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Applications are open for the Changing Narratives Fund 2024. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 11 Dec, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 Qualcomm® Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 10 Dec, 2024
Applications are open for the Conscious Venture Lab Accelerator 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apppy for it.
Date Posted: 10 Dec, 2024
Africalia has announced a call for proposals designed to strengthen the cultural and creative ecosystem in Nairobi County by offering diversified cultural goods and strengthening local distribution capacities. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 06 Dec, 2024
WinFund is excited to announce the launch of its new cycle, inviting female health innovators across Africa to apply. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 05 Dec, 2024
Proposals are invited for the Future Skills Centre: Skills Solution 2024. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 02 Dec, 2024
Proposals are invited for the Future Skills Centre: Skills Research 2024. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 02 Dec, 2024
One League, a global not-for-profit educational institution with Harvard Business Publishing, offers the One League Business Management Fellowship. This fellowship will start in Spring 2025 and offers coursework based on Harvard Business School’s first-year curriculum, taught by One League faculty through the renowned Harvard Case-Study Method. Apply now!
Date Posted: 29 Nov, 2024
UNICEF Venture Fund for AI and Blockchain for Data and Trust now accept applications from UNICEF’s program countries. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 29 Nov, 2024
Are you a qualified artisan in search of the next best opportunity to boost your early-stage business or looking to start one? Then the Allan Gray Makers StartUp Academy 2025 is just for you! Applications are currently open for this opportunity.
Date Posted: 28 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the NextEra Energy Investments (NEI) Seed Competition 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Project Kuongoza Accelerator 2025 for Women in Angola. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Nov, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Nov, 2024
Applications are open for the Africa Funding Readiness Fellowship 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 26 Nov, 2024
Proposals are invited for the Youth Mental Health Fund 2024. The Youth Mental Health Fund (YMHF), announced by the federal government in Budget 2024, aims to improve the mental health of youth and their families, and to enhance access to, and navigation of, mental health services with a particular focus on equity-deserving groups. Apply now!
Date Posted: 25 Nov, 2024
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
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.