World IP Day 2026 Youth Video Competition – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: : March 15, 2026, at 23:59 CET

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 World IP Day Youth Video Competition. WIPO  invite people and teams to create and submit a 60 to 90-second video showcasing how IP rights gas innovation and creativity within the sports activities world.

Under the theme “Game Changers: IP Powering Sports Innovation”, members are inspired to discover the connection between sports activities and IP. How do IP rights empower creators, inventors, and entrepreneurs within the sports activities trade? In what methods is innovation remodeling the way forward for sports activities?

Requirements

• You can enter the competitors alone or workforce up with pals for a gaggle entry (as much as 10 members), however not each.
• Each particular person or group will get only one entry.
• You, or no less than one particular person in your group, should be between 18 and 35 years previous if you submit your application.

Video Types

The theme of the Competition is “Game Changers: IP Powering Sports Innovation”. We’re searching for movies that discover how innovation, creativity and IP rights are remodeling the world of sports activities. Your video can inform a narrative, spotlight an invention, or share an concept that reveals how IP helps drive progress, encourage change, and form the way forward for sports activities. You might want to give attention to a number of of the next areas:

• How IP helps innovation and creativity in sports activities.
• How inventors, creators and entrepreneurs are redefining the sport.
• The impression of IP-driven options on athletes, followers, or the broader sports activities trade.

Submission Requirements

• Your video has not been revealed beforehand on-line. 
• The video has not been acknowledged and/or received an award in one other competitors.
• The video was made by you or your group, and you need to have obtained permission to make use of any third-party content material included in it.
• You should present a proof of authorization to make use of any background music recordings or sound recordings featured in your video. 
• Your video does not embody watermarks or every other related markings.
• Your video is in MP4 format and between 60-90 seconds lengthy.
• Your video does not comprise any embedded subtitles or captions.
• Videos might embody audio narrative in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, or Spanish.
• Your video should not violate any copyright, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, industrial designs, distinctive indicators, contractual obligations, or every other IP rights, or different proprietary rights of any third occasion.
• Your video might embody the usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) instruments in making your video

How to Participate

1. Register on the Competition platform 
2. Submit your video entry by March 15, 2026, 23:59 CET
3. Cast your vote for the People’s Choice Prize from April 6-19, 2026
4. Winners might be introduced on April 24, 2026

Prizes of the Competition

Exciting prizes await you within the World IP Day Youth Video Competition!

• First Prize: Digital gear to the utmost worth of CHF 3,000
• Second Prize: Digital gear to the utmost worth of CHF 2,000
• Third Prize: Digital gear to the utmost worth of CHF 1,000
• The People’s Choice Prize: Digital gear valued at as much as CHF 500
• Top 20 entries: The high 20 successful entries will profit from coaching Opportunities provided by the WIPO Academy.

Application Timeline:

• Submission deadline: March 15, 2026, at 23:59 CET
• Public vote: April 6 to 19, 2026
• Winner announcement: April 24, 2026

Winner Announcement

• The winners might be introduced on April 24, 2026, and might be promoted through different related digital platforms. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World IP Day Youth Video Competition