{"id":12661,"date":"2023-07-11T09:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T09:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=12661"},"modified":"2023-07-11T09:53:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T09:53:11","slug":"u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants across Africa for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studygreen.info\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/\"><strong>U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0aimed at advancing the development of promising technologies that offer innovative solutions within Coastal West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp 500w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge-300x206.webp 300w, https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge-130x90.webp 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning solutions will be put to use for the benefit of countries in Coastal West Africa but this Call for Submissions is open to organizations domiciled and headquartered across Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 | Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State\u2019s Global Engagement Center, in collaboration with U.S. Embassy Abidjan, Cote d\u2019Ivoire Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, United Nations Development Programme, She Code Africa, Impact Hub Abidjan, and Becera. Up to three organizations will be selected as winners of the Challenge and will receive funding totaling $250,000 USD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Challenge will be hosted in Abidjan, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire on September 27-28 2023, as a two-part event. Part one will consist of the demo day featuring the selected technologists; part two will feature panels and discussions amongst technologists, government officials, civil society, academia, and media to share lessons learned and opportunities for cooperation around addressing the challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To be considered for the Tech Challenge 2024, interested applicants must meet the following requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organizations must be domiciled and headquartered across Africa, not just those based in Coastal West Africa.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizations must offer innovative solutions to help expose, understand, or counter disinformation, propaganda, and violent extremism within Coastal West Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Application Procedures<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How-to-Apply:&nbsp;<\/strong>Interested applicants for the U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge are to complete an online application and provide all the required information and documents by the application deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline:&nbsp;<\/strong>16 July, 2023 at 11:59pm UTC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.becera.co\/west-africa-tech-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Visit the Official Website for Further Details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants across Africa for the\u00a0U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024\u00a0aimed at advancing the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 - PressPayNg Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 - PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants across Africa for the\u00a0U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024\u00a0aimed at advancing the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-11T09:53:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-11T09:53:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"344\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\"},\"headline\":\"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-11T09:53:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-11T09:53:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 - PressPayNg Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-11T09:53:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-11T09:53:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp\",\"width\":500,\"height\":344},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"description\":\"News and Updates From PressPayNg\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"width\":468,\"height\":117,\"caption\":\"PressPayNg Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\",\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"press_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/blog-api\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/author\\\/press_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 - PressPayNg Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 - PressPayNg Blog","og_description":"Applications are invited from suitably qualified applicants across Africa for the\u00a0U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024\u00a0aimed at advancing the","og_url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/","og_site_name":"PressPayNg Blog","article_published_time":"2023-07-11T09:53:05+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-11T09:53:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":500,"height":344,"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"press_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"press_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/"},"author":{"name":"press_admin","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e"},"headline":"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024","datePublished":"2023-07-11T09:53:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-11T09:53:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/"},"wordCount":298,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/","name":"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024 - PressPayNg Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp","datePublished":"2023-07-11T09:53:05+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-11T09:53:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/US-Africa-Tech-Challenge.webp","width":500,"height":344},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/u-s-west-africa-tech-challenge-2024\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"U.S. \u2013 West Africa Tech Challenge 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","name":"PressPayNg Blog","description":"News and Updates From PressPayNg","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization","name":"PressPayNg Blog","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","width":468,"height":117,"caption":"PressPayNg Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e","name":"press_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","caption":"press_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/blog-api"],"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/author\/press_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12663,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661\/revisions\/12663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}