Category: Rwanda
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The Yunus Environment Hub GrowUp Incubator Program 2022 for Social Businesses in East Africa.
Application Deadline: 21 November 2021 The GrowUp Incubator focuses on supporting and advancing innovative solutions that have the potential to create substantial environmental and social impact. The GrowUp Incubator provides key support to social business entrepreneurs in post-revenue stage. Incubatees of GrowUp will receive tailored mentorship based on their needs, interactive capacity building workshops and…
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WAN-IFRA Women in News Social Impact Reporting Initiative (SIRI) for Climate Crisis Coverage (3,000 Euros)
Application Deadline: October 31st, 2021 In recognition of World News Day and its accompanying theme of telling the story of the Climate Crisis, WAN-IFRA Women in News has announced a special edition of its Social Impact Reporting Initiative (SIRI) Individual Assignments. It is inviting women journalists,who have engaged with WAN-IFRA Women in News since 2010, to apply for…
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MTN Global Graduate Development Programme 2022 for young graduates across Africa.
Application Deadline: October 30th 2021 MTN’s Global Graduate Development Programme seeks to source, develop, and accelerate top graduates from across MTN’s footprint in Africa and the Middle East. The programme offers a privileged experience that fast-tracks talented individuals into critical roles at MTN. The MTN Graduate Development Programme combines both formal development in partnership with…
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The Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab 2021 for East African Producers.
Application Deadline:10 October 2021 The Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab is a 5 day film development program that aims at broadening the professional networks and producing expertise of participants through a series of hands-on workshops and one-on-one sessions with local and regional industry mentors. The residential program is designed to hone emerging producers’ creative instincts…
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kLab Startup Academy Program for young Rwandan Tech Entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: September 24th, 2021 Insufficient digital skills has proven to be one of Rwanda’s challenges and an urgent one that needs addressing. The rise in need for digital skills has become more critical following the outbreak of Covid-19 which left most companies and countries struggling to adopt the new normal of conducting business and…
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InfoNile Investigating Water Stories Workshop Training 2021 for Reporters and Editors (Fully Funded to Uganda)
Application Deadline: 23rd September 2021 InfoNile is calling for applications for training, workshop and mentorship on investigating threats to freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Victoria basin. Teams of three (2 reporters and 1 editor) from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania,and Uganda are invited to apply for this 4-day workshop in Uganda from 18th-23rd October 2021. This workshop is organized by InfoNile.…
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The Goethe-Institut Call for Proposals – House of African Feminisms 2021.
Application Deadline: 19 September 2021 GMT. House of African Feminisms (HoAF) is a regional project, aiming at regional exchange and networking of African feminists. African feminisms deal with the conditions of African women* (also queer/trans*) and include different, partly critical, movements, which in turn are in connection/conflict with the feminisms of the Global North. It…
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The HiiL Innovation Hub East Africa Justice Innovation Circle (JIC)
Application Deadline: 24th September 2021 at 23:59 Eastern African Time. The Justice Innovation Circle (JIC) is the key training component of the Justice Entrepreneurship School incubation programme. The incubation programme is for startups that fit into the incubation stage, meaning there is a basic product, an MVP, but there is no traction, that is, the product is…
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The African Food Fellowship 2021 for young Rwandans
Application Deadline: September 19th, 2021 Rwanda systems leadership programme is launched! The African Food Fellowship is inviting applications from Rwandan citizens for the inaugural Food Systems Leadership Programme. The call is open from August 4th to September 19th, 2021. Thirty (30) fellows will be selected competitively and awarded a scholarship in one of the three core…
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African-German Young Leaders Program 2021 for young emerging African Leaders.
Application Deadline: August 15th, 2021 AGYLE is an African-German Young Leaders program that brings young leaders from Africa and Germany together in a long-term business network. The direct encounter and cooperation between the participants is intended to strengthen the African-German dialogue and lay the foundation for a new economic cooperation. AGYLE is a program of the…
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Women’s Political Leadership Programme 2022 for emerging women Leaders (Fully Funded to Sweden)
Application Deadline: 31 August 2021. If you are a local political leader in Africa, Asia or Eastern Europe, a woman and most importantly, an agent of change – this programme is for you The 12-months training focuses on developing politicial leadership skills and is open only to women who hold an elected seat in a local government. All…
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The Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Africa Program 2021 for early-stage African Startups ($3 million in funding)
Application Deadline: July 7th 2021 A Google for Startups program giving access to funding to Black-founded startups in Africa. Through the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Africa, we are supporting early-stage Black-founded startups and startups that are benefitting the Black community on the continent. We want to bridge the existing fundraising gap for Black startup…
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Rise Up Youth Champions Initiative 2021 for young people
Application Deadline: July 15th 2021 Rise Up’s Youth Champions Initiative invests in powerful young leaders ages 18-29 who are leading the sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice movement in Ethiopia, India, Pakistan, Rwanda, and the United States. The externally validated model enables young leaders to create large-scale change through leadership development, technology, innovation, and…
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YALTA Business Accelerator Program 2021 for young entrepreneurs in agriculture, food and nutrition (€5,000 Award)
Application Deadline: June 30th 2021 The YALTA Business Accelerator, an initiative of The Netherland Foods Partnership within the Youth in Agroecology and Business Learning Track Africa (YALTA page) calls upon SMEs in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda to submit their agroecological ideas for a sustainable, healthy and diverse food system. The 10 selected participants will benefit from business & innovation skills…
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Goethe Institute writers’ Residency 2021 for young African Writers (Fully Funded to Kigali, Rwanda)
Application Deadline: 16th May 2021 As a collaboration between Huza Press and the Goethe Institut Kigali, we are announcing a four-week writers’ residency in Kigali (Rwanda) in September 2021. The purpose of this residency is to support writers as they complete or make significant advances with a work-in-progress novel manuscript. We are particularly passionate about…
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Access Bank Rwanda Entry Level Training Program 2021 for young Rwandans.
Application Deadline: April 30th 2021 Access Bank is the recruiting young Rwandans for their Entry Level Training Program. Requirements Age: Below 30 years Education: Bachelors degree (First class and second class upper division) Documents: Application letter, CV, copy of degree and copy of ID (all these in one PDF document) For More Information: Visit the Official…
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Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) 2021 for African tech start-ups.
Application Deadline: May 9th 2021 The Smart Cities Innovation Programme (SCIP) is a 6-month accelerator supporting tech start-ups from Rwanda and other African countries in the fields of Smart Mobility, Smart Housing, and Fintech for Affordability. SCIP will start in June and end in December 2021. Requirements SCIP aims at accelerating start-ups which have Operations…
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The BMGA Fellows Program 2021 for young African Women.
Application Deadline: April 18th 2021 The BMGA Fellows Program is a social impact initiative designed to narrow the gender skills gap that exists among female university graduates in Africa. It is a six-month online blended program that provides young women with access to knowledge and resources required to gain fundamental employability skills that strengthen their…
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Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) Rwanda call for Young Women Researchers.
Application Deadline:March 25, 2021 at 5:00 pm Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT) invites young researchers to support the data collection and analysis for Rwanda gender analysis of program contexts for the Daring to Shift (D2S) project, an initiative funded by the Government of Canada & Digital Skills for Business funded by the World Bank’s Digital Development…
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ESP Partners (ESP) Tourism Inc incubator 2021 for tourism and hospitality businesses in Rwanda
ESPartners (ESP) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation’s Hanga Ahazaza initiative has launched their fourth call for applications for innovative start-ups to join its Tourism Inc program, an incubator for start-ups in the Tourism and Hospitality sector in Rwanda. ESP is accepting applications now for the fourth cohort of this program. Applicants who meet the…
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The Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Program 2021 for Rwandan Women Entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: March 15th 2021 U.S. Embassy Kigali announces the opening of applications for the 2nd cohort of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) training program, a Department of State initiative to support women entrepreneurs globally. Through the academy, Rwanda women entrepreneurs aged 18-35 will receive personalized business mentorship, as well as professional knowledge, tools and networks, in…
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Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP) Africa 2021 for emerging young African Leaders.
Application Deadline:21 March 2021 Are you a changemaker who wants to become part of a network of progressive business leaders? Join the Swedish Institute Management Programme Africa to lead change for responsible leadership and sustainable business practices. The Swedish Institute Management Programme (SIMP) brings together business leaders who want to succeed in driving change for economically, environmentally…
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SAP Africa Young Professional Program 2021 for young Graduates across Africa.
Application Deadline: unspecifiedThe SAP Young Professional Program is a free initiative delivered by the SAP Training and Development Institute. The program, which lasts for 3 months, is designed to give recent graduates the certifications and soft skills required to begin a career as an SAP Associate Consultant. At the end of the training, SAP TDI…
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ITC’s SheTrades Initiative 2021 for young women Entrepreneurs.
Application Deadline: February 15th 2021 ITC’s SheTrades initiative is a global initiative to connect three million women entrepreneurs to the marketplace by 2021. SheTrades works with governments, businesses and business support organizations to conduct research, define supportive trade policies and regulations, facilitate financing, and expand access to government procurement and supply chains. The project will…