Tag: Innovation Prize for Africa

• Apply for the $100,000 Africa Food Prize

  

  The search for the 2020 Africa Food Prize is on! The USD 100,000 prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of the continent’s agriculture agenda and changing the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. It puts a bright spotlight on bold initiative and technical innovations that…

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  February 5, 2020

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• Apply: 100,000 USD Africa Food Prize

  

  The USD 100,000 Africa Food Prize celebrates Africans who are taking control of the continent’s agriculture agenda and changing the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives. It puts a bright spotlight on bold initiatives and technical innovations that can be replicated across the continent. Farmers continue…

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  January 21, 2019

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• 11 Africans Selected for the Facebook Community Leadership Program

  Facebook has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program. Around a dozen African community leaders have been selected to become program residents and fellows.  The five (5) participants selected  as community leaders in residence, each will be awarded up to $1,000,000 to fund their community…

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  September 25, 2018

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• Introducing the 15 Companies Accepted into Facebook’s Accelerator Program in Lagos

  The teams went through an intensive 1-week bootcamp between the 27th and 31st of August 2018 and have now kicked off their six-month journey to build, modify and optimize their value-driven products. The selected teams will receive up to $20K in equity free-funding, partner credits, mentorship, technical and business support from Facebook and CcHUB.  RoadPreppers: Lara.ng is a…

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  September 16, 2018

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• African Innovation Foundation (AIF) Announces the 10 Finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced the top 10 finalists for its prestigious 2018 Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). This year’s call for applications with its theme “African innovation: Investing in Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems” attracted more than 3 000 applications from 52 African countries. Building on the AIF mandate, submissions this year demonstrate significant breakthroughs in ICT,…

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  September 14, 2018

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• Apply: $185,000 Innovation Prize for Africa

  The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) recently announced the seventh edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) themed “investing in inclusive innovation ecosystems” thereby inviting submissions to reward the best home-grown innovations on the continent. The annual Award seeks to celebrate outstanding breakthroughs that deliver practical, and commercially viable African solutions that are innovative and sustainable. IPA’s…

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  October 10, 2017

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• Apply for the 2017 $150,000 Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  The African Innovation Foundation driver of the Innovation Prize for Africa is pleased to announce the launch of the sixth edition of the IPA awards by calling for applications to the prestigious competition. The competition offers Africa’s top crop of innovators a share in a grand prize of US$150 000 and additional scalable entrepreneurial opportunities. Enterprises…

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  September 29, 2016

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• 50,000 Euros Up for Grabs

  The Siemens Stiftung is looking for low technological solutions or products with business potential for basic supply problems in developing and emerging countries. The “empowering people award” is addressed to any individual, team, organization or enterprise from any region in the world. The products or solutions have to already be in use. The aim of…

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  August 3, 2015

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• Apply: $150,000 Innovation Prize for Africa

  

  Are you an African groundbreaker? Can you innovate for positive change? Do you want to be part of the growing innovation movement in Africa? Does your innovation boast the “Made in Africa” brand? If your answer is YES to the above, then you are invited to participate in the Innovation Prize for Africa. The IPA is…

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  August 3, 2015

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• $100,000 for Innovative African Solutions to African Challenges

  

  The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) is calling on all African innovators to submit their entries for the fourth edition of the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) competition. The IPA is presented annually, enabling and encouraging African pioneers to develop creative ideas and techniques to overcome some of the challenges faced by the continent and support…

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  August 4, 2014

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