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

The $2,000 SADC Media Awards 2026 is inviting journalists across Southern Africa to showcase outstanding media work that promotes regional cooperation, integration and development.

Discover 7 unique fellowship grants with deadline in February and March, for early and mid-career researchers and scientists in various discipline.

Explore all grant opportunities with deadline in February 2026

The £2,000 Thomson Reuters Foundation Journalist Fellowship Programme offers mid-career journalists a fully funded opportunity to take time away from their newsroom work to develop an in-depth project, enhance professional skills, and engage with a global cohort of peers.

This $60,000 Accelerator supports UN-led teams with pilot-tested solutions that are ready to scale in development and humanitarian contexts, offering strategy development, expert guidance, and potential grant funding to extend impact across countries and communities.

The $50,000 UNESCO-Aschberg Programme Call for Projects 2025 invites governments, public institutions, and civil society organizations to submit initiatives that strengthen the status of artists and cultural professionals while safeguarding artistic freedom worldwide.

The ₦100 million SheAscends Growth Capital program is designed to support women entrepreneurs in Nigeria with funding, capacity building, and strategic business support.

Explore six unique opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs in the energy sector

The Honnold Foundation provides up to $150,000 funding to organizations or projects that use solar energy to serve underserved or marginalized communities.

The $1.5Million UNCDF seeks expressions of interest from private micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises operating in the Congo Basin region that are implementing or scaling nature-positive, deforestation-free, and climate-resilient business models.