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Does your startup have the potential to drive innovation and deliver impactful solutions in healthcare, education, or agriculture? If so, apply for the NPI 3.0 for a chance to win a share of US$220,000, the Cascador Prize for impact valued at US$45,000, and a five-week all-expenses-paid training program in Silicon Valley, USA.
- 2025, Agric Business, April, Education, Health Care, Nigeria, West Africa
The $50,000 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education honours outstanding and innovative contributions made by individuals, institutions, and organizations to advance girls’ and women’s education.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Education, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The upto €100,000 “Francophonie with Them” Fund is a solidarity mechanism aimed at strengthening the economic and social autonomy of women in the French-speaking world, in vulnerable situations, and with a view to sustainable development.
- 2025, Central Africa, March, North Africa, West Africa, Women Empowerment
The program is set to impact over 4 million individuals by enhancing capacity, providing financial empowerment, and fostering invaluable business exchange programs.
- 2025, Deadline Free, Nigeria, Training Program, West Africa, Youth
Nominations are now open for the $100,000 Africa Food Prize, a preeminent award recognizing an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa—from a struggle to survive to a business that thrives.
- 2025, Agric Business, Central Africa, East Africa, Food, June, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative is an innovative, 12-month leadership and business management capacity building program that accepts 200 female entrepreneurs annually.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, February, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The funding will support the training of PhD students in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) as well as the research work of Early Career Academics in AI & ML. The research work within this program must be in AI that addresses any of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- 2025, Central Africa, Digital, East Africa, Internet, March, Scholarship, Tech, West Africa
AstraZeneca is looking for passionate, driven young leaders to join their 2025 Young Health Programme (YHP) Impact Fellowship.
- 2025, April, Central Africa, East Africa, Fellowship, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
The $1.5 million AYuTe Challenge is a competition that identifies and enables young African entrepreneurs to develop and scale agtech solutions.
- 2025, Agric Business, Central Africa, East Africa, Energy, March, Nigeria, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa, Youth
The Earth Journalism Network is offering up to €12,000 grants to media organizations to support projects that strengthen media reporting on biodiversity issues.
- Central Africa, Conservation, East Africa, Journalism, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa