Type: Workshop
Location: East Africa
Value: See Financing Category
Application Deadline: 31st October, 2022 at 05.00 pm Eastern Africa Time.
COVID-19 vaccines offer life-saving protection against severe COVID-19 that has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality. This also means the speed and scale of uptake of vaccinations needs to be ramped up to avoid vaccine wastage, bring the pandemic under control and speed economic recovery on the continent.
Since the first case of COVID 19 was recorded in Africa on 14 February 2020, the African Union (AU) through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has taken unprecedented steps to support AU Member States to expand their COVID-19 vaccination efforts. As of 13 October 2022, over 997 million vaccines have been supplied, of which about 717 million have been administered to the African population. This translates to approximately 72% of the supplied vaccines having been administered, leading to a vaccination coverage of 23.2 % on the continent compared to a target of 70% (900 million) by the end of 2022.
With African youths constituting over 60% of the continent’s population, their mobilization and meaningful engagement has the potential to be game-changing in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent. This initiative is further motivated by H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for innovative ways to scale up vaccinations across the continent. In April 2022, the chairperson of the African Union Commission officially launched an African Union public-private-youth initiative co-led by Africa CDC under the name “African Union COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative” as part of the Africa CDC’s Programme of Saving Lives and Livelihoods. Bingwa is the Swahili word for “Champion”. The initiative seeks to establish a network of COVID-19 vaccination youth champions across the continent to accelerate the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination in Africa.
Africa CDC is therefore announcing a call for applications for young Africans from the Eastern Africa region who are motivated and willing to contribute to the acceleration of the COVID 19 vaccination uptake in their countries, to apply for the African Union COVID-19 Vaccination BINGWA initiative. The selected BINGWAs (champions) will be expected to perform the following duties for a period of up to 12 months:
The BINGWA Initiative is a one-year initiative that will equip vaccinated youth champion across the African continent with technical skills to reach, mobilize and engage their communities and peers to get fully vaccinated against COVID 19. Selected BINGWAS will be supported by experienced experts in key public health, SBCC and community engagement fields from African union / Africa CDC and Partner organizations to enhance their skills in the following areas among others:
Applicants are expected to fill out the application form online with their personal information, educational and professional background attaching a:
All applications should be completed through this link
Africa CDC under Saving Lives and Livelihood Programme will provide living allowance for a period of 12 Months to all the selected BINGWA and meet all the costs associated with learning and development materials associated to the initiative including travel, daily allowance, in case of trainings organized outside the BINGWA’s country of residency.
Africa CDC welcomes applications from all qualified youth from the eastern Africa region regardless of their gender, race, disability, religious belief, caste, or marital status. Young women are encouraged to apply.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Chrys Promesse Kaniki
Senior Technical Officer for Strategic Programme,
Africa CDC, Executive Office
AU COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa Initiative Coordinator AUBingwa@africa-union.org
The Gates Cambridge Scholarships are one of the most prestigious international scholarships in the world. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding…
Chevening Scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and partner organisations. The programme…
International students who demonstrate financial need and exceptional merit may apply for the International Cultural Service Program (ICSP). The ICSP…
Ruth Titilayo Undergraduate Scholarship 2025 is open for applications. Ruth Titilayo Educational Foundation is pleased to offer a scholarship, awarded…
Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) / Mastercard Foundation PhD Fellowship 2025 - PhD Fellowship on ‘The Non-Profit…
This website uses cookies.