The Business Freedom Grant is offering up to $1,000 to help everyday people become business owners or scale their existing ventures. This grant is designed to remove financial barriers and support founders with the tools, capital, and confidence they need to build wealth and long-term independence. Whether you are starting from scratch or expanding a current business, this opportunity provides the essential push toward financial freedom. What the Grant Offers • Up to $1,000 in flexible funding• Funding can be used for startup costs, marketing, equipment, coaching, software, or digital tools• Support that helps founders turn ideas into income, stability,…
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NWTF 2026 Grant For Women-Led Projects in Africa is ongoing for women in business. Please find more details below; Women-led initiatives across Africa now have a timely opportunity to secure funding and scale their impact through the NWTF 2026 Grant, a targeted program designed to empower women innovators, social change leaders, and entrepreneurs. The initiative will run from January to April 2026, offering financial support and capacity-building opportunities to strengthen women-driven development projects. If you are a woman championing a community project, nonprofit initiative, or enterprise-focused solution, this grant is created to help you grow, sustain, and expand your work.…
Young African organisations and social enterprises aiming to grow impactful ventures now have a major opportunity through the AU-EU Youth Action Lab’s Entrepreneurship Grants 2026. The program supports youth-led organisations combining social or environmental missions with a sustainable business model, giving them funding, mentoring, and capacity-building support to scale their impact. This grant is especially relevant for youth-led groups pursuing social entrepreneurship, community development, or green/environmental ventures, giving them a real shot at growth, sustainability, and cross-continental exposure. What the Grant Offers Who Can Apply (Eligibility Criteria) Your organisation or social enterprise should: Purely for-profit SMEs with no explicit social…
Call for Applications: Bet9ja Foundation Scholarship 2025 for Students in Nigerian The Bet9ja Foundation has opened applications for its 2025 Scholarship Programme, offering a fully funded academic opportunity for students in public universities across Nigeria. The foundation, established by one of the country’s leading sports betting companies, focuses on addressing national challenges in healthcare, education, sports development, community projects, and youth empowerment. Through this scholarship, the foundation reinforces its commitment to expanding access to quality education and supporting young Nigerians who demonstrate both academic excellence and clear potential for national development. Eligibility Criteria Benefits of the Scholarship Required Supporting Documents…
Call For Applicatons: Refugee Youth Changemakers (RYCM) Global Digital Pathways Program (Fully Sponsored Access to Coursera) Refugee Youth Changemakers (RYCM) proudly launches the Global Digital Pathways Program, designed to equip young Africans, including refugees and vulnerable youth, with globally competitive digital, professional, and leadership skills through fully sponsored access to Coursera. This initiative provides high-quality online learning, globally recognized certificates, and career-building opportunities, enabling youth to thrive in today’s digital economy. Program Overview • Fully funded access to six curated learning pathways.• Each learner chooses one pathway and completes it within 4 months.• Learners earn Coursera-verified badges, a RYCM x…
Call For Applications: The Canva Africa Design Challenge 2025 for African Creatives (US$10,000 Prize) Applications are now open for the 2025 Canva Africa Design Challenge, an opportunity for young African creatives to design practical, high-impact templates tailored to the needs of local businesses. From WhatsApp product menus to email templates, business cards, brand kits, social video layouts, creator rate cards, and even link-in-bio designs, this challenge invites you to create templates made for Africa, by Africa. Requirements • Open to young people across Sub-Saharan Africa.• Participants must design a practical Canva template that helps local businesses grow.• First-time designers are…
Are you an innovator, social entrepreneur, or startup working on education solutions? UNICEF is calling for submissions to its StartUp Lab Education Challenge 2025, focused on designing tech-driven, inclusive models for out-of-school children in Ghana. This is your chance to build real-world solutions, secure funding, and help bring children back into learning pathways. Despite progress, hundreds of thousands of primary-age children remain out of school in Ghana, especially in marginalized and underserved communities. UNICEF and its partners aim to change this by supporting inclusive, data-powered, and locally driven innovations that help identify, monitor, retain, and educate these children.The challenge encourages…
Call For Applications: AIEd Forecasting Competition; Education in 2028 (Win Up to $25,000 Grant Prizes) If you’re passionate about the future of education and AI, here’s a chance to turn your insights into real reward. EdTechnical has launched the “Education in 2028: AIEd Forecasting Competition”, inviting submissions from anyone interested in predicting how AI will reshape teaching, learning, and higher education by 2028. Participants don’t need to be technologists — just thoughtful, well-reasoned about how AI could change classrooms, assessments, and the role of human educators. Why This Competition Matters Competition Details / Format Prizes Who Should Apply How to Apply…
Federal Government Student Venture Capital Grant (SVCG) ( ₦50 Million Award) is ongoing for applicants that are qualified for this grants. The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has officially opened the portal for the Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG).This program is part of the Renewed Hope Agenda, created to support student innovators and help them transform their ideas into real, commercially viable businesses. The goal of the S-VCG is to raise a new generation of young Nigerian innovators—students who can create solutions to both national and global problems using science, technology, and creativity. Who Is…
Call For Applications: Mastercard Foundation / Meltwater EdTech Fellowship ($60,000 Equity-Free Funding for African Startups) 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. Learning inequality and limited access remain major challenges in African education. By backing locally built tech-enabled education solutions, this Fellowship helps social entrepreneurs scale tools that can improve educational outcomes, reach underserved learners, and drive sustainable impact. For EdTech startups ready to scale, the program offers not just funding but also…