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Funding Opportunities

Project Last Mile/ USAID Emerging Health Threats Program Application for Biomedical Innovators

by Johnpaul Mbanefo on
Project Last Mile

Project Last Mile in partnership with USAID is seeking to identify enterprises that demonstrate a proven or promising innovation to address emerging disease prevention and/or control, are poised for growth, and would benefit from Project Last Mile’s technical assistance.

Each enterprise will be matched with a Project Last Mile Subject Matter Expert (SME) and will gain one-on-one technical advice, coaching, and mentoring support to design a solution to a key business challenge being faced by the enterprise. Enterprises may also be eligible for up to a maximum of US$200,000 in grant funding, in addition to separate technical assistance. (more…)

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Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2024 Application

by Johnpaul Mbanefo on
Africa Prize

The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of engineering in 2014, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to developing African innovators, and assisting them to maximize their impact.

It awards crucial commercialization support to ambitious African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to address local challenges, demonstrating the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. (more…)

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ICAN-BOI iHack4SDG Challenge 2023 Application (N3.5 million in cash prizes)

by Johnpaul Mbanefo on
iHack4SDG Challenge

ICAN-BOI, in collaboration with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and the Bank of Industry, will gather a new generation of innovative thinkers from across the tech industry to tackle some of the most pressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), tagged “iHack4SDG Challenge 2023.”

ICANBOI, an innovation hub at the heart of Yaba and Ebutte Metta, opens applications for the iHack4SDG Challenge, which will take place from May 17 to May 24, 2023. The demo for the challenge will be held physically at the ICAN-BOI Innovation Hub. Ten (10) ideas will be selected to participate in the challenge, from which three teams will emerge winners. (more…)

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BRACE Program Application for Owners and Designated Employees of Small and Medium Sized Agric Enterprises.

by Johnpaul Mbanefo on
BRACE Program

Are you an agripreneur operating an AgriSMEs in Africa within your network who aim to build sustainable and resilient Agribusiness? Then this BRACE program is for you.

What is BRACE?

In 2023, African Food Changemakers launched the “Building Resilience Against Climate and Environmental Shocks” (BRACE) program. BRACE program is an intensive capacity development program designed to support African small and medium entrepreneurs (agriSMEs) in the agribusiness landscape to be aware about how their businesses are affected by climate change and to enable them develop strategies to adapt to and mitigate the impact of climate change through climate-smart practices. (more…)

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AGRIBUSINESS DEALROOM (AGRA) APPLICATION FOR SMES

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Agribusiness Dealroom

The fourth edition of the Agribusiness Dealroom has been launched  at a virtual event organized by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).

The Agribusiness Dealroom will provide companies in the agriculture and agribusiness sectors with access to finance, mentorship, and market entry solutions to support their growth objectives. It will achieve these through a combination of project preparation, pipeline development, project bankability, investment promotion, and enabling policy environment. (more…)

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