Top 8 Scholarships to attend the 2020 One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany (Fully Funded)

Deloitte/One Young World Scholarships 2020 (Fully Funded to attend the One Young World Summit in Munich, Germany)

University of Pretoria LLM/MPhil (Sexual & Reproductive Rights in Africa) Scholarships 2021/2022 for African citizens (Fully Funded to study in South Africa)

Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) Summer Program 2020 for African Students

Audi Environmental Foundation Scholarships 2020 to attend the One Young World Summit 2020 in Munich, Germany (Fully Funded)

South African-German Centre for Development Research (SA-GER CDR) Masters & PhD Scholarships/Internships 2020/2021 for African Students (Fully Funded to study in South Africa and Germany)

AMIDEAST Fulbright Foreign Student Program 2020/2021 for Middle East & North Africans Students to study in USA (Fully Funded)

US Embassy Education USA Opportunity Funds Program (OFP) 2020/2021 for young Nigerians (Funded to study in USA)

African Centre for Migration & Society (ACMS) MA and PhD scholarships at the University of the Witwatersrand

Schwarzman Scholars Program 2021 for Young Leaders to study in China (Fully Funded)

The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) Nurturing Emerging Scholar’s Programme 2020 for young South Africans

Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Senior Researcher African Scholar Program 2020/2021 for Africa-based researchers (Fully Funded)

Call for Applications

Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) Africa Business Heroes Competition 2020 for young African Entrepreneurs (1.5 Million USD Prize)

Green Talents 2020– International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development (Fully Funded to Germany)

ALU/Alibaba Business School GET Global Challenge 2020 (14,000 USD of business funding & digital economy discovery trip to Alibaba Headquarters in Hangzhou, China)

World Summit Award (WSA) 2020 for Young Digital Entrepreneurs.

PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival 2020 for youth Media Makers (Fully Funded to Morocco )

AWIEF/Mohammed VI Polytechnic University LeadTech Incubation Program 2020 for Young African Female Entrepreneurs

She Leads Africa (SLA) High Growth Coaching Program 2020 for young women Entrepreneurs

McKinsey Women Achievement Award 2020 for emerging women Leaders ($2,500 and Mentoring)

Google Journalism Emergency Relief Fund 2020 for Small and medium-sized News Organisations

2020 Peace Direct Tomorrow’s Peacebuilders’ Awards ($10,000 prize funding for peacebuilding activities)

One Young World Summit 2020 Workshop in Munich,Germany

UNESCO Call for Participation: Sports Challenge against COVID-19 in Africa

ActionAid Women’s Voice and Leadership Nigeria Project (WVL Nigeria Project) Strategic Innovation Fund

Global Peace Photography Award 2020 for Professional & Amateur Photographers (€ 10,000 prize)

Call for Nominations: World Food Prize Laureate 2021 ($250,000 Prize)

ETH4D Research Challenges 2020: Special call to Respond to COVID- 19 Outbreak on the African Continent

The MultiChoice Talent Factory FREE Online Masterclasses

Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC) Covid 19 Rapid Response Mini-Grants 2020

Merck Foundation Stay At Home Media Recognition Awards 2020 for Journalists

Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Call for Proposal: COVID-19 Emergency Response

2020 GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion (£250,000 grant funding)

Fellowships

Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice Women PeaceMakers Fellowship Program 2020/2021 for women peacebuilders

Future Leaders – African Independent Researchers (FLAIR) Fellowships 2020 for African early career researchers ( £150,000 per year grant)

The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) 2020 competition for African-born Academics (Fully Funded)

Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) RLC Southern Africa Emerging Leaders Program 2020 – Online Cohort 9

The Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Fellowships 2021 (Fully Funded to the University of Oxford)

2020 IDEX Virtual Fellowship Program in Social Enterprise (Scholarship Available)

Africa Union/EDCTP Fellowship 2020 for outbreak and epidemic response in sub-Saharan Africa

African Liberty Writing Fellowship Programme 2020

Internships

World Trade Organization (WTO) Young Professionals Programme 2021 (CHF 3,500 Monthly Salary)

European Commission #Youth4Regions Programme 2020 for Aspiring Journalists (Fully Funded to Brussels, Belgium)

South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Graduate Development Programme 2021 for young South Africans

National Research Foundation (NRF) Graduate Internship Programme 2021/2022 for young South African Graduates (R72 840 per annum)

Procter & Gamble Ordinary National Diploma (OND) Internship 2020 for young Nigerians.

Accenture Strategy and Consulting Graduate Programme 2020

Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking Short Term Assignment Programme 2020 for young South Africans

Contests

Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Logo Competition 2020 for young people (€500 Euros Prize)

GOGETTAZ Agripreneur Prize 2020 for young African Entrepreneurs (US$50,000 cash prize)

The Lagos Urban Innovation Challenge 2020 for Innovators & Entrepreneurs

Sasol New Signatures Art Competition 2020 for South African Artists (R100 000 Prize)

For more Opportunities visit: https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/

The President of Ghana will be addressing one of the biggest senior African business leaders about to be held. He will double as the lead speaker on the panel which would be moderated by Hakeem Belo-Osagie, Chairman of FSDH Holding Company and Harvard Business School Senior Lecturer of Business Administration.

the chair and CEO Teresa Clarke of Africa.com said, “President Akufo-Addo’s leadership of the pandemic has been tailored to the unique social, economic and cultural conditions of his country.  We are very pleased that President Akufo-Addo has accepted our invitation to address the pan-African business community about this critical issue, and provide his perspective on how African leaders in both the public and private sectors may navigate these complex choices.”

The progamme “This Isn’t the West – How Africa’s Informal Sector Responds to COVID-19” would addresses the unprecedented challenges African executives are facing during the COVID-19 pandemic as over 3,000 participants are expected from 81 countries – 41 countries on the African continent + 40 countries throughout the world.

The African continent was hit hard after the first confirmed coronavirus case was recorded in Egypt on 14^th February 2020. Since then a number of cases have been recorded in 56 African countries.

Countless efforts have been made by country leaders to prevent the continuous spread of the disease which have led most countries in employing strict measures such as physical distancing, lockdown and practicing of personal hygiene to reduce the spread of the virus. However, even though these measures have been helpful, it is clear the cases keep increasing and the effects of the lockdown have also caused economic hardships among individuals and states at large.

This and a number of reasons have compelled some leaders on contemplating on lifting or reducing the lockdown measures for some specific businesses to operate in order to ease the financial loses in these countries.

The International Monetary Fund have also supported 24 out of these 56 African countries in need of financial support to manage the covid-19 crisis in their countries.

Recently, member states of ECOWAS have also been supported to acquire some medical supplies to help in the fight of the disease. A subsequent virtual meeting was also held to intensify the fight against the virus with the Nigerian President being the leader of the fight with the ECOWAS region.

The list of all the countries affected by the novel virus have been listed below:

South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast   Guinea, Djibouti, Tunisia, Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso, Somalia, Democratic Republic of the Congo,     Mayotte, Réunion, Mali, Kenya, Mauritius, Tanzania, Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon,     Rwanda, Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Liberia, Cape Verde, Togo, Sierra Leone,     Zambia, Uganda, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Eswatini, Benin, Libya, Chad, Eritrea, Malawi,     Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Namibia, Seychelles, Burundi, Gambia, Mauritania, Western Sahara, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe.

Mr Agbomadzi the Greater Accra Public Relations Officer of the Senior Correctional Centre of the Ghana Prisons Service has appealed to government for an increment in the GHC 1.80 pesewas feeding per head on daily basis to enable them feed the inmates properly.

Organizations like Amnesty International Ghana and other institutions in the country have contributed to the increase in feeding fee of inmates which has contributed to the GHC 1.80 pesewas they are enjoying today.

However, these organizations are still pushing harder for the amount to be increased since it is still woefully inadequate just as the Ghana Prisons Service is also appealing for an increment in the feeding fee of inmates in order to promote dignity and their right to have good nutrition to stay healthy.

Assistant Chief Officer Mr Francis Agbomadzi, the Greater Accra Public Relations Officer of the Senior Correctional Centre of the Ghana Prisons Service speaking to Ghana News Agency in Accra appealed to the President of Ghana to grant amnesty to some juvenile offenders in police custody to enable them practice physical distancing during the Covid 19 period.

According to the officer, the facility currently has 266 juvenile offenders in custody and this has made it difficult for physical distancing as well as other preventive measures to be observed. He therefore pleaded on their behalf by saying that these offenders have learnt their lessons from their previous experiences and it would be convenient if they are pardoned by the state in order to make available more space hence reducing the risk of inmates acquiring the virus.

According to the officer, it is important as the Juvenile Act 658 states that the parent or sibling must accompany the offender from the court to the centers to help have effective communication with relatives to curtail criminal activities.

He also advised parents of juvenile offenders not to neglect them when they come into conflict with the law but rather show them love and support.

Mr. Isaac Kofi Egyir who is currently the Director of Prisons in charge of Operations at the Ghana Prisons Service, after a decongestion exercise at the Prisons Headquarters in Accra and James Camp Prison mentioned that as part of the country’s efforts in preventing the spread of the disease in Ghana prisons, it would also be appropriate if non-custodial sentencing is being practiced to enable physical distancing to prevent the spread of Covid-19 among inmates.

“We at the Ghana Prisons Service have been strong advocates the quick passage of law that will regulate non-custodial sentences and I think this is the right time we all put our hands together to get it passed as quickly as possible to save the situation,” Mr Egyir told journalists on Thursday

Over the years Amnesty International Ghana, the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and other organizations in Ghana have called on the government severally on considering non-custodial sentencing for persons who commit petty offences in order to improve prison conditions and dignity of inmates in the country.