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DIGITAL FOR ALL CHALLENGE

LOCATION: Nigeria

The #DigitalforAllChallenge is Africa’s largest digital skilling competition, designed to reward self-development and encourage the acquisition and use of digital skills through competitive incentives. It is a free digital skill-building competition and program to increase digital literacy in Nigeria and igniting interest in obtaining digital skills and certifications using online platforms.

ELIGIBILITY:

Young Learners Category

To participate in this category:

You must be between the ages of 8 – 18 years.

You must be a student in either primary or secondary school.

You must complete the training in your school and pass the basic digital literacy assessment to qualify for the competition.

Your school and teacher must be registered on the platform.

Note: Only teachers actively employed with a primary or secondary school is allowed to register on behalf of their school and students

Youth Category

To participate in this category:

You must be between the ages of 19 – 45 years.

You must complete training and receive a certificate from the challenge’s basic or advanced digital skilling program.

Civil Servants Category

To participate in this category:

You must be a civil servant.

You must complete training and receive a certificate from the challenge’s basic digital skilling program.

BENEFIT:

Young Learners

Ages 12-18

10 million naira cash prize for the grand prize winner!

7.5 million naira cash consolation prizes for first runner up.

5 million cash consolation prize for second runner up.

Youth Category

Ages 19-45

Basic

10 million naira cash prize for the grand prize winner!

7.5 million naira cash consolation prizes for first runner up.

5 million cash consolation prize for second runner up.

Civil Servants

10 million naira cash prize for the grand prize winner!

7.5 million naira cash consolation prizes for first runner up.

5 million cash consolation prize for second runner up.

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ARRELL GLOBAL FOOD INNOVATION NOMINATION AWARDS

Application Deadline: 12:00 p.m. ET on March 5, 2024

LOCATION: Canada

The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards recognize global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact. In 2024, two awards will be given:
Research Impact: This award will recognize a researcher, or group of researchers, who has advanced understanding of food production, processing, distribution, consumption, safety and/or human nutrition, with a significant benefit to food systems or wider society. AND,

Community Impact: This award will recognize an individual, or group of individuals, who has contributed to improved nutritional health and/or food security, with a focus on strengthening disadvantaged communities.

ELIGIBILITY:

Citizens of any country are eligible for nomination, with no restrictions on gender, race, religion, creed or residency.

Nominations may come from private companies, academic institutions, governmental units, charitable foundations, and not-for-profit organizations. In the case of multiple nominations from a single organization, only the one with the latest date will be
accepted.

The criteria for awarding the Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards are as follows:

The individual or group being nominated will have made exceptionally significant and documented contributions to either our scientific understanding related to food production, distribution and sales, or human nutrition/consumption; and/or at the community level in markedly improving nutrition, including access to, or distribution of food.

The nomination package must clearly demonstrate how the individual or group being nominated played a critical leadership role in achieving the above noted contributions.

The nomination package should not be a proposal or a request for funding.

Nominees must be able to attend the award ceremony and ancillary events.

BENEFIT:

The Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards come with the following terms:

Each of the two prizes will be worth $125,000 CAD comprising a $100,000 cash award for the personal use of recipients and up to $25,000 per award for travel and Page 2 of 3 accommodation of the recipients, administered by the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph.

An award citation and a commemorative item will also be presented.

Recipients are expected to participate in a program of events. In particular, award recipients may be asked to attend the next Arrell Food Summit and other engagements.

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