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.

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 €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.

The STIAS Artist-in-Residence Fellowship offers accomplished artists from around the world the opportunity to develop a clearly defined creative project within the interdisciplinary environment of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa

The £200,000 Darwin Initiative Capability & Capacity Grants are designed to strengthen the long-term capability of local and national institutions working on biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction.

The €7,000 Joke Waller-Hunter (JWH) Initiative aims to create opportunities for young individuals in developing countries to reach their full potential in the environmental sector.