Grants for African Entrepreneurs | Find Funding for Your Business & NGO

Explore 20+ grants, prizes, and accelerator programs closing between 28th and 31st October 2025—supporting startups, researchers, nonprofits, and innovators across sectors from AI and education to conservation and climate action.

The FemFocus 2026–2030 program, administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, offers significant funding to civil society organisations (CSOs) that support women’s entrepreneurship in Africa.

The Women for Africa Foundation is pleased to announce its €4,000 11th edition of the Science by Women program to promote African women leadership in scientific research and technology.

The ₦1,000,000 YandyTech Innovation Fund is a flagship program by YandyTech, aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs who are leveraging technology or plan to adopt tech solutions to enhance business productivity, scale operations, and solve pressing community or industry challenges.

Sterling Bank, in partnership with the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), invites women entrepreneurs across Nigeria to apply for its ₦20 billion funding scheme. The initiative is designed to help women-led businesses access affordable financing and expand their operations in key sectors of the economy.

The €1,000 IFRA-Nigeria Research Grant provides an opportunity for scholars to conduct research in the humanities and social sciences across West Africa.

The $1,000 J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction is seeking carefully crafted short stories with vivid characters who encounter grace in everyday settings.

The REAL Centre (University of Cambridge) and ESSA have launched a research grant opportunity to support Africa-based foundational learning research, offering up to US$15,000 per award for researchers working in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, or Zambia.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Nigeria, in partnership with FSD Africa through the BimaLab Insurtech Accelerator, has launched the Inclusive Insurance Innovation Challenge 2025 — a ₦90 million innovation fund aimed at accelerating inclusive insurance solutions for Nigeria’s underserved populations.

The AI for All Global Impact Challenge invites students, professionals, researchers, and companies worldwide to propose pilot-ready AI solutions addressing critical needs across sectors to deliver inclusive and scalable impact with support through mentorship, funding, and global visibility.