The HBS Africa Business Club New Venture Competition (NVC) is open to startups building in and for Africa. Selected startups present to investors and judges at the Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School on February 5–6, 2027.
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IFC's SME Growth Accelerator is designed to help small and medium enterprises scale operations, expand into new markets, and create quality jobs. Includes mentorship, access to networks, and follow-on financing opportunities.
D-Prize will award winners up to $20,000 to fund your pilot, with the goal that you fundraise
from others to scale.
The Global Solvers Accelerator is for people already working on social, economic, and environmental challenges: grassroots activists, social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs, SDG practitioners, action researchers, community organizers, and more.
The Global EbA Fund invites innovative and catalytic proposals that address systemic barriers for EbA scaling1 by enhancing institutional and technical capacities, quality data and evidence generation, learning networks, and investment readiness.
Call for Tech Enabled Medical Device Hardware Technology Across Africa. Selected enterprises will receive tailored support to strengthen their products, evidence, regulatory pathways, manufacturing readiness, business models and routes to market.
Nexa Lighthouse is investing in proven innovations across Asia and the Pacific that help local health actors translate climate-related health risk signals into timely action. These innovations should focus on reducing health risks associated with mosquito-borne infections, extreme heat and poor air quality.
UNDP and Generali are launching an MSME-focused Insurance Innovation Challenge in India, calling for the scale up of insurance products and services that are accessible, affordable and relevant for MSMEs and their workers in India. Three winning solutions will be announced in February 2027 with an award of up to US$40,000 to support the development or scaling of each solution.
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