The €80,000 Orange Social Venture Prize (OSVP) rewards innovation and social entrepreneurship for sustainable development in Africa and the Middle East.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, May, North Africa, Southern Africa, Tech, West Africa
The $1.5 million Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) invites applications for financial support from projects that aim to transform commodity value chains and uplift smallholder and SME-based enterprises in CFC member countries.
- 2025, Agric Business, April, Central Africa, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
SoGal Foundation is inviting applications for the $10,000 Black Founder Startup Grant Program.
- 2025, Central Africa, Deadline Free, East Africa, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The $9,500 UpGreyed Her is a financial inclusion initiative by Grey designed to empower female entrepreneurs by providing them with the necessary capital to expand their businesses.
- 2025, April, Central Africa, East Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Youth
This $5,000 initiative will build a dynamic collective of African women PhD researchers exploring AI’s role in shaping economic opportunities, youth employment, and digital transformation in Africa.
- 2025, Academic Research, Central Africa, Digital, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Women Empowerment
The ₦10,000,000 Banking on Women’s Health Innovation Awards recognize bold ideas that improve women’s health and well-being.
- 2025, Health, March, Nigeria
The $1,000 “I AM GASA” (Girl Accelerating Sustainable Action) is an initiative that aims to empower young women (ages 15-32) to accelerate sustainable action, sustainable action and emerge as leaders in their communities.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, STEM, West Africa
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is excited to announce its €60,000 Vigdís Prize for Women’s Empowerment.
- 2025, Central Africa, East Africa, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Women Empowerment
The Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF), Wellcome, and the Gates Foundation (GF) are jointly launching a new $5,000,000 initiative, Gram-Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr-ADI), to drive innovation in early drug discovery for Gram-negative pathogens.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, Academic Research, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is seeking proposals for innovative solutions for the early detection, prevention, and treatment of preeclampsia, with a funding opportunity of $500,000, particularly targeting low- and middle-income countries where maternal mortality rates are high.
- 2025, Academic Institutions, Academic Research, Central Africa, East Africa, Health, March, North Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa