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120 opportunities

Call for Applications: BRIDGE-in Agriculture For Agripreneurs

Mastercard Foundation

USD 2,000 to 5,000Closes today

The Research & Innovation for Climate (RICH) HubAI Innovation 2026 for African Innovators

Research & Innovation for Climate (RICH) Hub

Up to USD 200,000Not stated

SSN Small Research Grants 2026–2027 for Researchers

Surveillance Studies Network

Up to GBP 1,50022 days left

FBIS-Africa Grants 2026 Freshwater Biodiversity

Freshwater Research Centre

USD 5,000 to 10,000Closes today

The Pollination Project (TPP) Grant Program 2026 for Individuals and Organizations

Pollination Project (TPP)

USD 50052 days left

Unearthodox Exploration Co-Lab 2027 for Nature & Social Impact Innovators (CHF 10,000 Grant)

CHF 10,0007 days left

Allianz x Social Shifters MoveNow Social Innovation Challenge 2026

Allianz x Social Shifters

USD 5,000 to 10,00039 days left

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

FoodTech 500 Competition 2026

Forward Fooding

CODESRIA Research Grants on University Ecosystems 2027

USD 5,000 to 15,00068 days left

Call for Proposals - Rockefeller Foundation Cities Deliver: AI Solutions for Public Services 2026

Rockefeller Foundation

USD 500,000 to 2,000,00020 days left

Cities Deliver: AI Solutions for Public Services 2026: Up to $2M Grants by Rockefeller & OpenAI Foundations

Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation

USD 500,000 to 2,000,00020 days left

UNESCO Science for Crisis Response and Solutions Research Continuity Grants for Africa 2026 ($2,000 in Grants)

USD 2,0006 days left

Oilwatch Africa Small Grants Programme 2026

Oilwatch International

Up to USD 5,0004 days left

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

African Energy Entrepreneurship Awards 2026

Octopus Energy Generation

Up to USD 100,00032 days left

100x Impact Accelerator Grant 2026 | £150,000 Catalytic Funding for High-Impact Ventures

GBP 150,0001 day left

UNESCO Science for Crisis Response & Solutions Research Continuity Grants for Africa 2026

USD 2,0006 days left

Call For Applications: TBH MSME PITCH-A-TON 1.0 Offers Up to ₦10M in - MSME Africa

The Business Hub (TBH) and Sterling Bank

Up to NGN 10,000,000Not stated

InvestmentFeatured

Ajim Capital Funding for African Startups Up to $500,000

USD 250,000 to 500,000Not stated

Call for partnersFeatured

Call for Applications LIF-BCEAO 2026 for FinTech and Financial Institutions

Banque Centrale des États de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (BCEAO)

Medium-Sized Grants Global EbA Fund

Global EbA Fund

Up to USD 500,0007 days left

Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator Round II

Commonwealth Blue Charter

GBP 20,000 to 50,00032 days left

Call for partnersFeatured

Timbuktoo Pan-African Incubation Program 2026 for AgriTech Startups

UNDP/Government of Japan

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

IDA Startup Grant 2026-2027

DKK 25,0004 days left

Call for Proposals: The Commonwealth Blue Charter Incubator Round II

Commonwealth Blue Charter

GBP 20,000 to 50,00032 days left

Call For Proposals: IKI Medium Grants 2026-Climate Action & Biodiversity

International Climate Initiative (IKI)

EUR 300,000 to 800,00064 days left

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme Cohort 16 for young Entrepreneurs (30,000 Euros in funding)

Kingdom of the Netherlands

EUR 30,00021 days left

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) 2027 Economist Program for recent PhD graduates

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

TWAS Research Professors in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Programme 2026/2027 (Fully Funded)

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

The ITU Gender Champions Programme 2027 for young women leading digital transformation and digital inclusion.

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

UN Global Compact Business & Human Rights Accelerator Program 2026/2027

UN Global Compact

Fellowship or prizeFeatured

Africa Organization for Standardization (ARSO) 14th Continental Essay Competition 2026/2027

Africa Organization for Standardization (ARSO)

Up to USD 2,300Open all year

Call for Projects

AGENCE EMPLOI Jeunes

Up to XOF 20,000,00026 days left

Fellowship or prize

Community Solutions Program 2027

The Community Solutions Program (CSP)

Fellowship or prize

Emerging Global Leader Award (K43)

Fogarty International Center (FIC), NIH

Up to USD 140,00024 days left

Fellowship or prize

Call for Applications: Microsoft AI Economy Institute Research Grants

Microsoft AI Economy Institute

USD 75,00036 days left

Call for Applications: IKI Small Grants 2027 ( Up to €200,000 in Grants)

German Federal Government, through the International Climate Initiative (IKI)

EUR 60,000 to 200,00060 days left

Call for partners

Blue Invest Africa - VC4A

Blue Invest Africa

NEXT IMPACT – Ideation Window: 7,000 USD to Propel Your Project in Benin 🚀

Up to USD 7,00035 days left

ABMS launches a call for tenders

Association Béninoise pour le Marketing Social et la Communication pour la Santé (ABMS)

Global EbA Fund: Climate & Biodiversity Financing (up to 500k USD)

Global Eba Fund

Up to USD 500,0007 days left

Data Challenge Burkina 2026

Ministère de la Transition digitale, des Postes et des Communications électroniques du Burkina Faso

Funding Agroecology Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: 2.7 million euros with AICS

COOPÉRATION ITALIENNE (AICS)

Up to EUR 2,700,00037 days left

Funding for NGOs and Associations: Up to 8 million FCFA from the German Embassy

Ambassade d'Allemagne au Sénégal

XOF 5,000,000 to 8,000,00021 days left

Call for Applications: AMAMU Impulse – Support for Climate Initiatives in Benin

African Youth4Climate

Fellowship or prize

Global Solvers Accelerator 2027

The Melton Foundation

USD 90013 days left

Womenstrong International Grant: Up to 50,000 USD for Women's Leadership in West Africa

Womenstrong International

Up to USD 50,00022 days left

Call for partners

Launch your startup with the 2nd cohort of the CESAG incubator!

Call for partners

Call for Applications: TRISEG Project for Ivorian SMEs in Agro-food

Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Côte d’Ivoire (CCI-CI)

Fellowship or prize

Call for Applications: Orange Corners Nigeria Cohort 16 (Up to €30,000 in funding)

FATE Foundation

Up to EUR 30,00021 days left

Fellowship or prize

Learnstar Startup Challenge 2027

Up to NGN 1,500,00036 days left

Call for Applications: CEGA Research Grants for Projects in 19 African Countries

Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) at the University of California, Berkeley

USD 67,0006 days left

Fellowship or prize

Microsoft Imagine Cup Startup Competition 2027

Up to USD 250,000111 days left

Fellowship or prize

The Microsoft AI Economy Institute Cohort 4 for Global Researchers ($75,000 Research Grants)

USD 75,00021 days left

GenAI for Good Challenge: Cities Edition

IEEE Humanitarian Technologies and UNDP

Up to USD 40,00035 days left

Fellowship or prize

Call for Applications: EEP Africa Project of the Year 2026 Nominations

Call for partners

Call for Applications: AUDA-NEPAD 2027 Home-Grown Solutions Agribusiness

African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)

Call for partners

AfDB's HEI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme Phase II for African higher education institutions and research centres

African Development Bank

Call for partners

Call for Applications SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme 2027

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

Up to EUR 15,0006 days left

Fellowship or prize

The SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme 2027 for African start-ups

Scaling Agriculture Innovations through Start-ups (SAIS)

Up to EUR 15,0006 days left

Call for Applications: 2026-2027 Funding Program of the Dakar Woman Group

The Dakar Women's Group

Call for partners

Senegalese SMEs: Participate in the Franchise Expo Dakar 2026 with the support of ADEPME

Call for Applications: SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Program 2027

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

EUR 15,0006 days left

Fellowship or prize

FoodTech 500 Program

Forward Fooding

Fellowship or prize

International Blue Carbon Institute Fellowship Program

Conservation International

USD 60,00014 days left

Call for partners

BlueInvest Africa 2027 – 5th edition

Call for partners

Blue Invest Africa

Blue Invest Africa

Call for partners

OceanHub Africa Acceleration Program 2025

OceanHub Africa

Call for partners

Villgro Africa - VC4A

Call for partners

Call for Applications: AfDB Opens HEI Innovation and Entrepreneurship Programme Phase II

African Development Bank (AfDB)

Fellowship or prize

Call for Applications: DBN Free Entrepreneurship Training Program

Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN)

SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme 2027 (up to €15,000)

Opportunity Desk

Up to EUR 15,0006 days left

Dakar Women’s Group Grants 2026-2027 for Community Projects

Dakar Women’s Group (DWG)

XOF 1,500,000 to 3,000,00021 days left

Fellowship or prize

ILO Writing Competitions on Safe Labour Migration in East and Horn of Africa 2027

International Labour Organization (ILO)

Fellowship or prize

Women in Tech × UN Women Digital Skills and Mentorship Programme

Women in Tech® Global and UN Women

Fellowship or prize

Microsoft Imagine Cup 2027

Microsoft for Startups

USD 250,000 to 1,000,000111 days left

D-Prize Challenge 2027

Up to USD 20,00027 days left

Call for Applications: FASA Agricultural Investment Financing Across Africa

Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)

USD 2,000,000 to 10,000,000Open all year

Fellowship or prize

WISE WOMEN 2026 Call for Projects for Women in Creative Industries

Fellowship or prize

Onewater — Walk of Water Photostory Contest

UNESCO’s World Water Assessment Programme and UNEP

USD 200 to 3,00020 days left

Backing International Small Restaurants Grant Program 2026

International Downtown Association Foundation

NZD 10,000 to 25,0007 days left

Fellowship or prize

The Land and Soil Management Award 2026/2027

European Landowners' Organization

EUR 5,00083 days left

Fellowship or prize

Youth Ecopreneur Programme (YECO) 2026

International Trade Centre

Call for partners

SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) 2027

D-Prize Challenge 2027

Up to USD 20,00027 days left

Fellowship or prize

Khaki Foundation - Mwangaza

Khaki Foundation

TZS 50,000,0001 day left

Call for partners

HEI Phase II Program 2026

Banque africaine de développement

Call for Applications: Fund for Innovation in Development Offers Grants of

Fund for Innovation in Development (FID)

Up to EUR 4,000,000Open all year

Call for partners

AUDA-NEPAD Home-Grown Solutions Agribusiness Accelerator Program 2027

Fellowship or prize

Erase Indifference Challenge 2026 (€90,000 prize)

Opportunity Desk

Up to EUR 90,00025 days left

AXA Foundation — Early-Career Research on Responsible Nature-Based Solutions

Up to EUR 140,0003 days left

Call for applications: Science for crisis response and solutions

USD 2,0006 days left

FoodTech 500

Call for partners

SAIS Livestock Investment Readiness Programme (IRP) 2027

Fellowship or prize

New Venture Competition 2027

Harvard Business School Africa Business Club

Up to USD 50,0003 days left

Fellowship or prize

Planet Health Film Fund 2027 (£20,000 award)

Earthrise and Bupa, with sustainability partner BAFTA Albert and SXSW London

GBP 20,0007 days left

Fellowship or prize

Keeling Curve Prize — Global Warming Mitigation Project

Terra Viva Grants Directory

Up to USD 50,00067 days left

Call for Applications: DBN Agriculture Innovation Hub for Agribusinesses in North-East Nigeria

Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN)

Call for partners

Apply for the 100x Impact accelerator

GBP 150,00022 days left

Call for partners

Villgro Africa MedTech Innovation Program

Allianz MoveNow Global Social Innovation Challenge

USD 5,000 to 10,00039 days left

Fellowship or prize

Transformative African Leaders

Agence Française de Développement

EUR 8,000Open all year

Fellowship or prize

Free Training: Prepare Your Agri-Food Product for the Canadian Market with CAFAC

Conseil d'Affaires des Femmes Afrique-Canada (CAFAC)

Fellowship or prize

Internships & Training in Agroecology 2027

Ferme Siyah Organics

Technical Support from DER/FJ

Fellowship or prize

Call for Applications: Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship Uganda

Mastercard Foundation

USD 70,00017 days left

Madica: Up to 200,000 USD and Mentorship for African Tech Startups

USD 200,000Open all year

Fellowship or prize

Queen of Africa Competition

Reine d'Afrique

Up to XOF 90,000,00022 days left

German Government — International Climate Initiative Medium Grants

German Government

EUR 300,000 to 800,00064 days left

Freshwater Biodiversity Information System for Africa — Small Grants

Terra Viva Grants

USD 5,000 to 10,000Closes today

Fellowship or prize

Youth Ecopreneur Programme (YECO) 2026

International Trade Centre

Fellowship or prize

The IREX Community Solutions Program 2027 for Community youth leaders (Fully Funded to the United States)

CIEIF Sixth Grant Round: environmental impact assessment, impact modelling and stakeholder engagement for climate intervention field tests

Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund (CIEIF)

USD 75,00022 days left

$75,000 for Climate Innovation Projects – Climate Intervention Environmental Impact Fund

Startup Networks

USD 75,00022 days left

Fellowship or prize

Call For Applications: Federal Government TVET Initiative COHORT 3

Federal Ministry of Education (FME)

NGN 30,000Not stated

Fellowship or prize

Gates Foundation AI Fellows Program 2027

Gates Foundation

Call for Applications: British Council Green and Digital Employability and Enterprise Programme

British Council

GBP 150,0008 days left

Fellowship or prize

Mozilla Foundation Fellowship 2027–2028

Mozilla Foundation

Up to USD 125,00038 days left

Federal Government’s ₦75,000 HoPE Cash Transfer

Federal Government of Nigeria

NGN 75,000Not stated

Fellowship or prize

Innovation and Impact Solutions Competition: Banlieue Smart Day 2026

Banlieue Smart Genius

Call for partners

Call for Applications - 5th Cohort: Teranga Tech Incub Casamance

Alliance Française de Casamance