Category: Challenges

  • Melton Foundation SDG Innovation Challenge 2024

    Are you committed to sustainable development and social impact in your community and beyond? Are you a 16-35-year-old student, professional, activist, change-maker, or entrepreneur who wants to make a difference on the African continent and around the world? Are you a member of a youth innovation startup/project team based anywhere in Africa looking to pivot…

  • Mastercard AI StartUp Challenge 2024 | $150,000 prize

    Applications are now open for the 2024 MasterCard AI StartUp Challenge. MasterCard, the UAE Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications Office, and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) are collaborating to launch the UAE’s first AI challenge, empowering the next generation of AI pioneers. The challenge invites seed and Series A startups to submit…

  • Irish Aid SDG Challenge 2024 for Sustainable Solutions

    Applications are now open for the 2024 Irish Aid SDG Challenge. The SDG Challenge supports transdisciplinary teams in developing sustainable solutions to address development challenges under the UN SDGs in Irish Aid’s target countries. Solutions must demonstrate context-specific expected impact in one of Irish Aid’s partner countries, but applicants are encouraged to consider broader opportunities…

  • The Pivot Challenge for Young Innovators 2024

    The Pivot Challenge for Young Innovators 2024 The Pivot Challenge aims to identify and support early-stage organizations with innovative solutions to social problems, fostering entrepreneurship and social impact in Southeastern Nigeria. This inaugural event will mark the first-ever Pivot Challenge, aligning with The Pivot’s mission of promoting values, socioeconomic progress, and leadership accountability. The Pivot…

  • WFP Innovation Challenge: Relief & Resilience 2024 | up to $100,000 in equity-free funding

    Applications are now open for the WFP Innovation Challenge: Relief & Resilience 2024. They launched the most recent World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Challenge in search of game-changing solutions that provide relief, foster resilience, and end hunger. Over 828 million people, or more than one-tenth of the world’s population, continue to go to bed hungry…

  • Lineage Food Chain Innovation Challenge 2024

    Calling all innovators, developers, designers and entrepreneurs! Apply for the Lineage Food Chain Innovation Challenge 2024. Lineage is inviting forward-thinking students and startups from across the world to help address the complexities of the food supply chain, explore new perspectives, and propose innovative solutions that can reshape how we feed the world. The teams who present…

  • Call for Applications: Pivot Challenge 2024 For early-stage startup in Africa

    The Pivot Challenge aims to identify and support early-stage organizations with innovative solutions to social problems, fostering entrepreneurship and social impact in Southeastern Nigeria. This inaugural event will mark the first-ever Pivot Challenge, aligning with The Pivot’s mission of promoting values, socioeconomic progress, and leadership accountability. The Pivot responds to the need for a fresh…

  • GAIN AGRI-Business Innovation Challenge | Up to ₦ 20,000,000 EQUITY-FREE GRANT

    The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), a Swiss-based foundation founded at the UN in 2002 to combat malnutrition, has partnered with the Nigeria Climate Innovation Center (NCIC) to launch the Agribusiness Innovation Challenge. The challenge aims to attract agritech startups with solutions to improve Nigeria’s food supply chain. The Challenge seeks to identify, develop,…