CompetitionRemote, worldwideCloses 6 Nov 2026
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Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer Hackathon
Amazon (hosted on Devpost)
CompetitionOnline, worldwide1 day left
CompetitionOnline, worldwideCloses 31 Oct 2026
African Union Theme of the Year 2027 Logo Competition
African Union Commission
CompetitionRemote1 day left
AIPS Sport Media Awards 2026
AIPS, the International Sports Press Association
CompetitionRemote, worldwideCloses 4 Nov 2026
21st Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting
Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism
CompetitionRemote, Nigeria2 days left
Sony World Photography Awards 2027, Youth competition
World Photography Organisation
CompetitionOnlineCloses 5 Jan 2027
Sony World Photography Awards 2027, Student competition
World Photography Organisation
CompetitionOnlineCloses 27 Nov 2026
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
African Poetry Book Fund
CompetitionOnlineCloses 1 Dec 2026
Science Without Borders Challenge 2027 (Navigate with Care)
Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
CompetitionOnline, worldwideCloses 1 Mar 2027
Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon
Nebius and NVIDIA (hosted on Devpost)
CompetitionOnline, worldwideCloses 30 Oct 2026
IUSSP Early Career Award 2027 (Africa Region)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
CompetitionAfrica regionCloses 1 Nov 2026
ARC Prize 2026
ARC Prize Foundation
CompetitionOnlineCloses 2 Nov 2026
Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 (ages 17 and under)
Natural History Museum, London
CompetitionRemoteCloses 3 Dec 2026
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026, Adult Competition (entry fee waived for residents of listed African countries)
Natural History Museum, London
CompetitionRemote, AfricaCloses 3 Dec 2026
CompetitionRemoteCloses 11 Mar 2027
CompetitionRemote, GhanaCloses 30 Oct 2026
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry
African Poetry Book Fund (Brown University)
CompetitionOnlineCloses 1 Dec 2026
Hacktoberfest 2026
Major League Hacking and DEV, presented by DigitalOcean
CompetitionOnlineCloses 31 Oct 2026
Anzisha Prize fellowship
Anzisha
CompetitionAfricaCloses 10 Nov 2026
Through MY EYES International Competition 2026/27 (poetry, art, short film)
Never Such Innocence
CompetitionOnlineCloses 26 Feb 2027
Tech Hub Africa Hackathon 2026
Tech Hub Africa
CompetitionRemoteCloses 18 Dec 2026
Blue Ocean Student Entrepreneur Competition 2027
Blue Ocean Competition
CompetitionRemoteCloses 21 Feb 2027
The Earth Prize 2027
The Earth Foundation
CompetitionOnline, worldwideCloses 31 Jan 2027
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