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AU Innovating Education in Africa Call
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AU Innovating Education in Africa Call

Deadline: Jun 30, 2025
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partially funded
Africa
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Please visit the application link below to apply.

Opportunity Overview

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.

Apply Now

📅 Application Deadline

The deadline to apply is June 30, 2025.

For more details, visit the African Union (AU) Innovating Education in Africa official page.

Benefits
  • 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.
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