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Funding Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

MEST Africa Challenge 2025 for Tech Startups (Up to $50,000 in equity)

MEST Africa Challenge (MAC)

Applications are open for MEST Africa Challenge 2025. The MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) is a leading Pan-African pitch competition designed for early-stage technology startups ready to scale. The MEST Africa Challenge 2025 is led by MEST Africa and powered by Absa. MAC offers a powerful platform to access equity funding, build strategic networks, and gain global visibility. (more…)

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African Planet Prize 2025 (up to $5,000)

African Planet Prize

Applications are open for African Planet Prize 2025. The Frontiers Planet Prize (FPP) aims to recognize transformative scientific contributions that offer solutions to the planet’s most pressing challenges, including climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. In partnership with the Frontiers Research Foundation (FRF), the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has initiated a continent-wide implementation strategy to enhance African participation in this prestigious global prize. (more…)

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The Earth Prize Environmental Sustainability Competition 2026 for Young Student Innovators Worldwide (Up to $100,000 Grant Prizes)

The Earth Prize

Applications are open for The Earth Prize Environmental Sustainability Competition 2026. The Earth Prize is a $100,000 environmental sustainability competition open to teenage students worldwide. It recognizes and awards students who develop the best solutions to accelerate positive change towards environmental sustainability. (more…)

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Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) Grants Program 2025 for Nonprofits & Schools ( Up To $50,000)

GTIA Grant

Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) Grants Program 2025. GTIA awards grants to nonprofits and schools that use—or need—technology to improve lives, with a focus on under-resourced communities locally and globally. Their grants can provide funding to support smart, scalable solutions that tackle real-world challenges, from broadband access to AI-powered learning tools. (more…)

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International AIDS Society (IAS) Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme 2025 (Up to USD 10,000 Seed Grants)

IAS Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme

Applications are open for International AIDS Society (IAS) Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme 2025. IAS – the International AIDS Society – invites you to submit a proposal requesting up to USD 10,000 to implement a six-month innovation project (from April to October 2026) that addresses a need for young people living with and affected by HIV. (more…)

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NASENI InnovateNaija Challenge For Nigerian Young Innovators and Students (Win Up to N100 Million Grant Prizes)

NASENI InnovateNaija Challenge

Applications are now open for NASENI InnovateNaija Challenge. Are you a young Nigerian with a homegrown, game-changing product in science, engineering, or manufacturing? Apply now for the InnovateNaija Challenge, open to Nigerians aged 15–40 nationwide and stand a chance to win #100million Naira. (more…)

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