Applications are now open for the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), an impact investment fund providing agribusiness SMEs and social agricultural enterprises across sub-Saharan Africa with funding support of up to $2.4 million. SEFAA is managed by Sahel Capital and focuses on supporting enterprises that improve productivity, market access, and income opportunities for smallholder farmers. (more…)
Applications are open for KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator Competition 2026. The KPMG Private Enterprise Global Tech Innovator Competition brings together some of the world’s most promising and bold technology innovators — founders and entrepreneurs like you who are challenging assumptions and building solutions to real-world challenges that may not have been imagined by others. (more…)
The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) has officially launched its 29th Call for Proposals, inviting applications from organizations and enterprises working to strengthen smallholder livelihoods, promote sustainable agriculture, and build resilient commodity value chains across developing countries. (more…)
Applications are open for MEST AI Startup Program 2027. The fully-funded 12-month program is designed for ambitious founders across West and East Africa ready to build with those shaping what’s next. Over 7 months, you will form a team, validate a real AI business idea, build and deploy an MVP, and learn directly from world-class practitioners at Google, Meta, OpenAI, and beyond. The most promising ventures go further, entering a four-month incubation phase focused on scaling, acquiring real customers, and pitching for pre-seed investment. (more…)
Applications are open for Mandela Rhodes Foundation Äänit Prize 2026. The Mandela Rhodes Foundation has officially announced the 2026 edition of the prestigious Äänit Prize, a social impact funding initiative designed to support innovative African entrepreneurs and changemakers creating solutions for some of the continent’s most pressing challenges. (more…)
Applications are open for Aspire Leaders Program 2026. The Aspire Leaders Program welcomes limited-income and first-generation university students and recent graduates from around the world to join a free online interactive leadership development journey that is manageable along your other commitments. *Note program content is delivered in English. (more…)
Applications are open for African Union (AU) Food and Energy Sovereignty Challenge 2026. This Call for Solutions constitutes a large-scale industrial mobilization aimed at propelling African technological ingenuity to secure the continent’s food and energy future. The African Union is mobilizing the “Sovereignty Builders”: an elite cohort of high-growth SMEs, Startups, and Deeptech companies possessing the technical maturity to transform proof-of-concepts into structural pillars of the African continental market. (more…)
