The Billion Followers Summit and TikTok launch the “Educational Content Creators Award” and $100,000 for the first winner.

The One Billion Followers Summit and the TikTok platform announced a partnership to launch the first edition of the “Educational Content Creators Award,” the first initiative of its kind in the world, which celebrates content creators who are reinventing online learning methods.

They also announced that participation is open for content makers from the Middle East, North Africa, Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America from yesterday until December 21, by showcasing educational content that inspires their communities and makes a tangible impact on the ground.

The award will be held within the activities of the fourth edition of the One Billion Followers Summit, the largest global summit in the content industry economy, which is organized by the UAE Government Media Office, from January 9 to 11, 2026 in the Emirates Towers, the Dubai International Financial Center, and the Museum of the Future, under the slogan “Purposeful Content.”

The award called on content makers from around the world to publish educational and entertaining content that contributes to making learning accessible to everyone, through the “TikTok” platform, which seeks to empower content makers to transform knowledge into a means of inspiration, starting from history lessons and life skills advice, through science, technology, engineering and mathematics experiments, to entrepreneurship advice.

Three finalists will be selected and the summit will invite them to attend its activities in Dubai. The winner will be announced on January 10, 2026 and will receive a financial prize from the One Billion Followers Summit amounting to $100,000, in recognition of his contribution to enhancing global learning efforts.

Khadija Hussein, Executive Director of the Government Communications Sector at the UAE Government Media Office, and Deputy Director of the One Billion Followers Summit, said that the One Billion Followers Summit continues to consolidate strong partnerships with various global digital media platforms to open the way for creators in our region and around the world to be effective in shaping the future of content creation and contributing to positive change in societies.

She stressed that the partnership between the One Billion Followers Summit and TikTok to launch the “Educational Content Creators Award” is of great importance, as purposeful educational content constitutes a powerful tool for positive change, building communities, and providing youth with knowledge.

She added that the award reflects the success of the One Billion Followers Summit in consolidating its position as a global platform that attracts content makers and entrepreneurs from all over the world, and encourages them to produce knowledge and provide positive, purposeful content, thus enhancing the UAE’s position as a global center for creating innovative and creative educational content.

She pointed out that the “Educational Content Creators Award” gives content makers a strong incentive to transform their passion and expertise into innovative content, and provide distinguished educational content that enriches the educational system, encourages the new generation to learn, and makes knowledge accessible to everyone.

The “Educational Content Creators Award” represents a new milestone in TikTok’s ongoing commitment to making learning easier, more attractive, and more relevant to communities.

Building on the success of the #LearnOnTikTok initiative, the award celebrates content creators who transform knowledge into creativity, presenting complex concepts within inspiring real-life lessons that reach billions of viewers daily.

Through this partnership with the 1 Billion Follower Summit, TikTok is highlighting innovation, authenticity, and the power of sharing knowledge on a global level.

For her part, Kinda Ibrahim, Regional General Manager of Operations at TikTok in the Middle East, Africa, South and Central Asia, said: “We are pleased to cooperate with the One Billion Followers Summit to launch the “Educational Content Creators Award.” TikTok represents a platform where creativity meets learning, and the award honors distinguished content makers who turn everyday moments into opportunities for education, interaction, and building communities. This partnership highlights a global celebration of the role of learning and creativity together.

TikTok continues to evolve as an educational space that combines practical skills with academic concepts, where learning is personal, fun, and deeply impactful.

Content creators, educators and lifelong learning enthusiasts can participate by submitting their work between November 24, 2025 and December 21, 2025, using the following hashtags: MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa content creators: #EducatorAward, US content creators: #EducatorAward and #LearnOnTikTokContest, UK content creators: #EducatorAward.

There are a variety of ways to provide educational content via TikTok, whether through a short historical story, an inspiring scientific experiment, productivity advice that changes the course of the day, a linguistic lesson that connects cultures, or entrepreneurship information that helps turn ideas into reality.

The award encourages innovators to explore five themes that reflect the diversity of global society: humanities, self-development, school education, science and innovation, and business and finance.

Each post represents an opportunity to spark curiosity and stimulate learning on the TikTok platform. You can participate in the “Educational Content Creators Award” via the link: go.1billionsummit.com/EducatorAward