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…)
Applications are open for AUDA-NEPAD Home-Grown Solutions Agribusiness Accelerator Program 2026. The Home-Grown Solutions Agribusiness Accelerator (HGSA-A) is a COMESA regional initiative that supports growth-stage agribusinesses delivering scalable, innovative, and impact-driven solutions across Africa’s agricultural value chain. (more…)
Applications are open for WAAW Foundation Scholarship 2025. The WAAW Foundation (Working to Advance STEM Education for African Women) has opened applications for its 2025 Scholarship Programme, offering financial and leadership support to young African women pursuing undergraduate degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields. (more…)
Applications are open for Foundation S’ Climate Action & Health Resilience Grants Programme 2025. Foundation S’ 2025 Climate Action & Health Resilience Grants Programme will support innovative, community-led solutions to strengthen resilience against the health effects of extreme heat and air pollution in LMICs. (more…)
Applications are open for WASCAL’s Innovative Ideas Competition for Sustainable Energy (WISE). Entrepreneurs, innovators and start-ups across West Africa now have a chance to secure funding for research or project ideas in renewables and green hydrogen through WASCAL’s “WISE” call. This initiative aims to accelerate energy access, climate resilience and livelihood improvement in the region. (more…)
Applications are open for Kelly African Business Challenge 2025. If you lead an early-stage business in Africa and want to refine your model, pitch to investors, and gain exposure, the African Business Challenge organized by Africa Business Club @ Kelley offers a platform to compete, learn and gain prize funding. (more…)
Applications are open for Mercy Corps Ventures AI for Financial Resilience Initiative 2025. MCV’s AI for Financial Resilience initiative leverages AI, blockchain, and emerging technologies to close financial service gaps for unbanked, underbanked, and climate-vulnerable populations in emerging markets, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Asia. (more…)
Applications are open to One Young World NewNow Program 2026. The NewNow is a One Young World programme supported by Virgin Unite, empowering the boldest emerging young leaders to redefine change through systems-thinking and collective action. The program is looking for ten of the most trailblazing, impactful leaders from the Global South who have a demonstrable understanding and commitment to creating systemic change. (more…)
