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World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019

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Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019

Hurry and participate in the World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019, eligibility criteria are to be met to avoid disqualification

Are you a young African between the ages of 18 and 28 and currently residing in Africa?  Here is another chance for you to have your say on building your nation and continent! As you know, Africa’s exponential youth growth comes with immense opportunities for you to inject fresh ideas, vibrancy, and optimism into addressing many of Africa’s challenges.

In 2014, the World Bank Kenya office launched the Blog4Dev competition, an annual writing contest that invites young people to weigh in on a topic critical to the country’s economic development. The competition is a way to engage Africa’s young people and provide a platform to share their views—and solutions—about development topics that are important to them.

Since then, Blog4Dev has grown to include the voices of hundreds of young people from countries throughout the region who have submitted blogs on topics such as how to end gender-based violence to debating the role of the private sector in public service delivery. The competition tests originality, creativity, and innovation.

What You Need To Know About The Blog4Dev Essay Competition

This year, for the first time, the World Bank Africa Region is hosting a regional blog competition, inviting young people from 48 countries to share their ideas for how they, and other young people, can prepare themselves for the digital economy and a technology-driven workplace.

Level/Course study

World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition is open to young Africans who wish to engage in the competition

Host Nationality

The World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019 is been hosted in Ghana. If you are an international student and you wish to study in the UK, this is for you Complete Guide to Getting A UK Tier 4 Student Visa For International Students.

Eligible Nationality

Applicants Must be a citizen of, and currently living in, a Sub-Saharan Africa country and be between 18-28 years of age. Read also if you wish to study outside your home country Simple and Detailed Answers about Applying and Winning a Scholarship.

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World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019-2020 Benefits

Winning authors are eligible for several prizes, including a chance to intern at a World Bank Africa country office, or an opportunity to have your blog published on the World Bank Africa blog Nasikiliza.

  • 1st and 2nd best entries will each receive an IPAD, cash prizes, and a 4-week attachment at the World Bank Ghana office.
  • The 3rd best entry will get a cash prize and a month’s attachment at the World Bank Ghana Office
  • The 4th and 5th best entries will receive cash prizes.
  • All top five entries will be published online on the WBG’s Nasikiliza blog. They will also be promoted on World Bank social media channels, credited to the respective bloggers.

Eligibility World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019

To be eligible for the #Blog4Dev contest, you must:

  • Be a citizen of any of the 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Be between the ages of 18 and 28 years of age
  • Currently, reside in a Sub-Saharan African country
  • Be able to hold a conversation in English
  • Email us your 500-word original blog/essay, written in English.

A panel of expert judges from inside and outside the World Bank Group will review all entries and select the top five from each country. The selected authors will be interviewed, and the top three winners will be chosen from each country.

The winning submissions will be selected based on the following criteria:

  • Originality
  • Innovation and Creativity
  • Boldness
  • The clarity in Writing and Presentation
  • Convincing and Impactful
  • Ideas Must be Implementable
  • Scalability
  • Practicality and Relevance
  • Potential Impact on Development
  • Potential Impact on Jobs

How to Apply for World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019

  • To enter the competition, submit your original blog entry of no more than 500 words here by November 23, 2019.
  • Submit your 500-word, original blog detailing your ideas about what it will take to enhance the skills needed to prepare Africa’s youth for the digital economy and the future of work, written in English, French or Portuguese.

Questions or more information? Contact WBG by email: [email protected]

Application Deadline for World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019

the deadline for submitting World Bank #Blog4Dev Essay Competition 2019 is November

For More Information:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2018/10/17/africa-blog4dev-youth-digital-economy-future-of-work#2

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  1. Selloane Ntlatlapo says

    My name is Selloane from South Africa. I want to submit my essay but I don’t see where I should click or go in order to submit it

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  2. Elizabeth .A. Mwakatimbo says

    I am interested, but i am quite confused here.
    When you say an original blog, do you mean contestants have to write a web page?
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  3. Chima Nzekwe says

    I am from Nigeria. How do I submit my essay for the Blog4Dev Essay competition. The submission link is closed. I

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  4. Dina Samuel says

    Hello,
    Am Dina Samuel, I would like to thank you so much for this great chance given to a crying in anger African child like me who want her voice to be heard by the whole world but the sounds of guns in my country shuts it down .
    Am going to write my essay to you and I do believe this chance is just made for me to express myself and my true life story I would like to talk more but time matters.

    So I would like to ask
    Are south Sudanese allowed to apply

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  6. Maryam says

    Is the competition only for Ghanaian indigenes?
    Can other African students participate?
    I’m Nigerian so I would like to confirm.

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