Tools

Nigerian Youth Ignite Programme

The Youth Ignite Program is a 2 day intensive classroom training that offers participants the opportunity to create, draft, and finalize their own business proposals. Successful business proposals have the opportunity to be approved for loans intended to grow their startup.


Technology Transfer and Innovation Management: A Handbook for Southern African Technology Transfer Offices

The Technology Transfer and Innovation Management handbook has been developed by the Southern African Research and Innovations Management Association (SARIMA) to provide a strategic approach to research and innovation management and promote collaborations, networking, and co-operations across Southern Africa.


Orange Knowledge Program

The Orange Knowledge Program is a Dutch funding initiative dedicated to strengthening the capacity of professionals and organizations in higher education through scholarships and training.


Nigerian Youth Entrepreneurship Support Programme

The Nigerian Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program is a 9-week program that encourages youth to pursue self-employment and offers extensive entrepreneurship and business training.


Next Einstein Forum

Shaped by the belief that the next Einstein will be African, The Next Einstein Forum offers four interconnected programs that connect science, society, and policy in Africa and globally.


Microsoft Innovation Cup

The Microsoft Innovation Cup is a team-based annual competition that brings together student developers around the world to tackle some of the hardest technology challenges.


Mandela Washington Fellowship

The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders offers an opportunity for young leaders (ages 25-35) from Sub-Saharan Africa to hone their skills at a U.S. college or university and continuing professional development support upon returning home.


IBM Great Minds Student Internship

The Great Minds Initiative offers 3-6 month internships held at an IBM Research lab in Zurich, Nairobi, or Johannesburg. Internships are open to full-time Master's degree students from central and eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.


Nigerian Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund

The Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund (GEF) encourages Nigerian youth to pursue entrepreneurship and business ventures, offering capacity building and financial support for bankable business ideas.


Global Innovation Exchange Design Competition

The Global Innovation Exchange Design Competition aims to foster innovative and inclusive solutions to global challenges. Every year addresses a different field is in which innovation and development is necessary.


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