Deadline: 31 July 2017
If you are a Tanzania citizen between the ages of 18 and 28 and are currently living in your home country, here is your turn to have your say! The World Bank wants to hear your ideas on how to boost job opportunities for youth in Tanzania. Enter the #Blog4Dev contest, and you could win a trip to Washington, D.C. or an attachment with the World Bank in Tanzania!
Prizes
- Two winners will win an all-expense paid trip to Washington DC for one week.
- Two more winners will enjoy 2-weeks attachments to the World Bank office in Tanzania.
- All top four entries for Tanzania will be published on the WBG’s Nasikiliza blog page, and also promoted on World Bank social media channels. These will be credited to the respective bloggers.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the #Blog4Dev contest in Tanzania, you must:
- Be a Tanzanian citizen
- Be currently living in Tanzania
- Be between the ages of 18 and 28
- Send your 500-word original blog written in either English or Kiswahili.
- Ability to hold a conversation in English.
Selection Criteria
- A panel of expert judges from inside and outside the World Bank Group will review all the entries, select the top 10, conduct interviews and thereafter select the winners.
- The winning submissions will be selected based on the following criteria:
- Originality
- Creativity
- Clarity and applicability.
How to Apply
To enter the competition, applicants must submit their original blog entry of not more than 500 words via given website.
Eligible Country: Tanzania
For more Information, please visit World Bank’s #Blog4Dev.