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Applications are open for the WFP Innovation Challenge: Relief & Resilience 2024. They launched the latest World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Challenge in search of game-changing innovations that offer relief, foster resilience and end hunger.
Date Posted: 31 Jul, 2024
The Jasiri Talent Investor programme is dedicated to discovering and investing in promising entrepreneurs with the potential to establish high-impact businesses. It’s a fully funded 13 month programme that takes a comprehensive, long-term approach to nurture entrepreneurs.
Date Posted: 31 Jul, 2024
The Young Innovators in Africa Spotlight is an exciting opportunity for young Africans who are making significant contributions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through innovative approaches. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 31 Jul, 2024
Applications are open for the CIHEAM Youth Innovation Award 2024. The CIHEAM launched the Youth Innovation Award in 2022 to reward innovative solutions, designed and implemented by young people, to accelerate green and blue transition processes towards more sustainable, inclusive and equitable food systems in the Mediterranean (SFS Med).
Date Posted: 30 Jul, 2024
The GEF Small Grants Office (SGP) Ethiopia is calling for nominations for the OP7 SGP Indigenous Peoples Fellowship Initiative Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 30 Jul, 2024
Are you an aspiring entrepreneur in Afghanistan looking to transform your ideas into a thriving business? Are you passionate about addressing local challenges and contributing to a resilient agricultural sector? The UNITAR Training for Afghan Youth is designed specifically for you.
Date Posted: 29 Jul, 2024
Applications are open for the WFP Climate Adaptation Innovation Accelerator Programme 2024. The World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator, with support from the Adaptation Fund, has launched the Climate Adaptation Innovation Accelerator Programme as part of the Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator (AFCIA) partnership.
Date Posted: 29 Jul, 2024
Could your business use a little boost? This opportunity has got just the thing to help you level up. Apply now to the Wells Fargo Equitable Access Boost Camp, presented in partnership with Hello Alice and the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)!
Date Posted: 29 Jul, 2024
Applications are now open for UNDP’s Acceleration Pilot Program 2024 for African Artificial Intelligence (AI) Startups. The AI Hub for Sustainable Development Co-Design: Startup Acceleration Pilot is designed to inform the design and development of the AI Hub for Sustainable Development, co-led by the Italian G7 Presidency and the United Nations Development Programme.
Date Posted: 27 Jul, 2024
Are you an organisation that excels at ensuring all of Africa’s young people have equal access to technical and vocational education and training (TVET) opportunities? Do you have programmes that specifically target women and girls, people from poorer backgrounds, persons with disabilities or migrants? If yes, then the African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) invite you to enter this exciting competition to find, celebrate and grow the number of good practices in ensuring equitable and inclusive access to TVET across all African countries.
Date Posted: 26 Jul, 2024
The U.S. Mission to South Africa and the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) proudly announce the launch of the 2024 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs program in Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa.
Date Posted: 25 Jul, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 Business Partners Limited/SME Toolkit SA Business Plan Competition. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Jul, 2024
Applications are now open for the Seed Lab ACFM – Agri-SME Program 2024 for agri-SMEs. The Seed Lab is a key initiative to support agri-SMEs under the African Development Bank’s Agri-Food SME Catalytic Financing Mechanism’s (ACFM) Technical Assistance Window, delivered through Open Capital’s Agri-SME Support Program.
Date Posted: 24 Jul, 2024
Applications are now open for the Innovate UK Global Alliance Africa MoreThanAWoman Initiative for Women Innovators. If you are a women innovator offering novel and competitive solutions, services and/or products in South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, this opportunity is for you!
Date Posted: 24 Jul, 2024
Do you have a promising WASH project with a solid business idea or prototype, aimed at creating impact in rural and urban areas in Ghana? Do you need support to launch your business? If so, this programme is the perfect fit for you. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 23 Jul, 2024
Through a new Accelerator Program, AICCRA Ghana seeks individual businesses or consortia for agricultural technology and innovation adaptation and improvement, finance, and value chain development to accelerate the scaling of climate information services (CIS) and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) bundles in Ghana. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 23 Jul, 2024
The Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition (CEC) 2024 is now accepting applications. The Entrepreneurship Campus (CEC) empowers social entrepreneurs, particularly young people, worldwide to build a culture of entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurial education, and participate in a more peaceful world through CEC.
Date Posted: 23 Jul, 2024
Every year, WFP hosts multiple Innovation Challenges in search of game-changing innovations that deliver relief, foster, resilience and end hunger. Applications are now open for this challenge.
Date Posted: 23 Jul, 2024
Are you an entrepreneur running a small enterprise (SME) in Ghana and looking to upgrade your business? Apply now for WIDU.africa’s next Thematic Call #GreenGhana. Entrepreneurs with sustainable & innovative business models can receive a Grant and free Business Coaching to develop their businesses further.
Date Posted: 23 Jul, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 AgriTech4Kenya Innovation Challenge. This challenge designed to catalyze the Kenyan agri-food systems transformation by supporting early-stage innovators in the development, deployment, adoption, and scaling of high-impact science-based agri-tech solutions for smallholder farmers and agricultural value chain players.
Date Posted: 23 Jul, 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.