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Applications are open for the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Prize for Innovation 2025. The NSIA Prize for Innovation (NPI), an initiative of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), is designed to empower entrepreneurs and changemakers whose innovative ideas can drive meaningful social and economic impact.
Date Posted: 20 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Halcyon Equity Tech Fellowship 2025. Halcyon is the community supporting impact-driven businesses and their founders through space, community, and access. Their programs offer fellowships for impact-driven founders and funding vehicles to help them scale their ventures.
Date Posted: 20 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Urban Future Prize Competition for Climatetech Startups 2025. The Urban Future Lab is seeking groundbreaking startups addressing the climate crisis through innovative technologies and business models. For the ninth year, they are offering not one, but two opportunities foe startups to win big!
Date Posted: 19 Mar, 2025
Are you an established NGO or social enterprise working in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania? Do you have a proven solution that advances the economic resilience of women working in rural settings? Apply for Scale Accelerator 2025 and get fully-funded consultancy support to help you expand your impact.
Date Posted: 19 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Al for Energy - North America 2025. This program focuses on grid optimization, demand flexibility and energy solutions for customers, including utilities and commercial entities. By supporting advancements in areas such as interconnection queues and carbon-aware infrastructure, the Accelerator aims to drive innovation, sustainability, and reliability in the energy landscape.
Date Posted: 19 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the NAMIP Media Business Bootcamp 2025. This is a five-day intensive program designed to support and equip media entrepreneurs with the skills and strategies needed to build sustainable media businesses.
Date Posted: 18 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the FedEx #BackingSmall Business Contest 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 17 Mar, 2025
Calling all young innovators! Do you have a business idea that can bring positive change to your community? If yes, apply for the BeChangeMaker 2025 program!
Date Posted: 17 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Toilet Board Coalition Accelerator 2026. The Toilet Board Coalition accelerates business solutions to the sanitation crisis via the sector's leading Accelerator. They match entrepreneurs with global business leaders and investors to drive progress on Sustainable Development Goal 6 - sanitation for all by 2030. The Accelerator is a 12-month virtual programme offered in English, Spanish, French and Khmer.
Date Posted: 17 Mar, 2025
Applications are now open for the TiE Women Global Program 2025. This is an incredible opportunity for women founders to showcase their innovative business ideas on a global stage.
Date Posted: 15 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the NOWEDIF Digital Entrepreneurship Program 2025. NOWEDIF (North-West Development and Investment Fund) is excited to announce a 1 Billion FCFA ($1.6M) Digital Entrepreneurship Program, an initiative designed to engage youths in the North-West Region of Cameroon, empower youth-led startups, and scale tech-enabled solutions to grow the region's digital economy.
Date Posted: 15 Mar, 2025
Applications are now open for the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security Leadership Fund 2025. The Leadership Fund is a new grant program organized by the Maple Leaf Centre for Food Security in 2024. Based on feedback from the 2024 grantees, they have made slight changes and are now offering the grant again in 2025.
Date Posted: 15 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Chapter54 African Accelerator for European Scaleups 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 15 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Tribe Al Launchpad 2025. The program provides up to $50,000 in funding, mentorship, and business development support to help accelerate your venture.
Date Posted: 14 Mar, 2025
Applications are ongoing for the 2025 Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens Youth AgriChampions Program. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 14 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Foodtech Innovations Awards 2025. The Foodtech Innovations Awards recognizes the most innovative proposals that offer a disruptive approach to Customer Experience or Management. Innovative business models or technology that can make a change in the food sector.
Date Posted: 14 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Elevate Bridge Builders UK Middle East & Africa Cleaning, Sanitation & Hygiene Awards 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 13 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the Reach for Change Green Business Incubator 2025. If you are an entrepreneur or enterprise working in waste management or the circular economy, this is your opportunity to grow your business and contribute to a greener future.
Date Posted: 12 Mar, 2025
Applications for the Greentech Africa 2025 are now open. Greentech Africa 2025: The Future of Sustainability is an investment-readiness accelerator program that will support 10-15 startups in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa with innovative solutions for sustainable development.
Date Posted: 12 Mar, 2025
Nominations are open for the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 11 Mar, 2025
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.