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:

1. Incentivizing innovators to identify major education and skills development challenges in Africa.
2. Sourcing innovative ideas and solutions to address these challenges for adoption, replication, and scale-up.
3. 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:

1. A brief statement of the challenge being addressed (100 words).
2. A description of the innovation, including how it functions, the implementation approach, and the revenue model (less than 500 words).
3. A report on the performance and outcomes of the innovation (less than 500 words).
4. 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.

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📅 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.