This competition celebrates innovation, creativity, and impact — highlighting the resilience and potential of Nigerian MSMEs.
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The Global LEAP Awards Solar Generators Competition aims to identify and promote the best solar-powered generators for use in energy constrained settings, accelerating the global transition to high-quality, zero-emission power solutions.
This call will support R&D projects that target the following fields: sustainability, medical devices, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, new materials and other areas. Eligibility criteria and funding varies depending on the country.
JobTech Alliance is launching the Cross Border Jobs Startup Competition to identify and support startups shaping the labour mobility for Africans.
Selected grantees will receive $250,000 in catalytic funding to prototype solutions and demonstrate progress, six months of cohort-based technical support from OpenAI engineers and other experts, API credits, and access to a network of leading practitioners and funders advancing AI for economic mobility.
This program supports innovative startups with a 1:1 matching investment of up to ₹50 lakhs, based on external funds raised. Selected startups will participate in a 6-month acceleration program focused on scaling their business. The program concludes with a Demo Day, where startups pitch to an investor panel.
If your enterprise is impact-driven, based in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, and looking to scale sustainably, this is an opportunity to strengthen your growth while deepening your social impact.
The Easies celebrate the boldest early-stage founders globally. Outliers, mavericks, and dreamers building what the world doesn’t yet know it needs.
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