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 World Food Prize (US$250 thousand) recognizes an individual or individuals who have made outstanding achievements to enhance the world’s food production and its distribution to those most in need.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Food, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The $125,000 Arrell Global Food Innovation Awards recognizes global excellence in the broad area of food innovation and community impact.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, April, Central Africa, East Africa, Food, Health, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The €80,000 Orange Social Venture Prize (OSVP) rewards innovation and social entrepreneurship for sustainable development in Africa and the Middle East.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The €100,000 DIGITAL AFRICA initiative was born of French President Emmanuel Macron’s desire to support the entrepreneurial dynamic and the development of innovative entrepreneurship in Africa. DIGITAL AFRICA is a collaborative and open initiative at the service of African entrepreneurs.
- 2025, Agric Business, April, Central Africa, East Africa, Education, Energy, Health, North Africa, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
Nigeria-UK PACT is inviting eligible organisations to submit proposals for £500,000 innovative, capacity-building projects that support Nigeria’s climate change mitigation ambitions.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, April, Nigeria, West Africa
Applications are now open for the $100,000 Nigeria LNG Nigeria Literature Prize for Young Nigerian Writers.
- 2025, April, Creative Industry, Nigeria, West Africa
To encourage literary criticism, the Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Literature will reward the author of the best critical work with the sum of USD 10,000.
- 2025, April, Creative Industry, Nigeria, West Africa
The $1.5 million Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) invites applications for financial support from projects that aim to transform commodity value chains and uplift smallholder and SME-based enterprises in CFC member countries.
- 2025, Agric Business, April, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Are you an established NGO or social enterprise working in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania? Do you have a proven solution that advances the economic resilience of women working in rural settings? Apply for Scale Accelerator 2025 and get fully-funded consultancy support to help you expand your impact.
- 2025, Accelerator, East Africa, Kenya, March, Training Program