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

Impact-driven startups and social enterprises can now apply for Expo City Dubai Foundation’s Global Innovators Programme, which offers grants of up to US$ 100,000. The programme backs scalable solutions that tackle urgent challenges, especially in the Global South.

18 upcoming grants and competitions are offering creatives, researchers, innovators, and nonprofits over $600,000 in funding opportunities. Some also provide training and non-cash support for women and youth innovators.

Are you a young Nigerian with a homegrown, game-changing product in science, engineering, or manufacturing? Apply now for the InnovateNaija Challenge, open to Nigerians aged 15–40 nationwide and stand a chance to win #100million Naira.

The €30,000 House of No Waste Competition (HØW) calls upon aspiring young architects, landscape architects, building and structural engineers, planners, builders, material and environmental scientists, product designers, and built environment professionals to engage in a global competition that tackles pressing issues of the circular economy, Resource Nexus and waste management in the built environment.

DevelopSpace is initiating a grants program to support projects working in relevant science and engineering areas that share their results and methods in an open manner.

The Zonta International is pleased to announce its $10,000 Amelia Earhart Fellowship to carry out its mission to provide women access to resources and represent them in decision-making positions on an equal basis with men.

The $5,000 Heh-Won Chang, Ph.D. Fellowships provide financial support to full-time graduate students conducting research in green chemistry and/or engineering.

The Royal Society announces its £25,000 Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) scheme to increase the knowledge and awareness in UK universities of cutting edge industrial science, research and innovation.

The £50,000 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation.