Applications are now open for 3rd Edition of the AFRISE Challenge. The AFRISE Challenge provides an opportunity for high potential African youth and student entrepreneurs to rise up in their entrepreneurial journey, and contribute to local and regional economic development by becoming job creators. (more…)
Applications for the VV Visionaries Program 2025 are now open! The VV Visionaries program in partnership with the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF), the charitable fund of Estée Lauder, was created to support the next generation of emerging leaders who are redefining leadership in their everyday lives. (more…)
The Deep Tech Train the Trainer (TtT) Programme is open for applications for its March 2025 intake. The programme is open to all and specifically designed to enhance the capabilities of educators in the fields of deep tech (DT) and Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E), to address the significant gap in the integration of deep tech and I&E content in higher education, and aims to build a robust community of well-equipped educators who can foster a more dynamic and integrated approach to teaching deep tech and I&E. (more…)
Applications are open for Business Growth Initiative for Startups (BGIS) 2025. The Business Growth Initiative for Startups is a program designed to empower growth-stage businesses in Nigeria by providing tailored support, mentorship, and resources to scale sustainably and profitably. (more…)
Applications are open for BIC Africa Acceleration Programme. The fifth edition of the BIC Africa Acceleration Programme for Women Entrepreneurs will support 30 women entrepreneurs in total, including 20 from the country projects Angola, Comoros, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somalia and 10 others from other Sub-Saharan African countries willing to scale their businesses, while contributing to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (more…)
Applications are open for UNESCO ICT in Education Prize. The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education recognizes innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational and lifelong learning opportunities for all, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 4 on education. (more…)
Submissions are now open for the Internet Society Sustainable Peering Infrastructure Funding Program. Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) are effective in improving the end-user experience and lowering access costs while catalyzing the development of the local Internet ecosystem. (more…)
The KBF Africa Prize rewards African-initiated and led organisations which contribute to sustainably improving the lives of people in Africa. It pays particular attention to initiatives that tackle challenges in Africa in transformative ways, which are resilient and adaptable in a constantly changing context, which have a long-term vision, and which empower people to take their future into their own hands. (more…)
