Application Deadline: April 16, 2023 at 11:59PM EST The WE (women entrepreneurs) Empower UN SDG Challenge is the first-of-its-kind global competition for women social entrepreneurs who are advancing the UN …
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UCT GSB Solution Space e-Track Programme 2023 for entrepreneurs and early-stage startups.
Application Deadline: March 29, 2023 Run in partnership with ayoba, the e-Track Programme is a two-phase early-stage venture acceleration and a capacity-building programme for high-impact entrepreneurs in South Africa and beyond. …
VivaTech AfricaTech Awards 2023 for Innovative African startups (Funded to Paris, France)
Application Deadline: March 20, 2023 VivaTech and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have teamed up for the second edition of the AfricaTech Awards. This initiative aims to recognize and support …
Ashoka/HSBC Green Changemakers Challenge 2023 for young Changemakers ($225,000 in grant funding)
Application Deadline: April 26, 2023 Ashoka and HSBC are collaborating for the third year, to launch the ‘Green Changemakers Challenge.’ This global innovation challenge is open to changemakers with solutions that …
Application Deadline: April 30, 2023 The UN SDG Action Awards is a signature programme of the UN SDG Action Campaign, seeking initiatives and individuals that mobilize, inspire and connect people to drive positive change. Apply with your initiatives MOBILIZE Initiatives …
Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award 2023 for Female Entrepreneurs (25,000 Euro Cash Prize)
Application Deadline: March 24, 2023 The Bayer Foundation Women Empowerment Award will grant 15 female entrepreneurs from the Global South a €25,000 cash prize, tailored coaching as well as a …
Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2024 in Sub-Saharan Africa (£25,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: 25 July 2023 (4pm BST). The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2014, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to developing African …
Innovate Ventures 2023 Women Business Accelerator for early-stage Somali Startups
Application Deadline: 21st March 2023 The Women Accelerator is a 10-week program that selects, offers essential business skills training, and funds female-owned startups in Somaliland. The top startups will receive an investment of up …
ygap South Africa 2023 Accelerator Program for young South African Entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: June 30, 2023 The ygap South Africa Accelerator Program helps ventures to refine and validate their business model, move towards financial sustainability, and grow the impact that they …
Meta Bursaries to Support Emerging Researchers at the AI4D Africa Conference 2023
Application Deadline: 7th April 2023. Call for applications – META has provided bursary funding to support the attendance of emerging researchers at the AI4D Conference (supported by the IDRC, Niyel …
Application Deadline: March 31st, 2023 Are you an ambitious young South African girl who wants to further her education? Do you see your low-income family background as a limitation? Oprah Winfrey Leadership …
Application Deadline: 15 March 2023. By providing an opportunity for girls from around the world to explore their interests in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, we can start to change …
Application Deadline: April 30, 2023 The Future Generation Art Prize is a biannual global contemporary art prize to discover, recognize and give long-term support to a future generation of artists. …
The Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Program 2023 for early-stage African Startups ($150,000 per startup equity-free cash awards)
Application Deadline: March 26, 2023. The Google for Startups Founders Funds provide cash awards — without giving up equity in return — and hands-on support to help Black and Latino …
Application Deadline: July 11, 2023. The Next Economy is an initiative of SOS Children’s Villages CV, Crosswise Works and GoodUp and is being funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign …
L’Oréal-UNESCO Sub-Saharan Africa Young Talents Programme 2023 for African Women in Science
Application Deadline: MARCH 24, 2023 The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science sub-Saharan Africa regional program aims to promote and encourage the participation of young African women in science. This program …
Africa Food Prize 2023 for Innovation in African Agriculture (USD $100,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: June 17, 2023 The Africa Food Prize is the preeminent award recognizing an outstanding individual or institution that is leading the effort to change the reality of farming …
Application Deadline: 21 March 2023. The Junior City Council (JCC) is an initiative run by the City which aims to expose secondary school students in Cape Town to the workings …
YALI-RLC SA/Trevor Noah Foundation Education Change Makers Programme 2023 (Cohort 3) for young Southern Africans (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: 17 March 2023. The Young African Leaders Initiative Regional Leadership Center Southern Africa (YALI RLC-SA) and the Trevor Noah Foundation have partnered to invest in a new generation …
Acumen Gender Equity and Advancement Accelerator Program 2023 for Social Entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: April 4, 2023 Gender Equity and Advancement Accelerator: Refine and develop a profitable and scalable business model that advances gender equity To support social entrepreneurs committed to leading …
IFRA-Nigeria Call for application – Creating sound maps of religious buildings in Ibadan, Nigeria.
Application Deadline: 8 March 2023 midnight (WAT) As part of both its programmes on Digital Humanities and on Nigerian religious dynamics, IFRA-Nigeria has launched a research project on the religious architectural heritage of Ibadan. Drawing …
The Allan Gray Makers StartUp Academy 2023- incubation programme for aspiring artisan entrepreneurs
Application Deadline: 10th March 2023 The Allan Gray Makers StartUp Academy is a free 8-month incubation programme for aspiring artisan entrepreneurs in the Plumbing and Electrical trades. Entrepreneurs will receive …
Villa Albertine Residency Program 2023/2024 for creators & culture professionals (Fully Funded to the United States)
Application Deadline: March 10, 2023 Each year, in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Villa Albertine welcomes five thinkers, creators, or culture professionals from the African continent to complete a residency …
NEIP Hub Acceleration Grant Programme 2023 for Ghanaian business & innovation hub
The National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme (NEIP) is a flagship policy initiative of the Government of Ghana. It’s primary objective is to provide an integrated national support for start-ups and …
The Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize 2023 for young emerging Leaders. (USD 10,000 prize)
Application Deadline: March 31, 2023 Launched by the Kofi Annan Foundation (KAF) and the Democracy and Culture Foundation (DCF), the Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize is awarded to a young leader aged between 18 …
United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Nansen Refugee Award 2023 (US$ 150,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: 17 March 2023. Each year, the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award recognizes several individuals, groups or organizations that have shown exceptional dedication in protecting and assisting refugees, internally displaced …
Covering Climate Now (CCNow) 2023 Journalism Awards for journalists worldwide.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2023. Covering Climate Now has launched. Journalists throughout the world are invited to submit their work for the 2023 Awards, presented with the Columbia Journalism Review. …
Application Deadline: March 10, 2023 at 10 a.m. ET The VV Visionaries program in partnership with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF), the charitable fund of Estée Lauder, was …
WISE Edtech Accelerator Programme 2023/2024 for Education Technology Projects.
Application Deadline: April 14, 2023 (4 PM GMT): The WISE Edtech Accelerator is a key part of the edtech program that aims to support innovation and build an edtech community focused on …
Nokia/Bell Labs Prize 2023 for Game-Changing Ideas in ICT (150,000+ USD Prize)
Application Deadline: April 21 of 2023 The Nokia Bell Labs Prize is a competition for innovators from participating countries around the globe. It seeks to recognize innovations that solve the …
The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) Summer Laboratory Training Programme 2023 for Undergraduate Students – Madrid, Spain (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: March 15, 2023. The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas), in Madrid, Spain, offers research training opportunities to students of all nationalities interested …
SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards 2023 for young South Africans
Application Deadline: 27 March 2023 at midday. The Social Innovation Awards recognise entrepreneurs and social innovators who have developed innovative products, services, and processes that solve social problems. The programme …
Design Futures Lab 2023 for creative technologists and digital storytellers (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: 15 March 2023. The Design Futures lab allows for the worlds of fashion and immersive technology to merge in a radical exploration of storytelling, world-building, and reimagining futures …
Morgan Stanley’s Inclusive Ventures Lab 2023 for early-stage technology startups
Morgan Stanley’s in-house startup accelerator, formerly known as the Multicultural Innovation Lab, promotes financial inclusion and provides access to capital and connections for early-stage technology and technology-enabled companies led by …
2023 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences for women scientists in Low-Income African Countries (USD5,000 cash award)
Application Deadline: 18 April, 2023 This award, named after TWAS Fellow Quarraisha Abdool Karim, carries a cash award of USD5,000 generously provided by Professor Abdool Karim. It is designed to …
CcHub-Mastercard Foundation Edtech Fellowship Program 2023 for edtech startups
CcHub and Mastercard Foundation are partnering to empower edtech startups who are building tools that enhance learning outcomes and accelerate access to equitable and quality education for Africa’s next generation. …
The French-African Foundation Young Leaders Program 2023 for young Africans (Fully Funded to Rwanda & France)
Application Deadline: 17 March 2023 The French-African Foundation brings together every year, on the basis of a public call for applications and a selection process by a dedicated jury, a …
The African Union (AU) COVID-19 Vaccination Bingwa initiative – Southern and Western Africa Regions
Application Deadline: 25 February 2023 at 05:00 pm SAT. In April 2022, the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) officially launched an African Union public-private-youth initiative co-led by Africa CDC …
Application Deadline: 4th March 2023 The Goethe-Institut in Nairobi is calling on Kenyan creatives to apply for its recently introduced Nafasi fund. As the Goethe-Institut Nairobi reopens its spaces this …
Project I2M (innovation to market) Programme for Innovators and Researchers across Nigeria. (2 Million Naira in funding)
Application Deadline: March 30th, 2023 Project I2M (innovation to market): Building an Integrated Support system for a sustainable innovation ecosystem in Nigeria. It has the objective to harness innovations in …
