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Nominations are now open for $50,000 Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize for outstanding leaders who demonstrate the willingness and capacity to address the complexity of 21st-century challenges
- 2025, Central Africa, Creative Industry, East Africa, Leadership, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
Applications are now open for the TZS 50 million Tanzania Forest Fund to support forest protection, conservation, management and development, as well as sustainable use of forest resources through awarding grants.
- 2025, Conservation, East Africa, March
Each year, ten outstanding finalists are selected to compete in the ABH Grand Finale pitch competition, where they showcase their businesses for a chance to win a share of $1.5 million in grant funding.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The ₦10,000,000 Banking on Women’s Health Innovation Awards recognize bold ideas that improve women’s health and well-being.
- 2025, Health, March, Nigeria
The up to €1 million Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) has opened its 2025 Call for Proposals, offering early-stage grant financing to companies promoting clean energy solutions in Southern and Eastern Africa.
- 2025, East Africa, Energy, March, Southern Africa
The $25,000 FairWays Foundation Grant Program supports conservation-based projects where the belief and commitment demonstrated offer a meaningful contribution to long term change.
- 2025, April, Central Africa, Conservation, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
- 2025, April, East Africa, Fellowship, Food, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, West Africa
The up to €15,000 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science national and regional “Young Talents” programmes have been supporting young women researchers around the world to pursue their scientific careers in their home countries or abroad since 2000.
- 2025, Academic Research, Central Africa, East Africa, March, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
Are you a journalist with a great idea for a high-impact story that “Follows the Money” but few resources to get it done? The $15,000 McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism would like to hear from you.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Fellowship, Journalism, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Through this initiative, three recent graduates (2019-2024) will receive $1,500 (NGN equivalent) each to help scale their businesses.
- 2025, April, Nigeria, Youth