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The Africa Young Entrepreneur Support (YES) Program 2020 For Early Stage Social Entrepreneurs (Cohort 3)
The Africa Young Entrepreneur Support (YES) Program is a 6-month funded intensive entrepreneurship, leadership, and business training that provides early-stage social entrepreneurs of under the age of 30 years, with the resources they need to discover opportunities, unlock their potential and create an impact in their local communities.
The program seeks to identify, inspire, and empower 30 young social entrepreneurs to recognize opportunities, explore innovative approaches, mobilize resources, manage risks, and build viable social enterprises. The program will also invest a minimum total of $15000 in grant funding to top fellows during the program.
WHO CAN APPLY?
The Africa Young Entrepreneur Support (YES) Program is looking for self-starters, leaders, change-makers who are building viable businesses, and creating impact in their local communities and beyond. Applicants must meet the following criteria:
The venture must be solving a clear problem in the community
There must be a viable and tested solution already in place (not just an idea)
The social venture should have a viable business model
The venture should have at least some paying customers or making revenue in the past 6 months.
There should be ambition by the founder of the venture to grow to achieve large scale impact
The applicant can commit to attending weekly sessions (every Saturday) in Nairobi from August 2020 to December 2020
The applicant can commit to doing weekly tasks in relation to their venture
The applicant must be working either full time or at least 30 hrs per week in their venture
The applicant must be below 30 years of age when applying
The venture is legally registered in Kenya or in the process of registration
Application Deadline: 31st May 2020
For more information:
Visit the official website of The Africa Young Entrepreneur Support (YES) Program 2020
Getty Images Reportage Grant: COVID-19 Impact & How to Apply
Getty Images Reportage Grant: COVID-19 Impact & How to Apply: This is to inform you that applications are currently open for the Getty Images Reportage Grant: COVID-19 Impact. Getty Images grants program enables photographers to bring attention to significant social and cultural issues, and reach new creative heights.
For over 15 years, the Getty Images editorial grants program has supported independent photographers in telling in-depth stories of personal and journalistic importance. Our grant recipients have come from dozens of different countries, producing ambitious photo essays from even more.
This year, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent travel restrictions have presented many such photographers with immense obstacles to where and how they work.
But, as disruptive as it has been, it also presents the opportunity for photojournalists to show the wide-ranging impact of the pandemic on their own communities.
That is why we’re restructuring this year’s Reportage Grants to offer eight awards of $5,000 each to photographers reporting stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We will give particular consideration to those working in their own cities or immediate regions.
While many cities and countries are at different stages in the trajectory of the pandemic, its effects will be long-lasting most everywhere.
Beyond the public health emergency, it is a story of economic and social dislocation, and potentially one of scientific and technological innovation. Smart photojournalism has the potential to illuminate our understanding of these issues in the months and years ahead.
Smart photojournalism is also carried out safely, and we ask applicants to consider their health and that of their communities when conducting their work. Please also abide by local and national laws governing how journalists work and travel amid quarantine restrictions.
Benefits:
This year’s Reportage Grants Program has been structured to offer eight awards of $5,000 each to photographers reporting stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eligibility:
Open to photographers around the world;
They should be reporting stories related to the COVID-19 pandemic;
Particular consideration will be given to those working in their own cities or immediate regions.
How to Apply Getty Images Reportage Grant: COVID-19 Impact: Smart photojournalism is carried out safely, and applicants are asked to consider their health and that of their communities when conducting their work. Please also abide by local and national laws governing how journalists work and travel amid quarantine restrictions.
Deadline: Ends on May 16, 2020
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Bukola Owo-Bello is a spirited storyteller, content creator and YouTuber who loves sharing amazing opportunities, inspiration, and ideas with forward-thinking African youths.
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