Call For Application: Women in Digital Business (WiDB) Program For Africa Women Entrepreneurs The Women in Digital Business (WiDB) at AM-Steve House Program is a groundbreaking initiative designed to empower African women entrepreneurs to excel in the digital economy. Led by AM-Steve House in partnership with ITC/ILO and Microsoft Philanthropies, WiDB addresses the critical challenges faced by women entrepreneurs, particularly in non-tech Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The program offers a comprehensive curriculum combining the ITCILO Women in Digital Business course, the globally acclaimed ILO Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) training, and a tailored Formalization Support Course. Apply…
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Call For Applications: CYID Creative Industry Apprenticeship Program Are you a creative individual eager to gain hands-on skills in the creative industry? The Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID) is offering a 6-month apprenticeship program that will equip you with essential skills in design, branding, signage fabrication, souvenir production, and machinery operations. Apply Also: Access Bank Sustainable Finance Accelerator Program 2025 ( Funding, Training and Mentorship) The Centre for Youths Integrated Development (CYID) is a non-profit organization founded in 2005 in Lagos, Nigeria, with a mission to empower young people and support vulnerable communities. CYID operates with registered and operational…
Call For Applications: UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea Fellowship Program 2025 for Young Women Scientists in Africa Women Scientists in Africa. UNESCO and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea are launching for the first time a fellowship programme entirely dedicated to young African women scientists. It is designed to create concrete opportunities for young women to become actively involved in various life science disciplines in the African continent. The Young African Women Scientists Programme, established in 2024 by UNESCO’s Executive Board and funded by the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, aims to promote and support two exceptional young African women in the life sciences. The…
Call For Applications: YouthxYouth Learning Festival Cafe Experience 2025 As part of the 2025 YouthxYouth Learning Festival, the Cafés are intergenerational small group conversations for experienced youth activists and adult allies who seek to build relationships and co-create tangible actions in service of complex challenges in education transformation. Each of this year’s Cafés will be groups of 10-15 people (likely 8-10 youth and 3-5 adult allies) who meet each day of the Learning Festival (January 24th, 25th, and 26th) to connect, co-create, and explore this year’s theme: “Education for the End of the World as We Know It.” Apply Also:…
Call for Applications: AWARD Leadership Program 2025 for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences This Call targets young women in science under 35 years of age from Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and Malawi. Apply Also: Do Doordash Drivers See Tip Before Delivery The program, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and implemented by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), seeks to build a pool of capable, confident, influential young women scientists equipped to excel in agricultural sciences, thrive in leadership roles, and champion gender integration in agriculture. Launched in 2020, the AWARD Leadership Program for…
Call For Applications: Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge phase III (cash prize of up to 50,000 USD) GRP, together with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation, invite agricultural innovators in East Africa to apply for the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) challenge. Applications close 31 January 2025. After two successful rounds of the Resilient Agriculture Innovations for Nature (RAIN) Challenge, we are pleased to be teaming up with Shockwave Foundation and Munich Re Foundation on round III. RAIN aims to convert seed-level innovative agricultural ideas that are meeting resilience needs in East Africa and scale them to sustainable business ideas of…
The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge welcomes applications for the British Academy International Fellowship scheme. The overarching aim of the British Academy International Fellowship is to attract and retain emerging talent in the UK and build a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce. The objectives are to: Eligibility To be considered for the British Academy Fellowship, you must: Benefits Application Process Applications should consist of the following: Deadline: February 7, 2025
Call For Applications: African Development Fund ( ADF ) Climate Action Window : 2025 Nine out of ten of the world’s most vulnerable countries are in Africa (Climate Vulnerability Index 2022). Africa is not only the most climate-exposed region of the world, but also the least climate-resilient region, with the lowest climate readiness. Fragile and Transition states are among the most vulnerable and have the weakest adaptation capacities – climate vulnerabilities are additional to other sources of vulnerability that qualify them as “fragile” or “Transition states”. The widespread and accelerating effects of climate change are falling disproportionately on Africa’s poorest,…
Call For Applications: LSE 100X Impact Accelerator 2025 For Social Entrepreneurs (Up to £150,000 grant) 100x Impact Accelerator, a world-leading social impact accelerator based at the London School of Economics (LSE) has launched applications for its 2025/2026 Cohort of social ventures. They are looking for highly scalable models, that can be for-profit or non-profit, addressing global challenges in the areas of climate and environment, democracy, education, health, and social cohesion, among others. If you’re a changemaker with a social venture burning with purpose and potential, you’re in the right place. We’re all about fostering positive global change, and we welcome applicants from…
Call For Applications: FastForward Livestock-Tech Startups Incubator Program(up to $100k cash) Fast Forward Venture Studios has partnered with GIZ’s Scaling digital agriculture innovations through start-ups (SAIS) to incubate and validate commercial sustainable livestock tech ventures in the earliest days. This is as opposed to grants toward unsustainable ventures in the livestock and allied industries. Our definition of livestock is broad and includes the whole value chain from inputs, feeding, storage, genetics, breeding, vaccines, aquaculture, blue economy, governance, finance, etc. We will work with you to validate your opportunity to achieve solid unit economics and at least $20k MRR or a…