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Applications are open for the L'Oréal Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program 2025. The Big Bang Beauty Tech Innovation Program is L'Oréal SAPMENA's inaugural open innovation venture, featuring a startup competition and pilot stage.
Date Posted: 09 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the THRIVE Global Impact Challenge 2025. The challenges facing agriculture and food systems have never been more urgent. From climate resilience to food security, innovation is essential to build a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future. The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge is a worldwide search for trailblazing startups with solutions that will revolutionize agriculture.
Date Posted: 09 Apr, 2025
Are you a woman shaping the future of your country, or do you know someone who is? You are invited to either enter or nominate an outstanding woman entrepreneur for the Santam Women of the Future Awards, in association with FAIRLADY and TRUELOVE.
Date Posted: 08 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Kenya Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program 2025. The Kenya Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program, where innovation meets agriculture for a sustainable future. Supported by Joule, Eni School of Entrepreneurship and E4Impact, the program is dedicated to nurturing the next generation of agribusiness innovators passionate about leveraging technology and modern practices to revolutionize the agricultural landscape.
Date Posted: 08 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the SAIS Female Founder Award 2025. This award recognizes visionaries who have accomplished success in their fields, create reasonable social impact, and encourage other women to commence or grow their own businesses.
Date Posted: 08 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the RestorER × Worth Pursuing Inc. Micro-Grant Initiative 2025. The RestorER × Worth Pursuing Inc. Micro-Grant Initiative is a collaborative effort designed to empower women entrepreneurs and business leaders by providing financial support, business development resources, and holistic well-being tools to foster sustainable success.
Date Posted: 05 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Cascador Program 2025 for Mid-stage African Entrepreneurs. Cascador empowers mid-stage African entrepreneurs to scale their mission-driven companies, equipping them with proven business strategies, leadership skills, and exclusive access to the new $2M Catalytic Fund.
Date Posted: 05 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the IBM Sustainability Accelerator 2025. This new cohort will aim to create sustainable consumption and production solutions, supporting United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 9 or 12 to accelerate sustainable economic development, boost supply chain efficiency and expand Al deployment and capacity.
Date Posted: 04 Apr, 2025
Join the largest community of problem-solvers, visionaries, creative thinkers and Innovators in Africa, at the annual Hackaholics Ideathon, and catalyze change with the enabling power of Technology
Date Posted: 04 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the Villgro Africa Health Equity for Africa Program 2025. The Health Equity for Africa Program is an initiative by Boehringer Ingelheim and Villgro Africa designed to support social entrepreneurs (SEs) tackling health disparities across Sub-Saharan Africa. This program aligns with Boehringer Ingelheim's sustainability commitment to improve the lives of 50 million people through social engagement models by 2030. Through incubation, acceleration, and catalytic funding, they empower high-impact SEs to scale their solutions and drive sustainable health equity.
Date Posted: 04 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition 2025. The 2025 GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize launches its seventh annual competition in search for Africa's most promising young co-founders and founders across Africa who have launched businesses across Africa's agrifood value chain "from seed to fork".
Date Posted: 04 Apr, 2025
Are you dedicated to nurturing and growing your local ecosystem for Climate Tech entrepreneurship? Impact Pioneers '25 a leadership programme that welcomes you to exchange experiences with an international network of peers and gain first hand insights and experience from Sweden’s most successful Climate Tech entrepreneurship leaders and environments. The programme runs across 8 weeks, mixing weekly online sessions with a one-week onsite summit in Stockholm in October 2025.
Date Posted: 03 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the CEl Jamaica Program for Women Entrepreneurs 2025. CEl Jamaica is a transformative exchange program initiative designed to drive entrepreneurship and economic growth across the Caribbean, starting with Jamaica. In partnership with the Jamaica Technology and Digital Alliance (JTDA), this program fosters collaboration between Caribbean innovators and Canadian investors, creating a bridge for global opportunities.
Date Posted: 03 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the ViCap Empowering Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa 2025. Empowering Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Africa 2025 is Phase Two of an initiative to strengthen climate innovation across Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.
Date Posted: 01 Apr, 2025
Applications are open for the ZICTA ICT Innovation Programme 2025. The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) ICT Innovation Programme is a flagship initiative of the Authority, designed to offer both business and technical development support to CT innovators, startups, and entrepreneurs.
Date Posted: 31 Mar, 2025
Are you an African entrepreneur passionate about revolutionizing agriculture with innovative solutions? If yes, apply now for the Digital Africa AgTech Startup Challenge 2025. The Digital Africa Ag Tech Startup Challenge is your chance to shine as an entrepreneur! Join the challenge at the 3rd African Forum on Investment and Sustainability in Agricultural Value Chains, happening on April 17, 2025, in Ben Guerir, Morocco.
Date Posted: 31 Mar, 2025
Are you ready to transform your business and create lasting impact in your community? Apply now for the Kirabo Equity Grant 2025. They support entrepreneurs creating bold solutions for their communities and beyond. There is no shortage of talent, innovation, or drive- only a gap in resources.
Date Posted: 31 Mar, 2025
Applications for the AfCFTA Digital Innovation Challenge 2025 are now open. The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Digital Innovation Challenge seeks to identify digital solutions with high potential to structurally influence intra-African trade by increasing efficiencies and enabling seamless cross-border commercial exchanges across AfCFTA markets.
Date Posted: 29 Mar, 2025
Do you know a passionate young leader who is working on solutions for the betterment of our planet? The Young Leaders Award is seeking a well-rounded cohort with a mix of representation across geographies, backgrounds, and approaches to sustainability and regeneration.
Date Posted: 28 Mar, 2025
Applications are open for the World Food Programme (WFP) Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator 2025. The WFP Innovation Accelerator is launching the second edition of the Humanitarian Innovation Accelerator (HIA), powered by the Government of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. HIA aims to support technology-powered solutions addressing pressing challenges faced by vulnerable populations and humanitarian actors. The platform supports selected ventures and solution providers with financial, technical, and methodological support from the WFP Innovation Accelerator and its partner ecosystem.
Date Posted: 28 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.