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October 3, 2025

13th February, 2026

1. Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Photography Awards 2026 for photo enthusiasts and professional photographers (USD 1,200 prize)

2026 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Photography Awards invites photographers worldwide to share compelling visual stories of rangelands, pastoral landscapes, and the people who care for them. Open to anyone aged 18+, the competition offers cash prizes of up to USD 500, plus global exposure through showcases at GLF Africa 2026, GLF platforms, and partner events. Submissions are open from 2 February to 1 March 2026, with winners announced on 28 April.

2. Covering Climate Now (CCNow) 2026 Journalism Awards for journalists worldwide.

2026 Covering Climate Now (CCNow) Journalism Awards celebrates outstanding climate storytelling from journalists around the world. Open to reporters, freelancers, and newsrooms of all sizes, the awards recognise impactful climate coverage published mainly in 2025, across all journalistic formats, from writing and video to audio, photography, and data. With 14 subject-based categories and special honours for large projects, emerging journalists, and journalists of the year, the awards spotlight excellence at a time when strong climate reporting matters more than ever.

3. Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program 2027/2028 for mid-career professionals (Fully Funded to study in Harvard University, USA)

The 2027/2028 Harvard South Africa Fellowship Program is a fully funded, up to one-year opportunity offering South Africans a transformational study experience at Harvard University. Open to South African citizens or permanent residents with a bachelor’s degree and at least five years of postgraduate work experience, the fellowship covers full tuition, airfare, and a living stipend across select Harvard schools, including Law, Public Health, Government, Arts & Sciences, and executive programs at Harvard Business School.

4. The World Energy Council Future Energy Leaders Programme 2026 for young energy professionals.

The 2026 World Energy Council Future Energy Leaders (FEL) Programme is a global leadership platform for young energy professionals committed to shaping the future of energy and sustainability. Designed for professionals under 35 with 3–5 years’ experience in the energy sector, the programme offers access to global energy research, hands-on projects, high-level networking, and participation in major World Energy Council events. Participants join an international community of emerging leaders, contribute to energy transition initiatives, and build the skills, influence, and networks needed to drive tomorrow’s energy solutions.

5. KPMG 2026 Female Founders in Africa Competition for female Entrepreneurs.

The 2026 KPMG Female Founders in Africa Competition is a pan-African platform supporting women-owned, tech-enabled businesses driving impact across sectors such as technology, health, agriculture, and more. Open to registered female-led startups that have operated for at least one year, the competition offers mentorship, investor exposure, and strong brand visibility, culminating in regional pitching rounds and continental finals in 2026. It’s designed for resilient women founders ready to scale their ventures and create meaningful change across Africa.

6. The World Food Prize Foundation Innovate for Impact Challenge 2026 for early-stage Agtech Startups ( $65,000 in cash prize)

The 2026 World Food Prize Foundation Innovate for Impact Challenge supports early-stage AgTech startups developing innovative, tech-driven solutions to advance global food security and sustainability. Open to for-profit startups from concept stage to pre-Series A, the challenge offers cash prizes of up to $50,000, global visibility, and the opportunity to pitch live at the Borlaug Dialogue alongside investors and agricultural leaders from around the world.

7. SAB Foundation 2026 Social Innovation Awards Programme for Innovative Entrepreneurs (2.2 Million Rand in Cash Prize)

The SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards Programme supports South African innovators and early-stage social enterprises developing solutions that address real barriers faced by women, youth, people living in rural areas, and persons with disabilities. Focusing on sectors such as health, housing, energy, water, and financial inclusion, the programme offers grant funding, tailored mentorship, and business development support to help scale impactful, sustainable ventures. Two award streams are available: the Social Innovation Award and the Disability Empowerment Award.

8. The UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme (TLP) 2026 for mid- to senior-level TVET leaders.

The 2026 UNESCO-UNEVOC TVET Leadership Programme is a global, blended leadership initiative for mid- to senior-level TVET professionals seeking to drive systems-level change in technical and vocational education and training. Focused on the theme “Leading systems change in TVET,” the programme strengthens leadership capacity, supports policy-to-practice action plans, and promotes inclusive, sustainable, and future-ready TVET systems, while connecting participants to a global community of practice. Participation is tuition-free, with limited financial support available for the in-person component. Application deadline: 2 March 2026.

30th January, 2026

1. 2026 TWAS Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI)

The programme is aimed at early career researchers who have obtained their PhD abroad and have recently returned or will shortly return to an academic position in their home country. Grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics and/or Germany’s High-Tech Agenda carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS.

2. The South African Fulbright Foreign Student Program 2027/2028 for South African university graduates (Fully Funded to the United States)

The South African Fulbright Foreign Student Program provides grants for South African university graduates to pursue post-graduate studies at a university in the United States (U.S.) (excludes MBA and medical/veterinary studies that require clinical contact with patients). Students are selected through a rigorous application and interview process and receive a high level of support ranging from visa processing and health insurance to a comprehensive pre-departure orientation and re-entry session.

3. UNESCO World Heritage Residence Scholarship 2027 for cultural creators and researchers worldwide. (Fully Funded to Gävleborg, Sweden)

The Scholarship is aimed for professional artists, cultural practitioners and researchers who want to develop an artistic or research idea that connects the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland in Sweden to one or more other World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO list.

4. The Chevening Clore Leadership Fellowship 2027 for mid-career professionals (Fully Funded to the United Kingdom)

The Clore Fellowship is a programme of tailored leadership development for a cohort of exceptional leaders in the cultural sector. The program award around 24 Fellowships each year to leaders in areas such as the visual and performing arts, museums, libraries, archives and heritage, film and digital media, and cultural policy and practice. The Fellowship Programme is for leaders with ambition and vision who can show how they might take their leadership to the next level. The programme is learned through experience, not taught, and is grounded in contemporary leadership theories and approaches.

5. MultiChoice Talent Factory Academy 2026 for aspiring film and TV content creators (12-month Fully Funded)

MultiChoice is calling on everyone with an academic qualification in film, TV, media, drama, or a related field plus demonstrable 1 to 2 years industry experience to apply. The MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF) academies offer students a fully funded, 12-month filmmaking program that combines both theory and hands-on experience. With four strategically located academies in Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia, and South Africa, MTF provides aspiring filmmakers across 14 African countries with practical training, valuable industry exposure, and access to professional networks. This comprehensive approach equips them to succeed in the competitive entertainment industry.

6. First National Bank (FNB) Graduate Programme 2026 for young South Africans.

Applications are now open for the 2026 First National Bank (FNB) Graduate Programme.

All roles on the graduate program are permanent positions. Graduates join specific business units across our retail and commercial banking segments in teams working on credit analytics, product development, process and technology development, financial, fraud and risk analysis, customer experience, usability, brand and financial management roles, just to name a few. Graduates work in a full-time role and participate in monthly training sessions as well as an action learning project as part of the graduate development program.

7. The Africa Center/Afreximbank 2026 Global Africa Gateway Summer Internship Program

The Africa Center and Afreximbank have partnered to establish the Global Africa Gateway initiative at The Africa Center’s home base in Harlem, New York. Candidates will have the opportunity to apply for a range of experiences with particular emphasis on internships in the fields of finance, construction, commodities, law, and NGOs. Internship opportunities in summer 2026 are available across the continent. Please review the host organization section for more details.

8. The Africa Institute Global Africa Translation Fellowship 2026/2027 for scholars from the Global South ($5,000 grant)

The fellowship is open to applicants from across the Global South and provides a grant of up to $5,000 to support translations of works from the African continent and its diaspora into English or Arabic. Translations into other languages will also be considered.

This non-residential fellowship allows recipients to undertake their work outside The Africa Institute, Global Studies University (Sharjah, UAE). The fellowship aims to make significant texts in African and African Diaspora studies accessible to a wider global readership.

16th January, 2025

1. Iso Lomso Fellowships 2026 for Early Career African Researchers (Fully Funded).

2. The Andela-CNCF Kubernetes African Developer Training Program 2026 for young Africans.

3.Elevate Africa Fellowship 2026 (Cohort II) for mid-career professionals.

4. The Institute for AI Policy and Strategy (IAPS) AI Policy Fellowship 2026 for young professionals ($15,000 stipend).

5. The AFD’s Social & Inclusive Business Camp (SIBC 2026) for young East African Social Entrepreneurs.

6. IWMF 2026 Anja Niedringhaus Courage In Photojournalism Award ($20,000 cash prize).

3rd October, 2025

1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2026 Economist Program for recent PhD graduates (three-year program at the IMF Washington D.C. headquarters).

2. The Global Leadership Challenge 2025.