The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) has launched a €650,000 new initiative to enhance the sustainable contribution of Uganda’s forest resources to national economic growth and global environmental goals, including efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
- 2025, December, East Africa, Environment, Uganda
The €25,000 Startupbootcamp BOLD2 Food & AgriTech is a 3-month hybrid accelerator program starting January 2026 in Amsterdam designed for passionate early-stage founders with game-changing solutions in food and agriculture, aiming to accelerate startups and drive positive change by providing knowledge, connections, and opportunities.
- 2025, Accelerator Program, Agric Business, Central Africa, December, East Africa, Food, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The $100,000 Seeding the Future Global Food System Challenge, organized by Welthungerhilfe, is designed to spark innovation that can reshape the future of food systems, particularly across the Global South.
- 2025, Central Africa, December, East Africa, Food, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The Founders and Leaders Academy (FLA) 1.0 is more than just a workshop. It’s a strategic gathering of industry experts, business leaders, investors, and ambitious professionals committed to building sustainable, scalable businesses and transformative leadership.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, October, Southern Africa, Training Program, West Africa, Youth
The €2,000 ComCashew’s e-MOVE AgriCanvas Fund is a support scheme for emerging agripreneurs in cashew, cacao, maize, or livestock (cattle, sheep, goats) value chains.
- 2025, Agric Business, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, November, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
The €100,000 Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge — the world’s longest-running Deep Tech competition — is back for its 11th edition, spotlighting groundbreaking startups transforming the future through advanced computing, cybersecurity, and AI-driven innovation.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, November, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
BeyondLimits, in partnership with Zenith Bank, runs the ₦70 million Zecathon (also called Zenith Bank Startup Pitch Competition). This platform supports startups through funding, mentorship, incubation, and exposure.
- 2025, Agric Business, Central Africa, Climate Change, East Africa, Health, Nigeria, North Africa, October, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The programme recognises that many Nigerians are capable of running profitable businesses if given even the smallest financial push. By providing seed capital ranging from ₦10,000 to ₦100,000, it enables beneficiaries to either start a business or boost an already existing trading venture.
- 2025, December, Nigeria, West Africa
Explore over $2.3 million in global funding closing between October 13 and 27, 2025. Opportunities are available for researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators, journalists, NGOs, and startups.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, October, Southern Africa, West Africa
The $20,000 Southern Africa Poultry Initiative (SAPI) – Feed Accelerator Grand Challenge aims to surface and develop innovative ideas from business, government, civil society, and academia that have the potential to address systemic issues at any point in the poultry feed value chain.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, Accelerator, Agric Business, Climate Change, CSOs, East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, October, Southern Africa, Tech, Zambia