Nominee Research Corps Member — NESA-Africa 2026

Volunteer Opportunity

Nominee Research Corps Member — NESA-Africa 2026

Organization: Santos Creations Educational Foundation

Programme: NESA-Africa — New Education Standard Award Africa

Public Identity: The African Blue-Garnet Awards for Education

Opportunity Type: Volunteer / Professional Service / Supervised Internship

Location: Remote

Geographic Eligibility: Africa, African diaspora communities and Friends of Africa worldwide

Time Commitment: Approximately 6–8 hours per week

Duration: NESA-Africa 2026 recognition cycle

Number of Opportunities: 75

Compensation: Unpaid volunteer service, unless a separate written agreement states otherwise

Training: Mandatory online training provided

Application Deadline: [Insert application deadline]

Application Link: [Insert application link]

Help Africa Identify, Verify and Preserve Its Education Impact Stories

Across Africa, individuals, organizations, institutions, businesses, governments, educators, philanthropists and public figures are creating meaningful opportunities through scholarships, schools, teacher development, education technology, curriculum reform, literacy, technical education and community programmes.

However, many of these contributions remain undocumented, poorly verified or unknown beyond the communities they serve.

NESA-Africa is recruiting 75 volunteer researchers to join its 2026 Nominee Research Corps and help build a credible continental record of the people and institutions enabling Education for All.

The Nominee Research Corps is the research, evidence-verification and due-diligence arm of NESA-Africa. Members are responsible for helping to ensure that every nominee presented for recognition has a credible, properly documented and verifiable contribution to education.

This opportunity is suitable for experienced professionals, early-career professionals, graduates and qualified students who want to contribute to Africa while gaining practical experience in research, verification, due diligence, monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment and professional reporting.

About NESA-Africa

NESA-Africa — New Education Standard Award Africa — is Africa’s Education Recognition and Impact Platform.

Known publicly as The African Blue-Garnet Awards for Education, the programme identifies, verifies, documents, recognizes and connects individuals, organizations and institutions enabling Education for All across Africa.

NESA-Africa recognizes verified contributions made by:

• Africans living and working in Africa
• Africans in the diaspora
• Friends of Africa
• Corporate organizations and CSR programmes
• NGOs, foundations and community organizations
• Governments and public institutions
• Universities and research organizations
• Education innovators and technology providers
• Sports, music and social-media personalities supporting education
• Embassies, development partners and international education funders

The platform connects recognition with evidence verification, public impact documentation, professional partnerships, media visibility, scholarships, school interventions and long-term education legacy programmes.

About the Nominee Research Corps

The Nominee Research Corps, also known as the NRC, supports the integrity of the NESA-Africa recognition process.

NRC members research nominees, review evidence, verify education-impact claims, identify inconsistencies and prepare credible nominee profiles and dossiers for further review.

The NRC operates through two connected phases.

Phase One — Automated Preparation

The NESA-Africa platform supports:

• Nomination intake
• Submission-completeness screening
• Duplicate identification
• Preliminary category matching
• Country and regional classification
• Evidence organization
• Risk flagging
• Case routing
• Reviewer assignment

Phase Two — Human NRC Review

Appointed NRC members:

• Conduct independent research
• Confirm nominee identity and eligibility
• Review supporting evidence
• Verify education-impact claims
• Confirm the correct recognition category or pathway
• Prepare nominee profiles and case files
• Complete quality assurance
• Recommend verified cases for Judges or Governance review

Automation supports the process but does not independently approve or reject nominees.

How Your Volunteer Service Will Benefit Africa

Preserve Africa’s Education History

Your research will help document the contributions of education enablers whose work may otherwise remain unrecorded or forgotten.

Strengthen the Integrity of African Recognition

You will help ensure that recognition is based on credible evidence, measurable contribution, independent research and transparent review rather than popularity, sponsorship or unsupported claims.

Give Visibility to Under-Recognized Changemakers

Your work can help credible educators, philanthropists, institutions, businesses, NGOs and community leaders receive appropriate visibility for their education contributions.

Improve Education-Impact Information

Your research will contribute to a growing record of education activity in areas such as:

• Scholarships and student support
• School construction and rehabilitation
• Teacher development
• Education technology
• Literacy and reading
• Curriculum development
• STEM and technical education
• Special-needs education
• Corporate social responsibility
• Public policy
• Research and institutional development

Support Partnerships and Collaboration

Verified profiles may help connect education enablers with foundations, universities, development partners, businesses, governments, media organizations and diaspora networks.

Promote Pan-African Cooperation

The NRC will bring together volunteers from African countries, diaspora communities and international professional networks to work toward a shared Education for All mission.

Build Public Trust

Your service will help demonstrate that African recognition systems can operate with professionalism, accountability, fairness and evidence-based decision-making.

How This Opportunity Will Benefit You

Gain Practical Research Experience

You will work on real nominee cases and develop practical skills in:

• Online and documentary research
• Source verification
• Evidence assessment
• Due diligence
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Impact documentation
• Professional