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Applications are open for the Innovations Against Poverty Challenge Fund 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact 2025. The F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact is an annual global prize of USD $150,000 in unrestricted funds that amplifies and accelerates the work of an enterprise working to scale its impact on social or environmental problems around the world. Apply now!
Date Posted: 25 Nov, 2024
Is your startup developing nutrition-based solutions that help women stay physically and mentally fit during their adult life? Apply for the Nestle R+D Accelerator Women's Health Challenge 2025.
Date Posted: 25 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Boost My Business Workshop. This workshop is open to women and youth-led micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 22 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Praxis Emerging Founders Scholarship 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 21 Nov, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 French Les Margaret Awards. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 20 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the African Women's Sustainability Conference 2024. The African Women's Sustainability Conference, in partnership with the African Union and the United States Department of Commerce, hosted by the FCT, Abuja, will be held on December 11-12, 2024, in Abuja, Nigeria. Apply now!
Date Posted: 19 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Future Founders Startup Bootcamp 2025. This is a free bootcamp designed to help 18- to 30-year-olds turn ideas, passions, and side hustles into functioning businesses, they will provide a series of workshops, mentorship opportunities, and peer support to help you launch and grow. Apply now!
Date Posted: 18 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Future Founders Fellowship 2025 for Young Entrepreneurs. Future Founders is seeking applications for its prestigious year-long fellowship program designed to accelerate the nation's top young entrepreneurs and their businesses. The fellowship is structured around you as a leader, investing in your personal development alongside the growth of your company. Apply now!
Date Posted: 18 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Northeastern University Inclusive Entrepreneurship Fellowship Program 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 16 Nov, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 15 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Women in the Digital Economy Fund (WiDEF) 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 15 Nov, 2024
Ready to innovate? Global Resilience Partnership (GRP) and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have partnered to launch the Hindu Kush Himalaya Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs (HKH-ICE) 2025. Apply now!
Date Posted: 15 Nov, 2024
Are you a young changemaker passionate about sustainability and innovation? Applications are open for the Mediterranean Youth Water Hackathon 2025. Apply now!
Date Posted: 15 Nov, 2024
Applications are ongoing for the Aqua for All Social Impact Incentives (SIINC) for WASH Enterprises. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 13 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) Off-Grid Energy Challenge 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 13 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Zenith Bank Startup Pitch Competition 2024. This initiative is designed to discover and accelerate the growth of innovative Nigerian startups across sectors such as Fintech, AgriTech, Health Tech, E-commerce, and more. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your startup!
Date Posted: 13 Nov, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 KPMG Female Founders in Africa Competition. This competition aims to empower women entrepreneurs by providing them with the necessary support, resources, and networking opportunities to elevate their businesses.
Date Posted: 12 Nov, 2024
Are you an entrepreneur looking to make a meaningful impact in your community through retail? The Retail Readiness Entrepreneurship Training Program, generously supported by Walmart, is a competitive 16-week leadership and venture development initiative designed to empower 25 underserved retail entrepreneurs. This program focuses on transforming agricultural inputs into higher-value products or working directly in agriculture, equipping founders with essential training, mentorship, and resources needed to become retail ready.
Date Posted: 11 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Seeding the Future Global Food System Challenge 2024. IFT and the Seeding the Future Foundation are calling on all scientists, engineers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and multidisciplinary teams from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), non-profits, social enterprises, universities, research institutions as well as small and emerging for-profit enterprises to submit game-changing innovations that will help transform the food system.
Date Posted: 11 Nov, 2024
Here is a list of some notable entrepreneurship programs, the organizations that offer them, and what participants can achieve through each program:
1. Y Combinator (YC) Startup Accelerator
• Organization: Y Combinator
YC is one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world. Startups receive seed funding, mentorship, and access to a vast network of investors and successful entrepreneurs. Participants work intensively on their ideas for three months and present them to investors at Demo Day.
2. Techstars
• Organization: Techstars
Techstars provides early-stage startups with access to mentorship, funding, and a worldwide network of entrepreneurs and investors. The program offers hands-on mentorship and culminates in a demo day where startups pitch to potential investors.
3. Google for Startups Accelerator
• Organization: Google
This program supports early-stage startups through mentorship, access to Google resources, and hands-on guidance from industry experts. Participants gain the technical expertise needed to grow their businesses using Google's tools and infrastructure.
4. MIT LaunchX
• Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This program targets high school students and focuses on building real startups from scratch. Participants learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, from ideation to market research and product development, while receiving mentorship from successful entrepreneurs.
5. Hult Prize
• Organization: Hult International Business School
The Hult Prize is a global competition that encourages university students to solve pressing social challenges through entrepreneurship. The winning team receives $1 million in seed capital to launch their startup.
6. Seedcamp
• Organization: Seedcamp
Seedcamp is a European seed fund and accelerator program that provides early-stage startups with mentorship, funding, and access to a global network of investors. Participants benefit from Seedcamp's support in refining their business models and scaling their startups.
7. Stanford Start Accelerator
• Organization: Stanford University
Start offers Stanford-affiliated startups access to a strong community of founders, investors, and mentors. The program supports founders with the resources they need to scale their companies, from fundraising to product development.