The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is calling for nominations for the €300,000 International Gender Equality Prize for the fifth time.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The $50,000,000 Women Exporters in the Digital Economy (WEIDE) Fund, launched by the WTO and the ITC in February 2024, aims to empower women entrepreneurs by helping them grow their businesses through international trade and digitalization.
- 2025, Central Africa, Digital, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, in collaboration with MIT Solve, IE University, and Women of Wearables, has announced the launch of The $20,000 Equalizer Challenge: Scaling Women’s Health Innovations.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, May, Southern Africa, West Africa
- 2025, Central Africa, Deadline Free, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Are you a woman shaping the future of their country, or do you know someone who is? They invite you to either enter or nominate an outstanding woman entrepreneur for the up to R125,000 Santam Women of the Future Awards, in association with FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE.
- 2025, June, South Africa, Southern Africa, Youth
Applications are now open for the up to €300,000 L’Oréal Fund for Women frontline organizations and associations dedicated to supporting highly vulnerable women and girls through supporting women in extremely precarious situations and combating gender-based and sexual violence, and preventing domestic violence.
- 2025, April, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
This $50,000 program aims at recognizing SMEs in emerging markets that create economic opportunities for women, whether as entrepreneurs or employees, or consumers. If you run a women-led business that’s contributing significantly to the economic empowerment of women, you may consider entering the awards
- 2025, April, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The Technology Innovation Agency is seeking applications for the R200,000 Women Technology and Innovation Program (WTIP), which aims to address the underrepresentation of women in the technology and innovation sector, increasing their participation and ensuring that innovation is also used to address their challenges.
- 2025, April, Southern Africa, Tech
The VinFuture Prize with its $500,000 VinFuture Prize Nomination Program awards and honor outstanding inventors and researchers from universities, academies, research labs around the globe, as well as inventors in a professional research environment.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, Academic Research, April, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
Cascador empowers mid-stage African entrepreneurs to scale their mission-driven companies, equipping them with proven business strategies, leadership skills, and exclusive access to their new $2M Catalytic Fund.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, June, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa