African Union Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2020 for African Entrepreneurs

Published: 31 Aug 2020 1,088 views

 The advent of COVID-19 has exacerbated challenges in Africa’s education system and reinforces the need for fit for context, innovative and scalable solutions in education. DOTSS provides an approach for reorienting Africa’s education and training systems to meet the knowledge, competencies, skills, innovation and creativity required to nurture African core values and promote sustainable development at the national, sub-regional and continental levels as espoused in CESA.

There is the need to promote innovation in the entire education and skills development ecosystems, taking advantage of the digital revolution, in order to increase its impact and also ensure that disadvantaged groups are not left out. As the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA 16-25) states, ICT is an essential tool for ensuring universal access, quality of provision, and empowerment of school graduates for meaningful personal lives, and contribution to social economic development.  

Since its inception in 2018, the Innovating Education in Africa Expo has continued to gather momentum and established itself as the leading Pan-African event promoting the adoption of Education Innovations in Africa. In light of the above, the African Union Commission (AUC) and Partners across Africa will hold the third edition of Innovating Education in Africa Expo as a virtual series of events and activities from October 2020 – June 2021.

African Union Innovating Education in Africa Expo

Application Deadline	September 25, 2020
Type	Entrepreneurs
Sponsor	African Union
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of African Union Innovating Education in Africa Expo

Successful applicants will benefit from one or more of the following:

1. Receive cash grants up to 100,000 USD.
2. Innovation promoted to policy makers, investors, and practitioners during the Virtual Exhibition Day.
3. Participate in entrepreneurship training, business incubation and acceleration program towards strengthening business model and scaling up of innovations.
4. Innovation published in the Africa Education Innovations Handbook 2020.
5. Certificate of Recognition from the African Union Commission.

Requirements for African Union Innovating Education in Africa Expo

Applications are accepted from entrepreneurs aged between 18-35 years. Organisations should meet the following criteria:

1. Implementing an education innovation in Africa in line with the “background” and “innovations being sought” defined in the Call for Submissions.
2. Should have been a legally registered and operational for not less than 1 year.
3. Should not have previously awarded in the top 10 category of the Innovating Education in Africa Expo 2018 and 2019.

Application Deadline

September 25, 2020

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to African Union on www.edu-au.org to apply