Opportunities

Over four acceleration cycles, Innovate Now has supported the establishment of 21 African assistive technology businesses. Over the course of three to six months, African start-ups are given mentoring, education, and professional advice to develop market-fit, scalable, and investable assistive technologies (AT).

The Worldwide Startup Awards Africa, which aims to provide African entrepreneurs with global visibility and investment opportunities via the GIIG Africa Fund, is currently accepting applications.

A pitch competition for entrepreneurs with tech-enabled, scalable solutions intended to innovate businesses across many industries has been announced by Nigeria's Zenith Bank.

MDF West Africa is implementing the Kingdom of the Netherlands' Orange Corners initiative at the Ghana Innovation Hub in Accra and Our Regional Centers (Ho, Kumasi, Takoradi, and Tamale).

Under the KOICA-UNICEF Accelerating Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Ghana Project, UNICEF StartUp Lab is now accepting submissions for its third cohort. All qualified applicants will get training, mentoring, and prototype financing during the six-month program to support the expansion and impact of their companies.

Startupbootcamp The most forward-thinking African technology startups in important industry verticals are invited to submit applications to AfriTech, an African technology accelerator, for the Telecel Group Africa Startup Initiative Accelerator Program.

Bloomberg NEF is pleased to invite all early-stage companies and innovative projects for its Pioneers program 2023 that addressing Net-Zero Challenges.

The Aurora Tech Award is an annual prize for women founders of IT startups whose projects have had the most profound impact on world development. Their goal is to support women in the field of advanced technologies, especially women entrepreneurs.

The Aspire Coronation Trust Foundation 2023 Grants Cycle is now open for non-profit organisations and social enterprises in Africa. At ACT Foundation, they have adopted a responsive approach to grant making. By funding focused-interventions, the foundation works across a broad spectrum of developmental issues clustered within its focus areas.

Targeting women's business associations, incubators, accelerators, women-led cooperatives, and civil society organizations that support the growth of women entrepreneurs on the continent

The new online community hub for the Global Landscapes Forum is called GLFx. GLFx is committed to enthusiastic individuals who are attempting to quicken the process of moving toward more sustainable, integrated landscape management.

There is a relaunch as the Chemistry for Climate Action Challenge after five successful iterations of the Elsevier Foundation Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge and thousands of submissions from across the globe. The greatest threat to the future of our world is climate change, thus it is imperative that we act.