Category: Grants

Ndukwe Kalu Foundation (NKF) calls to offer grants to Nigerian Researchers living and residing in Nigeria who are willing to dedicate their time from research to implementation in the Domain Name System (DNS) space. The socio economic aspect of research on the DNS would follow the regular research format open to undergraduate, graduates and PHD…

We are most fulfilled when your idea thrives as we are on a mission to empower Africa’s Agri-innovators. This year’s Hackathon and Venture Building Program offers grants, mentorship, and access to market through corporate partnerships. The FCMB Agritech Hackathon and venture building program is an initiative to foster and accelerate the growth of the agricultural…

Her Startup is a program designed to address the challenges that female founders face in the entrepreneurial landscape. Her Startup combines proven entrepreneurship training, seed funding, and mentoring to provide comprehensive and long-term solutions to the funding issue for female-led start-ups. The program’s goal is to mentor and invest in African+Women-led early-stage businesses with high…

TBD, a part of Block, has launched the TBD Hackathon in collaboration with the Africa Bitcoin Conference. This competition aims to foster innovation and technological advancement in payments across Africa using the tbDEX open-source protocol. The hackathon will run from July 31 to September 15, 2024, with the finale taking place from December 9-11, 2024,…

Are you an entrepreneur scaling technology to enhance the climate-resilience of frontline communities? Are you a nonprofit innovator using technology to combat the adverse effects of climate change on your community’s health and well-being? The Twilio.org Climate Tech Prize is investing $1 million from the Twilio.org Impact Fund in actionable technology solutions, addressing both immediate…

The AgroHack Challenge seeks innovative ideas from all stages of the agriculture value chain. These ideas will be accelerated, opening up new opportunities for many young Nigerians. The primary goal of the AgroHack Challenge is to harness innovative solutions that will accelerate rapid growth in the agriculture food sector, increase output and profitability for farmers,…

Participate in transforming modern education! Apply to start a Curiosity Club. As a Curiosity Club Guide, you’ll lead peers through a groundbreaking program that focuses on curiosity-driven, collaborative learning. Receive training, ongoing support, and a €500 budget to develop impactful projects. Be a part of the change by encouraging intrinsic motivation and personal development in…

Entrepreneurs create cool startups, which we help accelerate. Microsoft’s corporate customers are constantly looking for new and innovative ways to give their businesses an advantage. We help tech startups sell their innovative solutions to these customers by hosting a series of workshops to shorten their sales cycle. Throughout our accelerator program, our founders build close…

Applications are open for the Wiki Loves Earth 2024 in Nigeria. Wiki Loves Earth is an international photography competition to promote natural heritage sites around the World through Wikimedia projects (mainly Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons). This is the fifth time Nigeria will be participating in the contest and it would be held during 1 June —…

The Small Research Grants Program funds education research projects that will contribute to the overall improvement of education, with budgets of up to $50,000 for projects lasting one to five years. This program is “field-initiated” in the sense that proposal submissions do not respond to a specific request for a specific research topic, discipline, design,…

UNICEF is thrilled that you are considering joining this program to elevate your advocacy work. Below, you will find detailed information about the Youth Advocacy Training program. Youth Advocacy Training The Youth Advocacy Training supports US-based young people, ages 14-24, in building core advocacy skills for youth-led civic engagement. Using UNICEF’s Youth Advocacy Guide and…