UBA National Essay Competition 2025 – Apply Here

This post will give you an insight into the United Bank for Africa (UBA)’s national essay competition for 2025. The topic for this year’s Essay competition is “What is the role of technology in educating the African youth?”

Eligible Countries

• Nigeria

About Award

Now in its 14th edition, the National Essay Competition, targeted at senior secondary students in Nigeria is organized annually, as part of UBA Foundation’s education initiative which is aimed at promoting the reading culture and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition amongst secondary school students in Nigeria and across Africa.

Selection Criteria and Eligibility

• Be a Secondary School Student
• Must submit a handwritten essay (750 words MAX)
• Must submit a passport photograph
• Must submit a copy of a birth certificate, National ID or passport

Selection procedure:

Entries received for the competition will be reviewed by a distinguished panel of judges made up of professors from reputable Nigerian Universities, who will then shortlist 12 essays for further assessment.
Following this, a second round of competition will involve the 12 finalists who will write a second supervised essay from which three best essays will be selected as the overall winners from the 12 finalists emerged from the first round of the competition.

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How to Apply:

• Applicant must submit their completed contact information (Name, Age, School, Address of school, Telephone Number, Residential Address and Email Address).
• Applicants must attach photocopies of their original birth certificates or international passport data page.

Awards

• The first prize for the UBA National Essay Competition is a N3 million educational grant,
• while the second and third prizes are N2.5 million and N2 million in educational grants to any African University of their choice.

Number of Scholarships: 3

APPLY HERE

Application Deadline: October 29th, 2025

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