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

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.

This $25,000 initiative gives you funding, mentorship, and tools to turn participatory ideas into programs that make a real difference in your community.

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 UN Women is now accepting applications for developing and roll out a $55,000 Global Feminist Technology and Innovation Lab for women’s rights organizations and activists.

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) Rapid Response Window (RRW) is accepting concept notes from eligible applicants in countries with active peace processes.

The UN Women has launched a $100,000 prestigious global award to recognize and celebrate the outstanding efforts of individuals, civil society, public institutions, and private sector actors working toward gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

The $250,000 Amref Health Africa invite bold, innovative proposals from research institutions and multi-stakeholder consortia ready to deliver transformative research on the climate-health nexus in Eastern and Southern Africa.

The $100,000 Pure Earth Opportunity Fund has opened a new round of grants to support innovative projects that tackle the global challenge of lead exposure.

The UN Trust Fund has launched a new $800,000 Call for Proposals to provide four-year grants, offering both core and flexible funds, to civil society organizations working to end violence against women and girls.

The Commonwealth Foundation offer grants of up to £60,000 to civil society organisations in the Commonwealth.