Grants for African Entrepreneurs | Find Funding for Your Business & NGO

The $30,000 Wharton Africa Business Forum New Venture Competition is designed to showcase the next generation of African entrepreneurs building innovative, high-impact ventures across the continent and the diaspora.

The ₦20,000,000 FCMB Agritech Hackathon and Venture Building Program aims to help ambitious Agritech startups refine their business models, accelerate growth, and develop innovative solutions that transform Africa’s agricultural sector.

The $15,000 ACE Startup Academy is designed to help aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs transform innovative ideas into investment-ready businesses.

Discover funding opportunities in African agribusiness. Funding is available for businesses, non-profits, and country-led initiatives

The $163million Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) supports country-led investments that strengthen food security, build resilience, and improve livelihoods for smallholder farmers and rural communities in the world’s poorest countries.

The African Researcher’s Small Grants Program supports African researchers conducting implementation and operational research to improve neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination efforts across Africa, with up to $65,000 in funding.

This call for proposals is to select a recipient or consortium of recipients to receive an IFAD grant financing to implement the initiative: Leveraging IFAD’s Rural Sector Performance Assessment for Policy and Investment for a total amount of up to US$1.2 million.

The €10,000 Spaces for Youth Grant 2026 supports youth-led organisations across Africa in creating or strengthening safe, inclusive spaces where young people can learn, innovate, develop leadership skills, and drive community change.

The €3,200 Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowships are offered by the European University Institute (EUI) to support established scholars who wish to pursue advanced research within an international academic environment.

The United Nations–Nippon Foundation Fellowship on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea is a fully funded nine-month advanced training programme for mid-level professionals from developing countries working in ocean affairs and marine governance.