2018.08.20 - PERIPERI U RISK METHODS SCHOOL call for Africa’s scientists and researchers to work more closely with humanitarian action, development and disaster risk reduction practitioners - for PhD (or prospective PhD) students in East Africa - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania


 * DL 2018.08.31 - University of Pretoria’s Master’s in Development Practice (MDP@UP) on knowledge, leadership competence and technical skills needed to the implement the SDGs - hybrid online and face-to-face learning & multidisciplinary - Pretoria, South Africa


 * DL 2018.08.31 - TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme in emerging areas in science and technology for young scientists from developing countries (other than India) - India-based (in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR))


 * DL 2018.09.30 - 4th EDITION OF SCIENCE BY WOMEN PROGRAM REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR VISITING AFRICAN WOMEN SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS - IN SPANISH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE


 * DL 2018.10.15 - 3rd International Women in Science Without Borders Conference on Science diplomacy for Sustainable Development call for abstracts - all interested scientists, students, entrepreneurs and organizations from Egypt and world-wide whether males or females


 * DL 2019.02.28 - Applications for the 2019 cohort of the The Obama Foundation Leaders: Africa program - for dedicated and self-sustaining community of changemakers that spans the African continent - online and onsite program - Johannesburg, South Africa


 * DL 2019.02.28 - AIMS Next Einstein African Masters in Machine intelligence (AMMI) call for applications - Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Kigali, Rwanda


 * DL 2019.03.03 - The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (IDEP) and the African Trade Policy Centre (ATPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), jointly with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), open a call for applications for a ten-month Postdoctoral (Post-Doc) Fellowship - AfCFTA related project - African PhDs in economics defended in 2018


 * DL 2019.03.17 - BA-TWAS-AAAS Regional Workshop on Science Diplomacy Call for Applications - workshop - for young Arab scientists (below the age of 40) living and working in the Arab Region - Alexandria, Egypt

Participatory processes

 * DL 2018.12.31 - South Africa National Science, Technology and Innovation Foresight 2018 to identify STI priority areas to input to the new STI Ten Year Plan of the Department of Science and Technology - South-Africa-based