Applications are open for AIEd Forecasting Competition: Education in 2028. AI is already transforming education in ways both positive and negative—and the pace is accelerating. This forecasting competition invites anyone with a thoughtful perspective—educators, researchers, technologists, students, and beyond—to make specific, defendable forecasts about AI’s impact on education by the end of 2028 (roughly the same span between ChatGPT’s release and today). (more…)
Applications are open for UNICEF StartUp Lab Education Challenge 2025. Are you an innovator, social entrepreneur, or startup working on education solutions? UNICEF is calling for submissions to its StartUp Lab Education Challenge 2025, focused on designing tech-driven, inclusive models for out-of-school children in Ghana. This is your chance to build real-world solutions, secure funding, and help bring children back into learning pathways. (more…)
Applications are open for Canva Africa Design Challenge 2025. Canva Africa Design Challenge is an opportunity for young African creatives to design practical, high-impact templates tailored to the needs of local businesses. From WhatsApp product menus to email templates, business cards, brand kits, social video layouts, creator rate cards, and even link-in-bio designs, this challenge invites you to create templates made for Africa, by Africa. (more…)
Applications are open for Africa Impact Fundraising Grant (AIFG) Program 2025. The Africa Impact Fundraising Grant (AIFG) Program is an new initiative by the New Africa Fund, aimed at empowering African NGOs, community-based organizations, and social enterprises to address the pressing need for funding and fundraising expertise. (more…)
Applications are open for develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition 2026. develoPPP Ventures is aimed at young companies, whose innovative business model improves living conditions in a developing or emerging country and who are planning to scale up. Via a matching-funds model, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provides non-dilutive capital of 100,000 euros for suitable growth investments. (more…)
The NextGen Fellowship is a special track under the 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) programme, powered by the Airtel Africa Foundation. It spotlights exceptional young Nigerians and equips them with digital skills, mentorship, and real-world experiences that turn learning into lasting opportunity. (more…)
Applications are open for Mest/Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship 2026. The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship is an entrepreneurship acceleration program designed to support promising African EdTech ventures. The Fellowship provides select EdTech companies with critical business and financial support, as well as insight into the science of learning, preparing them for scale, sustainability, and impact. (more…)
Applications are open for Ecoembes Innovation Challenge 2026. The Circular Lab, has launched the Open Call for Waste Management Startups 2026 — an international innovation challenge designed to identify, support, and accelerate breakthrough ideas that can transform how cities manage waste. (more…)
Applications are open for EMERGE Leadership Program 2026. Africa’s next generation of young professionals and early-career changemakers can now apply for the EMERGE Program, a leadership development initiative powered by TheBoardroom Africa and supported by the Mastercard Foundation. This programme is built to help emerging African leaders grow in influence, capability, and impact. (more…)
Applications are open for Expo City Dubai Global Innovators Programme 2025. A reflection of Expo 2020 Dubai’s – and now Expo City Dubai Foundation’s – long-term commitment to supporting innovations that deliver positive social, economic and environmental change. Based on the belief that impact entrepreneurship is a valuable investment and a powerful instrument for positive change, the Global Innovator Programme supports innovators through a combination of grants, innovation challenges and knowledge-sharing. (more…)
