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SIA Startup Foundry Cohort 2 For Entrepreneurs in Nigeria ($10,000 Grants) Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 SIA Startup Foundry is an incubator program that provides businesses with a conducive environment to develop their ideas, refine their business models, and bring their visions to life. The entrepreneurial spirit of Nigerians is undeniable. With a booming economy and […]

The World Food Prize Foundation Innovate for Impact Challenge 2025 ($65,000 prize) Deadline: April 15, 2025 The World Food Prize Foundation, in collaboration with America’s Cultivation Corridor, is proud to launch the Innovate for Impact Challenge—a pioneering initiative dedicated to accelerating agricultural technology (AgTech) innovation. This Challenge seeks to identify and support early-stage, tech-driven startups whose

Call For Applications: i3 Investing in Innovation Africa Cohort 3 (Up to $225,000 Grant) Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 Do you think your venture can bring affordable, high-quality health products and services closer to where patients are? You might belong in our next cohort. Learn more about our application process and selection criteria or click the

Call For Applications: Leading Ladies Connect Pitch Competition 2025 (Up to $25,000 in Grant Prizes for Aspiring Female Entrepreneurs) Deadline: Feb 1, 2025 The pitch competition aims to provide a platform for aspiring female entrepreneurs to pitch their innovative business ideas on stage in front of investors, corporates, and key players in Business & Innovation.

Call for Applications: Foodtech Innovations Awards 2025 Deadline: April 4, 2025 The Foodtech Innovations Awards recognizes the most innovative proposals that offer a disruptive approach to Customer Experience or Management. Innovative business models or technology that can make a change in the food sector. Food for Future believes that the food industry is booming and while

Call For Applications: YouLead Africa Seed-Funding for Young Entrepreneurs in East, West & Southern Africa (Up to $2000 Grant) Deadline: Feb 20, 2025 We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 in East, West and Southern Africa to apply for start-up and scale-up seed-funding of 2000$, designed to empower  and

Call for Applications: PEP-Hewlett-EIPM Program for African Research Centers (up to $60,000) Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 The PEP-Hewlett-EIPM program, supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, invites applications from research centers in East and West Africa to participate in a new program aimed at promoting evidence-informed policymaking (EIPM). This initiative is designed to enhance the collaboration between local

Call For Applications: Next Titan Nigeria 2025 for Entrepreneurs (N50m worth of prizes) Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 Are you an Unconventional Entrepreneur? Do you have what it takes to be on THE NEXT TITAN NIGERIA Season 10, The Unconventional? The Season 10 is searching for exceptional entrepreneurs that have potentials, creativity, and tenacity to compete for

HP DIGITAL EQUITY ACCELERATOR PROGRAM 2025 FOR NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION (USD $100,000 IN UNRESTRICTED GRANT FUNDING) Deadline: Feb 12, 2025 Applications are now open for the 2025 Hp Digital Equity Accelerator Program. The Digital Equity Accelerator helps nonprofits that are working to advance digital inclusion scale their impact. The Digital Equity Accelerator offers selected organizations USD $100,000

Call For Applications: Mercy Corps Ventures Anticipatory Action Accelerator 2025 (Up to $100,000 Equity-free Grants) Deadline: Feb 14, 2025 This initiative, building on recent Anticipatory Action (AA) pilots completed in Kenya and Nepal, will partner with startups, NGOs, and more to usher in a new era of humanitarian aid, leveraging innovations in tech such as