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Think Digital Summit Africa

24 June 2020

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IBM & COVID-19: Look for Hope

The devastating impacts of COVID-19 have affected all of us around the world. Now more than ever, there is an urgent need for business and society to come together and respond with agility, resiliency and unity. Think Summit Digital Event Experiences are locally focused events designed to help you accelerate recovery and transformation.

Join us digitally to stream business and technology sessions dedicated to recovery and resiliency. Engage with IBM experts to explore the technological solutions that can facilitate new ways of working, communicating and doing business. Collaborate with other innovators and industry peers in your community and industry sector.

Recovery won't come from individuals working in isolation, but from an open and collaborative dialogue between thinkers. Think Summit events understand this and bring together experts and innovators from all disciplines and backgrounds to accelerate learning and recovery.

Think is for the hopeful, the resilient and the persistent. Those who seek recovery and progress for the advancement of us all. Join us, and let's get thinking.

Join us at Think Digital Summit Africa to gain new skills needed to adapt and evolve as we overcome these challenges.

Let’s stay in. Let’s stay connected.

Let’s get thinking.

Speakers

 Phil Anderson

 Dr. Solomon Assefa

 Chris Baxter

 Tamar Eilam

 Takreem El-Tohamy

 Brad Eliot

 Dipo Faulkner

 Shantanu Godbole

 Sheldon Hand

 Warren Hunt

 Wael Kasrawani

 Andrew Kinai

 Bridget van Kralingen

 Sebastian Krause

 Kaushik Lala

 Bob Lord

 Funzani Madi

 Sidi Ali Maelainin

 Tejas Mehta

 Mohamed Karim Mokaddem

 Ronnie Moodley

 Dumisani Mthimkhulu

 Caroline Mukiira

 Indran Naick

 Nik Nesbitt

 Biswanath (Bishu) Panigrahi

 Simphiwe Phakathi

 Carla Grant Pickens

 Hamilton Ratshefola

 Nikitas Rigos

 Chris Shortt

 Wellington Sibande

 Sandhya Sonne

 Anel Strydom

 Ziaad Suleman

 Likhit Wagle

 Kommy Weldemariam

Fully-funded Canon Collins Trust Sol Plaatje Scholarships for Postgraduate Study in South Africa

Are you from Namibia, South Africa or Zimbabwe? Then this is for you 🌹 

Canon Collins Trust Sol Plaatje Scholarships 2020/2021 for Postgraduate Study in South Africa (Funded)

Application Deadline: 10th August 2020.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/3hOnXYc

Canon Collins Trust in partnership with Sol Plaatje Educational Project seeks to support exceptional individuals who are committed to social justice in Southern Africa and for whom a postgraduate qualification is an essential tool in working to create an open and just society.

Canon Collins now offer scholarships only to those studying in three areas:

Justice, which includes Law, Economics, Politics and the Environment
Education: policy and practice
Humanities, which includes Literature, History, Anthropology and the Arts

Requirements

be a national of, or have refugee status in, one of the following countries: Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe

be normally resident in one of the above countries

be in possession of a good first degree (minimum second class, upper division or equivalent) or about to graduate in the year of application

be studying or applying to study at a South African university

BENEFITS

In 2021, the value of the scholarship package will range from R20,000 to R100,000 depending on student circumstances.

Canon Collins support both full and part-time Masters and PhD level study and will consider applications from those who wish to study by distance learning.

Good luck 🌹

Opportunity: MRC/DFID African Research Leader scheme 2020 for emerging African Researchers

MRC/DFID African Research Leader scheme 2020 for emerging African Researchers

Application Deadline: 8 September 2020 https://bit.ly/37DR4c0

The UK Medical Research Council and the UK Department for International Development announce a further call for proposals for the prestigious African Research Leader awards.

This MRC/ DFID jointly funded scheme aims to strengthen research leadership across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by attracting and retaining exceptionally talented individuals who will lead high quality programmes of research on key global health issues pertinent to SSA. The African Research Leader (ARL; PI) should be supported by an enthusiastic local research environment and by a strong linkage with a UK partner (i.e. the UK Co-Investigator; Co-I).

The focus of the scheme is on ‘rising star’ African Research Leaders. 

Candidates will be high-calibre, early-to-mid career researchers, who show clear ability to cultivate a dynamic and innovative research group, likely to attract increasing international recognition and external funding by the end of the award.

Don't miss this opportunity: The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2020 for sub-Saharan African Researchers ( £20,000 in grants)

The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund 2020 for sub-Saharan African Researchers ( £20,000 in grants)

Application Deadline:6th September 2020. https://bit.ly/3fBi0fc

The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund was established in 2012, with generous support from The ALBORADA Trust. The Fund supports pairs of researchers (post-doctoral level and above) from theUniversity of Cambridge (or an affiliated institution such as the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, NIAB and British Antarctic Survey) and sub-Saharan African institutions, across all disciplines, to initiate and/or strengthen research collaborations. To date, more than 200 awards have been made, to enable Cambridge researchers to engage with African colleagues from 28 African countries.

Funding

The Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund competitively awards grants of between £1,000 and £20,000, for:

research costs (such as reagents, fieldwork and equipment)
research-related travel between Cambridge and Africa
conducting research training activities in Africa (e.g. setting up courses/workshops).

Call for application. LEAP Africa Youth Leadership Programme 2020 for Nigerian Students

LEAP Africa Youth Leadership Programme 2020 for Nigerian Undergraduate Students

Application Deadline:11th July, 2020 https://bit.ly/3fBLl9q

LEAP Africa invites passionate Nigerian undergraduates between the ages of 18 – 29 years to apply for its Youth Leadership Programme (YLP). The objective of the YLP is to empower young people with leadership skills to be socially active citizens and with tools to develop change projects in their communities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The programme will include intensive training, mentoring, coaching that inspires action on social problems and the SDGs through the power of skills, active citizenship, leadership and social entrepreneurship.

LIGIBILITY
A team of 3-5 people
18-29 years of age
Committed to attending online training and available for mentoring
ONLY higher institutions students across Nigeria should apply.
Team members can be from different higher institutions.