AU Innovating Education in Africa Call
The AU Innovating Education in Africa Call invites innovators to propose practical education innovations with the potential for sustainability, scalability, and replication on a wide scale. This initiative aims to mobilize education innovators across the continent to rethink solutions that address education and skills development challenges in Africa.
📖 About African Union (AU) Innovating Education in Africa
The African Union (AU) seeks to create transformative change in education by:
- Incentivizing innovators to identify major education and skills development challenges in Africa.
- Sourcing innovative ideas and solutions to address these challenges for adoption, replication, and scale-up.
- Encouraging innovation partnerships involving education and training institutions, governments, and other key stakeholders.
Opportunity Details
- Date Published: June 26, 2025
- Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
- Category: Grants
- Eligible Locations: Africa
🎁 Benefits of African Union (AU) Innovating Education in Africa
Participants in this program will receive the following benefits:
- Grants of up to $50,000 USD for three winners to strengthen the interoperability of innovations with public education systems while collecting evidence on effectiveness.
- Promotion of innovations to AU Member States and Development Partners, including publication in the Africa Education Innovations Handbook 2025.
- Certificate of recognition from the Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation of the African Union.
✅ Eligibility Criteria
Applications are open to citizens of AU Member States leading an organization that meets the following criteria:
- Successfully implementing an education innovation in one or more AU Member States with verifiable outcomes.
- An education innovation refers to a product or service that uses a distinct approach (in the African context) to address challenges in the education system.
- Legally registered and licensed to operate in an AU Member State.
- Directly responsible for the implementation and management of the innovation (not acting as an intermediary).
📝 Application Process
Applicants must submit the following:
- A brief statement of the challenge being addressed (100 words).
- A description of the innovation, including how it functions, the implementation approach, and the revenue model (less than 500 words).
- A report on the performance and outcomes of the innovation (less than 500 words).
- Documentation of business registration and license of operation.
Important Notes:
- Each organization may submit only one innovation. Failure to comply will lead to disqualification.
- Past recipients of grants under the IEA program are not eligible to apply.
📅 Application Deadline
The deadline to apply is June 30, 2025.
For more details, visit the African Union (AU) Innovating Education in Africa official page.
- Three winners will receive grants of up to 50,000 USD to strengthen the interoperability of innovations with public education systems while collecting evidence on effectiveness.
- Promotion of Innovation to AU Member States and Development Partners, including publication in the Africa Education Innovations Handbook 2025.
- Certificate of recognition from the Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation of the African Union.