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OPPORTUNITIES

1. University of Pretoria Doctoral Commonwealth Scholarship 6. MasterCard Foundation Scholarship

The University of Pretoria is seeking candidates for doctoral studies who The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP) targets
will make significant contributions to its research endeavor. University of academically talented yet economically disadvantaged young people in
Pretoria has made funds available for two doctoral scholarships for Africa who will contribute to the transformation of the continent through
students coming from Commonwealth Countries (excluding South their knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values evidenced by their
African Students). leadership.
http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/university-of-pretoria-doctoral- http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/master-card-foundation-
commonwealth-scholarship-2020/ scholarship-program/
Deadline: August 31 2019
Deadline: September 2 2019

2. UNODC Regional Conference for CSOs in Southern African 7. £10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing 2020
2019

This conference seeks to build on the momentum generated by the UK The Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an
Anti-Corruption Summit that took place in London in May 2016, foster African writer of a short story published in English.The focus on the short
partnerships and create a regional platform to fast track the story reflects the contemporary development of the African story-telling
implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption in tradition.
Southern Africa. http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/10000-caine-prize-for-african-
http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/unodc-regional-conference-for- writing-2019/
csos-in-southern-african-2019/ Deadline: January 31 2020
Deadline: August 16 2019

3. Call for Applications - UG-Tullow Scholarship Scheme. 8. 6,000 euros Grant for Luis Valtueña International

Humanitarian Photography Award 2019
The University of Ghana Students Financial Aid Office (UG-SFAO) is The Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award,
accepting applications for the award of the 2019/2020 UG-Tullow Tertiary granted by Médicos del Mundo Spain recognizes the work of
Scholarship Scheme for both undergraduate and graduate students in professional photographers who, through their images, denounce
relevant academic fields who are exceptionally brilliant but with dire inequities, injustices and abuses, or testify to the situations that propitiate
financial needs. them or that fight.
http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/call-for-applications-ug-tullow- Photographers and photographers of any nationality, of legal age and
scholarship-scheme/ related to the documentary approach, may participate.
Deadline: September 4 2019 http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/6000-euros-grant-for-luis-
valtuena-international-humanitarian-photography-award-2019/
Deadline: November 8 2019
4. Ireland-Africa Fellows Programme for Young Africans 2019
9. Apply to attend the 3rd International Youth Summit
Lahore 2019 – Lahore, Pakistan
Through the programme, early-career professional women and men, with
leadership potential, from eligible countries will avail of relevant
postgraduate study opportunities in Irish higher education institutions. Apply to attend the 3rd International Youth Summit Lahore 2019 taking
http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/ireland-africa-fellows-programme- place 2-8 December 2019 in Pakistan. This is going to be another climax
for-young-africans-2019/ in the IYSL series thematically focusing on Technology, Development
Deadline: August 28 2019 and Economy as the rudiments of discussion.
http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/apply-to-attend-the-3rd-
international-youth-summit-lahore-2019/
5. Sony World Photography Awards 2020 (Total Prize fund of Deadline: August 31 2019
USD 60,000)
10. Robert Dyas Graduate Programme in UK 2019 (Graduate
Finance Assistant)
The Awards are a global voice for photography and provide a vital insight
into contemporary photography today. For both established and emerging
artists, the Awards offer world-class opportunities for exposure of their Robert Dyas is looking for an intelligent, fast learner with a high level of
work. spreadsheet modelling experience (e.g. lookup functions and pivot tables)
http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/sony-world-photography-awards- to join their finance team as Graduate Finance Assistant.
2020-total-prize-fund-of-usd-60000/ http://opportunities.youthhubafrica.org/robert-dyas-graduate-programme-
Deadline: January 14 2020 in-uk-2019-graduate-finance-assistant/
Deadline: September 4, 2019