OPPORTUNITY

Sterling Bank has committed ₦60 million in prizes for the 2027 South East Mathematics & Science Olympiad, in a major boost for STEM education in Nigeria's South East region.

Western Cape tech startups are invited to apply for the first cohort of the Cape Venture Bridge, a new programme run by AfricArise that aims to prepare them for international VC and market expansion.

African startups working at the intersection of food, technology and sustainability are invited to apply for the 2026 edition of the FoodTech 500. Run by Forward Fooding and inspired by the Fortune 500, the FoodTech 500 bills itself as the world’s first definitive list of global entrepreneurial talent in the food-tech space

Recruitment to Public Health ST1 posts across the UK is run nationally by the Public Health National Recruitment Office (PHNRO), part of NHS England Midlands. One application covers England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Faculty of Public Health sets the standards for the specialty.

African startups are invited to apply for the second edition of Yamaha’s TRANSPOSE Innovation Challenge, a Yamaha-backed programme that will see winning founders receive funding and support to build the future of sound and entertainment.

Entries are now open for the 2026 South African Startup Awards, which look to recognise innovative local early-stage tech startups. Run by Startup Club ZA and now in its fourth year, the awards will name winners across 11 vertical-specific categories

Akuna Learning, from The Akuna Group, chaired by Sir Idris Elba, today opened applications for From Script to Screen with AI, a free programme that equips eligible African creators to tell stories on screen leveraging artificial intelligence.

Popular Nigerian music executive and Mavin Records founder, Don Jazzy, has announced a new partnership with TS Academy aimed at making quality tech education more accessible to Nigerians. The initiative, dubbed the Don Jazzy 2027 Tech Scholarship

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is inviting qualified Nigerians to apply for positions across four cadres. Read the requirements below, then apply online.

The Her Startup initiative, a partnership between the KSH Foundation, Tomorrow Foundation and EHA Impact Ventures, will select 10 early-stage women founders and help them build investment-ready tech businesses.

South African ed-tech incubator Injini has launched a new two-year programme that will support 10 early-stage South African edtech startups building solutions that create or support employment pathways for young people.

Disrupt Africa has partnered with Kenya-based digital product and technology company Touch Inspiration to launch Disrupt Launchpad, an app development accelerator that helps non-technical founders turn their ideas into working applications and bring them to market.