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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.

The AI by HER Global Impact Challenge, set to culminate at the India-AI Impact Summit in February 2026 in New Delhi, invites women technologists worldwide to showcase artificial intelligence solutions addressing real-world challenges across critical sectors, offering funding, mentorship, and global exposure to accelerate inclusive innovation.

The $20,000 D-Prize offers a unique opportunity for changemakers to create lasting impact by launching new social ventures focused on expanding access to proven solutions in low- and middle-income countries.

The €25,000 Startupbootcamp BOLD2 Food & AgriTech is a 3-month hybrid accelerator program starting January 2026 in Amsterdam designed for passionate early-stage founders with game-changing solutions in food and agriculture, aiming to accelerate startups and drive positive change by providing knowledge, connections, and opportunities.

The €2,000 ComCashew’s e-MOVE AgriCanvas Fund is a support scheme for emerging agripreneurs in cashew, cacao, maize, or livestock (cattle, sheep, goats) value chains.

BeyondLimits, in partnership with Zenith Bank, runs the ₦70 million Zecathon (also called Zenith Bank Startup Pitch Competition). This platform supports startups through funding, mentorship, incubation, and exposure.

The $20,000 Southern Africa Poultry Initiative (SAPI) – Feed Accelerator Grand Challenge aims to surface and develop innovative ideas from business, government, civil society, and academia that have the potential to address systemic issues at any point in the poultry feed value chain.

The ₦25 million Collaborate Lagos initiative is back — bigger and bolder — at Art of Technology Lagos 7.0 (AOT 7.0), with a mission to bridge innovation with opportunity and scale high-impact startups across Africa’s leading tech hub.

The Agricultural Youth Summit 2025, jointly organised by the Leventis Foundation Nigeria (LFN) and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), is offering agripreneurs the opportunity to access up to ₦2 Million in grant funding to grow and scale their agribusiness.

The $5,000 BeGreen Programme helps young founders launch or scale ventures in the green economy by offering training, mentorship, and grant funding.