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Alliance
Alliance is running a startup accelerator cohort that invests $400K in each selected team and ends with a Demo Day in NYC in front of top VCs. Applications close 23 September 2026.
Eligibility: Early-stage startup teams, global, per the program's cohort model
Mastercard Foundation Associates Program (with Jobberman)
A 12-month paid early-career work placement programme run with Jobberman for recent graduates aged 18 to 35 with zero to two years of work experience across Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.
Eligibility: Recent graduate aged 18 to 35
AU-Startups
A rolling pitch call that routes African tech founders raising a Pre-seed, Seed or Series A round of between $25K and $1M in front of investors actively writing cheques into African tech, after an editorial screen.
Eligibility: Raising a Pre-seed, Seed or Series A round
Fund for Innovation in Development
A multi-stage grant programme of six tracks, funding innovations that reduce global poverty and inequality, with awards from Prepare Grants up to €50,000 through to Transition to Scale grants of €1,500,000–€4,000,000. The call is ongoing.
Eligibility: Research institutes and higher-education institutions, governments or public agencies, NGOs, and private for-profit companies, alone or in partnership
Princeton in Africa
A one-year paid postgraduate fellowship placing graduates with host organisations across Africa in humanitarian assistance, public and community health, business and economic development, agricultural development, and education and youth development. Applications for the 2027–28 cohort close 26 October 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT.
Eligibility: Graduates of U.S.-accredited colleges and universities
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Microscale Forge
A free six-week hardware build competition for teams of Nigerian students, with fifteen prizes in all led by a top prize worth ₦950,000 and registration closing on 11 October 2026.
Eligibility: Teams of 1 to 4 students from Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education
LabStart Fellowship
The 2027 cohort of the LabStart Fellowship offers early-stage climate-tech founders up to $125,000 in funding plus support to commercialise breakthrough climate technologies. Applications for the fellowship close on 9 October 2026.
Eligibility: Early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators
Precision Agriculture Innovation Programme
A six-week, hands-on global training programme in digital and precision agriculture that ends in a globally accredited certification. Cohort 4.0 is open for applications to the PAIP programme for young professionals aged 16–35, in and outside Africa.
Eligibility: Young professionals aged 16–35
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia
UNDP Ethiopia is inviting civil society organisations and NGOs based in Ethiopia to submit proposals under the Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme 2.0, which funds work to end violence against women and girls. Funded projects run from November 2026 to December 2028. Proposals are due on 2 October 2026 at 04:00 New York time under reference UNDP-ETH-00793.
Eligibility: A civil society organisation or NGO based and operating in Ethiopia
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Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF)
Avocats Sans Frontières is selecting 20 young human rights defenders in Morocco for RightsLab Morocco 2026, a fully funded, in person training and networking lab. The programme runs for three to four days between October and November 2026, delivered in Arabic, Darija and French, and it is built for defenders already doing the work rather than for students studying it. Applications close on 10 October 2026.
Eligibility: Moroccan nationals or residents
Jobtech Alliance
Startups in Mombasa that help people find work can access up to US$20,000 plus technical support and a pan-African founder network.
Eligibility: Startups based in Mombasa or willing to expand there
500 Global
A four month fellowship in San Francisco where early founders can receive up to US$50K with potential for up to US$1M.
Eligibility: Founders anywhere with a nonobvious insight and an unfair advantage
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