His Highness Muhammad Sanusi II (HH MSII) SDG Challenge 2023 (Win up to $10,000)
Deadline: 21st of May, 2023
Application for the HH MSII SDG Challenge 2023 is currently available. His Majesty In conjunction with 1 Million Teachers, Muhammad Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano and a UN advocate for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), introduced the annual MSII SDG Challenge in 2021. The purpose of this challenge is to inspire and equip teachers to create cutting-edge community initiatives that prioritize SDGs 4 — Quality Education — and 5 — Gender Equality.
Teachers are the first to undergo systemic change in education. All kids may receive the education they deserve if instructors are given the tools to create scalable educational initiatives. To help instructors through the phases of ideation, project implementation, and scaling up, the MSII SDG Challenge focuses on social entrepreneurship principles and systems thinking. Active instructors may participate in the Challenge.
The HH MSII SDG Challenge aims for the provision of high-quality, gender-responsive education to students – particularly girls – in the most deprived regions of the world. They do this by empowering teacher-changemakers with the skills, networks and resources they need to lead innovative and impactful community-based projects. The HH MSII SDG Challenge will unleash the vast untapped potential of Africa’s teachers, by combining their on-the-ground expertise with a dynamic, entrepreneurial support system. The Challenge is more than an incubator or an accelerator – it is an ecosystem catalyst. By providing expertise, resources and support for teachers at various stages of their leadership journey, the Challenge will nurture a grassroots movement of teacher-changemakers.
Award:
- In the current phase of the Challenge – The MSII Incubator – participants will be awarded up to $2,000 USD to enable their innovative educational projects.
- At the end of the Incubator, you’ll also have the opportunity to pitch your project for a chance to win up to $10,000 USD and access to an exclusive Accelerator Program.
Eligibility:
- Open to practicing teachers based anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa;
- Any community project run by a teacher(s) that enhances learning is eligible. The aim is to calayze a wide variety of projects – both small projects, as well as those with potential to scale.
Application:
- Complete and submit an application form by Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 11:59 PM WAT. The application form requests details on the project leader as well as the project itself.
- If you are selected for an interview, the team will reach out with the details and next steps by the last week of May.
- The program will begin in mid-July and run until the end of December 2023.
