Submission Categories
| CODE | CATEGORIES | DESCRIPTION |
| ART & CULTURE | ||
| 1 | ART | |
| 1A | Fiction & Poetry | Short stories, photopoetry and drama in multiple languages and translations |
| 1B | Creative Writing | Essays on writing craft and style, and opportunities for writers and other creatives |
| 1C | Reviews & Criticism | Books, music, film, and visual arts reviews and criticism |
| 2 | CULTURE | |
| 2A | Sports | Sports journalism, centering events and sportspeople, with a bias for African events and people |
| 2B | Travels | Experiential writing on travels within African cities, countrysides, and journeys across African countries, including the experiences of food, cuisine and dining |
| 2C | Fashion | Essays and interviews covering African fashion, African fashion houses and profiles of African models |
| 2D | African Cultural Knowledge | Essays on African histories and cultures — ancient and modern histories on African rulers, empires, kingdoms, cities, and trade routes; African cultural practices, religions and spiritualities |
| SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ||
| 3 | SCIENCES | |
| 3A | Space | Essays on space, space science and space science technologies |
| 3B | Environment | Essays on biodiversity, environmental conservation, climate change and global warming |
| 3C | Sustainable Production | Essays on emerging sustainable technologies and practices across industries, with a bias for agriculture, manufacturing, energy, transport and communications |
| 4 | HEALTH | |
| 4A | Body | Essays covering advances in COVID-19 and other Respiratory Diseases, HIV/AIDS & Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), Gender Based Violence (GBV), Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Chronic Diseases, Substance Abuse and Addictions, Nutrition and Wellness, and other Public Health Burdens |
| 4B | Mind | Essays and journalism on mental illnesses, psychiatry, depression, anxiety, autism, addictions, psychopaths, psychosis, PTSD, schizophrenia, and mental health issues such as suicide. Journalism on mental health institutions and mental health practices, in contemporary professional practice or traditional/cultural knowledge systems and practice |
| 4C | Relationships | Essays and journalism on sex, dating, and relationships in modern Africa |
| 5 | TECHNOLOGY | |
| 5A | Apps | Reviews and profiling of web and mobile applications and emerging computing technologies (artificial intelligence (AI), 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), serverless computing, biometrics, AR augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR), blockchain, robotics and drones, 3D printing). |
| 5B | Startups | African startup profiles, and news/analyses of the African startup scene |
| 5C | Big Tech | Essays on advances in big tech (Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft etc) and how African governments and entrepreneurs are exploiting the influx of big tech. |
| POLITICS & ECONOMY | ||
| 6 | ECONOMY | |
| 6A | Economy | Essays on the growth of African economies |
| 6B | Investment | Reviews and essays on emerging business opportunities, financing, and market trends in African countries |
| 6C | Industry 4.0 | Long forms on Africa’s place in the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| 7 | POLITICS | |
| 7A | African Leaders | Mini-biographies of influential post-independence political leaders |
| 7B | Open Borders | Essays and journalism on trade and immigration issues in Africa |
| 7C | Frontiers of Freedom | Essays and journalism on new and emerging human rights and freedom issues in Africa |
| 7D | Superpower Series | Long forms on African futures: What is the place of an African in the new world? What is the future of Africa-US, Africa-Europe, Africa-Latin America, Africa-Asia, Africa-China relationship? Can Africa become a superpower? |