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…)
Applications are open for Crop Trust Power of Diversity Grants 2026. The Power of Diversity Grants 2026 is an international agricultural grant program managed by the Crop Trust under the Power of Diversity Funding Facility. The program is designed to support the production, processing, marketing, and promotion of underutilized but highly nutritious and climate-resilient crops known as “Opportunity Crops.” (more…)
Applications are open for develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition 2026. DEG Impulse gGmbH and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) support young companies to scale innovative business models in selected emerging markets that create positive impact and contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (more…)
Applications are open for African Climate Creatives Fellowship (ACCF) 2026. The African Climate Creatives Fellowship (ACCF) is a Pan-African initiative designed to empower emerging climate advocates and creatives to lead digital-first campaigns that shift narratives and spark action. (more…)
