The R1,000,000 Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) GROW Programme supports innovative and high-growth entrepreneurs in South Africa (ages 18–35) who are building disruptive, scalable businesses with proven traction and strong potential for expansion.
- 2025, December, South Africa, Youth
The ₦20,000,000 Ilorin Innovation Hub Accelerator, powered by IHS Towers, is now accepting applications for its 2025 cohort. This programme supports high-potential African startups building the hardware, software and infrastructure that will drive the continent’s digital and industrial future.
- 2025, Central Africa, Circular Economy, Digital, East Africa, November, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
View 10+ upcoming opportunities closing between November 2025 and January 2026, offering over $400,000 in grants, prizes, and support.
- 2025, Agric Business, Central Africa, Creative Industry, East Africa, North Africa, Researchers, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
EdTechnical has launched the $25,000 “Education in 2028: AIEd Forecasting Competition”, inviting submissions from anyone interested in predicting how AI will reshape teaching, learning, and higher education by 2028.
- 2025, Central Africa, December, Digital, East Africa, Education, North Africa, Researchers, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition 2026 supports young entrepreneurs whose innovative business models improve living conditions in developing or emerging countries. Selected companies receive non-dilutive capital of 100,000 euros through a matching-funds model funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
- 2025, December, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Youth
Impact-driven startups and social enterprises can now apply for Expo City Dubai Foundation’s Global Innovators Programme, which offers grants of up to US$ 100,000. The programme backs scalable solutions that tackle urgent challenges, especially in the Global South.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Energy, Engineering, North Africa, November, SME, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship, run by the Meltwater Foundation, is now accepting applications for its third cohort. The program offers $60,000 in equity-free funding, business acceleration, mentorship, market access, and impact-driven learning support.
- 2026, Accelerator, Central Africa, East Africa, Education, Fellowship, January, North Africa, SME, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The $6,000 Halcyon House EquityTech Fellowship is open to for-profit startups worldwide that leverage technology to increase social and financial inclusion and close equity gaps in education, wealth, and accessibility.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Education, Fellowship, North Africa, November, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The AYuTe Africa Challenge Kenya aims to promote agricultural innovation among Kenyan youth and contribute to the country’s food security through technology-driven entrepreneurship.
- 2025, Agric Business, Climate Change, East Africa, Kenya, November, Youth
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.
- 2026, Central Africa, Creative Industry, East Africa, January, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa