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OPAY INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2026

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Application Deadline: June 14, 2026

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Innovation Challenge is an expanded, holistic initiative that builds on OPay’s flagship ₦1.2 billion, 10-year scholarship commitment. By combining financial aid with an innovation challenge, professional skill-building, mentorship, and job placement opportunities, it provides talented Nigerian undergraduates with an enabling platform to become the next generation of African technovators and drivers of digital transformation.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must demonstrate proficiency in AI-assisted design (canva-gemini workflow)

Must be an undergraduate student offering any course of study in a Nigerian Tertiary Institution.

Must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 2.8/4 for Colleges/Polytechnics, or 3.5/5 (second-class upper credit) for Universities.

Preference will be given to students who can demonstrate significant financial hardship.

Innovation Theme

Choose Your Domain

Participants can innovate across any of these high-impact sectors reshaping Africa’s future.

Fintech & Digital Payments

Healthtech

Cybersecurity & Data Protection

Edtech

AI & Automation for Social Good

Climate & Sustainability Solutions

Agritech

Digital Tools for SMEs & Informal Sector

BENEFIT:

1st Place

OPay National Innovator of the Year

₦10,000,000 project grant + ₦300,000 Scholarship Award

Certificate + national media feature

Mentorship with industry experts

Advisory support for prototype development

Job opportunity

2nd Place

₦5,000,000 project grant + ₦300,000 Scholarship Award

Certificate + national media feature

Advisory support for prototype development

OPay Innovation Fellowship

3rd Place

₦3,000,000 project grant + ₦300,000 Scholarship Award

Certificate of participation + national media feature

OPay Innovation Fellowship

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UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA (STATE) MS RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP

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Application Deadline: 06/15/2026

LOCATION: USA

The MS student will investigate how at-risk aquatic populations and communities (brook trout and non-game fishes) respond to local habitat and connectivity restoration actions in several National Forests in the southeastern USA (Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee). The MS student will join a US Forest Service team in conducting fieldwork and lead statistical analysis and synthesis of fish population and genetic data to inform monitoring and adaptive management strategies in the southeastern National Forests. The position is supported mainly by research assistantships, supplemented by teaching assistantships. Pending additional funding and satisfactory progress, the MS student will have an opportunity to transition to a PhD program at the University of Montana.  

ELIGIBILITY:

Qualifications: (1) Quantitative skills and familiarity with software such as R, JAGS, STAN, (2) Experience with analysis of genetic/genomic data, (3) Strong communication skills both in writing and orally, (4) Proficiency with GIS, and (5) Experience with conducting fieldwork in the southern Appalachian Mountains streams preferred.

How to Apply: Please email (1) cover letter summarizing your background, alignment with the project and career goals (1-2 pages),

A CV including contact information for three references and

Unofficial transcripts to yoichiro.kanno@umontana.edu. 

Location: The graduate student will be enrolled in the Wildlife Biology Program at the University of Montana and will be expected to live in Missoula, MT. Fieldwork will occur in the southeastern USA.

Contact: Dr. Yoichiro Kanno

Associate Professor, Siebel-Lewis Endowed Chair in Fisheries Science

Wildlife Biology Program

University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812

BENEFIT:

Salary: $2,400-2,600 monthly, plus tuition, fees, and health insurance.

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