Sunday, 27 October 2013
Win Big in The DHL LOVE AFRICA COMPETITION
DO YOU Love AFRICA? TELL US WHY AND STAND A
CHANCE TO BY SIMPLY UPLOADING A VIDEO ,
PHOTO OR REASON
What you can win
You can win amazing prizes, just for submitting your reason for believing in
Africa!
Weekly prize
Every week we’ll select the reason, photo or video with the most votes from the
public. The weekly winner will receive $100 in cash!
Grand prize
At the end of the contest, one lucky winner will win an amazing prize! They
could be jetting off to the UK to watch Manchester United play live or, if they
prefer to stay within our beautiful continent, to Cape Town to watch the DHL
Stormers rugby team in action.
Remember that you can upload as many reasons as you like, and to get your
family and friends involved to vote for you.
To participate, click here
UBA university educational grant for students: Over N1million
Deadline: November 1
Prize: over N1million
The Corporate Social Responsibility,(CSR), arm of the United Bank for Africa,(UBA) has announced the commencement of the 2013 edition of the National Essay Competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria.
Winners will get educational grants to study in any African university of their choice.
According to the announcement by the bank, the winner will get N1million. The first runners-up will go away with N750,000 while the second runners-up takes N50,000 all in the local currency equivalent towards university tuition/fees and a laptop. Consolation prizes will be given to the finalists.
Win N10 Million and more in the Airtel Red Hot Promo
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a. 600 winners of N1000 airtime
b. 5000 winners of N500 airtime
4. 100 winners of mobile phones weekly
Win big in the Airtel Red Hot Promo where everybody is a winner.
Airtel is making 60 millionaires in 60 days and a grand prize winner of
10 million naira and this could be you. There is over N100 million
worth of prizes to be won.
Win £5000 in 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Competition
Opening date: 1 October 2013
Closing date: Entries must be submitted via the online entry form by Saturday 30 November 2013 (12 noon GMT)
1. About the Prize
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short
fiction administered and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is part of Commonwealth Writers the
cultural initiative from the Commonwealth Foundation. Commonwealth Writers
develops the craft of individual writers and builds communities of emerging
voices which can influence the decision-making processes affecting their lives.
The Prize aims to identify talented writers who will go on to inspire their local
communities.
The prize covers the Commonwealth regions of 1. Africa, 2. Asia, 3. Canada and
Europe, 4. Caribbean and 5. Pacific. (See Section 4 for countries in each
region).
There will be five winners, one from each region. One regional winner will be
selected as the overall winner. The overall winner of the Commonwealth Short
Story Prize will receive £5,000 and the remaining four regional winners £2,500.
If the winning short story is a translation into English, the translator will receive
additional prize money: £2,000 for the overall winning story and £1,000 for a
regional winning story.
The final selection will be judged by an international judging panel; experienced
readers will assist the named judges in selecting the long lists
Closing date: Entries must be submitted via the online entry form by Saturday 30 November 2013 (12 noon GMT)
1. About the Prize
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual award for unpublished short
fiction administered and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is part of Commonwealth Writers the
cultural initiative from the Commonwealth Foundation. Commonwealth Writers
develops the craft of individual writers and builds communities of emerging
voices which can influence the decision-making processes affecting their lives.
The Prize aims to identify talented writers who will go on to inspire their local
communities.
The prize covers the Commonwealth regions of 1. Africa, 2. Asia, 3. Canada and
Europe, 4. Caribbean and 5. Pacific. (See Section 4 for countries in each
region).
There will be five winners, one from each region. One regional winner will be
selected as the overall winner. The overall winner of the Commonwealth Short
Story Prize will receive £5,000 and the remaining four regional winners £2,500.
If the winning short story is a translation into English, the translator will receive
additional prize money: £2,000 for the overall winning story and £1,000 for a
regional winning story.
The final selection will be judged by an international judging panel; experienced
readers will assist the named judges in selecting the long lists
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