Competition
Carnegie Challenge for Civic Leadership
Ashoka (Andrew Carnegie Foundation)
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 31 January 2027, 101 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- You must be a resident of Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa
- You must be 20 years old or younger on 31 January 2027
- Applicants aged 17 or younger in Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa must apply together with an adult
- Where
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
A civic leadership challenge for young people to propose a community project. Winners in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa receive cash awards, on demand trainings and peer feedback, with grand prizes of 5,000 US dollars.
The facts
- What you get
- Winners 250 US dollars, finalists 1,000 US dollars, grand prize 5,000 US dollars for Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa
- Where
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
- How long
- Entries close 31 January 2027
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- You must be a resident of Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa
- You must be 20 years old or younger on 31 January 2027
- Applicants aged 17 or younger in Kenya, Nigeria or South Africa must apply together with an adult
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states.
The application takes real work, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
It asks for something outside the usual documents; read it below.
In their words: “An entry describing your civic project idea”
2. Dates
- Closes 31 January 2027, in 101 days.
- Aim to send it by 28 January 2027. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Ashoka (Andrew Carnegie Foundation)'s own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Ashoka (Andrew Carnegie Foundation)'s own website on 19 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.