Deadline: 2 September 2016
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is currently accepting applications for its 2016 FIRE Africa Awards with an aim to acknowledge innovative initiatives in Africa that have made concrete contributions through the use of information and communications technologies and have had a proven impact on the region’s social and economic development.
Award Categories
- Technical innovation for Internet access and development: Network operation, accelerating and expanding access, devices, infrastructure, the Internet of Things, IPv6 deployment, security, development of open standards, Internet Governance, and regulations for expanding and accelerating access.
- Internet and technologies for social inclusion, strengthening democracy and the exercise of rights and freedoms: Initiatives related to freedom of expression, freedom of association, privacy, security, consumer’s rights, new forms of intellectual property in the digital environment, and a wider range of issues related to Internet and human rights.
- Internet and technology for social and economic development: ICT for community development and poverty reduction. New uses of ICT in the health, education, industry, environment, agriculture, and other sectors.
Award Information
- The FIRE Award consists of a USD 3,000 cash prize plus full travel and accommodation for one representative of each project to attend the awards ceremony, and participate in sessions which will be held in Mexico during the 2016 Internet Governance Forum.
- Three winners will be selected through this 2016 call for projects. The FIRE Africa Awards will be presented to ongoing initiatives or completed projects that submit concrete evidence of their impact. This means that projects pending execution or which are about to begin will not be accepted.
Eligibility Criteria
- The FIRE Programme invites African organizations, entrepreneurs and innovators to propose projects under one of three categories (mentioned above).
- All project proposals must have a technological component through which they seek to solve development issues.
How to Apply
Applicants must apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit 2016 FIRE Africa Awards.