Funding Archives

AU-EU Youth Action Lab

The AU-EU Youth Action Lab offers funding for youth-led initiatives in Africa and Europe. If you have an idea or project that helps tackle global challenges in your own context, you can apply for funding and bring your ideas and solutions to life! The Innovation Grants provide grant opportunities of 42,000 EURO to which individual youth-led organisations can apply.

Organization: AU-EU Youth Action Lab

Location: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland Region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Opportunity Type:

Funding

Apply By: September 23, 2026

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AI for Education Venture Builder & Incubation Program

The AI Venture Builder and Incubation Program is an eight-month initiative that takes pre-formed teams from the ideation stage to launching market-ready, impactful EdTech startups.

Organization: Injini, Coefficient Giving

Location: Africa

Opportunity Type:

Apply By: September 27, 2026

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Asia Climate Solutions Design Grant

The Asia Climate Solutions (ACS) Design Grant provides grant funding and acceleration support to catalyze innovative blended finance solutions that mobilize private capital for climate resilience across developing Asia.

Organization: Convergence

Location: Southeast Asia

Opportunity Type:

Apply By: September 28, 2026

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Call for Founders: Jobtech Alliance in Mombasa

This opportunity is for founders building a startup, app or digital service that helps people in Mombasa find work, earn or grow a business. If you are not based in Mombasa yet, but are serious about expanding there before July 2027, you are welcome to apply.

Organization: JobTech Alliance

Location: Mombasa, Kenya

Opportunity Type:

Apply By: September 30, 2026

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Launchpad Funds

Launchpad Funds is a request for expressions of interest to seed or scale funds tackling important, underfunded problems in global health and wellbeing. We're looking for funds built around a specific outcome and led by a "general manager" personally accountable for delivering it.

Organization: Coefficient Giving

Location: Global

Opportunity Type:

Funding
/RFPs

Apply By: October 2, 2026

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Agritech Modernization Grant

Agritech Modernization Grant supports the deployment of digital tools, climate-smart farming techniques, and fair-trade supply chains that increase smallholder incomes and food security.

Organization: IFC

Location: Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

Opportunity Type:

Funding

Apply By: October 10, 2026

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International Social Finance Accelerator

As part of our multi-year programme, ISFA offers technical and financial support to the impact investment managers in their start-up phase with strong, innovative social impact investment in process of fundraising.

Organization: Accelerating Impact

Location: Global

Opportunity Type:

Apply By: October 11, 2026

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The Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF) & Business Growth Awards

The Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF) has developed this training for young agripreneurs. Learn to adapt, compete and grow through a series of courses designed to support early-stage agripreneurs.

Organization: European Union under the Samoa agreement with OACPS and by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ

Eligibility: Young and emerging agripreneurs, aged 18 and above based in a member state of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)

Opportunity Type:

Apply By: October 30, 2026

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AU-EU Youth Action Lab

AI for Education Venture Builder & Incubation Program

Asia Climate Solutions Design Grant

Call for Founders: Jobtech Alliance in Mombasa

Launchpad Funds

Agritech Modernization Grant

International Social Finance Accelerator

The Agribusiness Facility for Africa (ABF) & Business Growth Awards

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