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The $50,000 Innovate Africa Challenge (3rd Edition) is an innovation challenge to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that address Africa’s agricultural and climate challenges.

The $20,000 Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026 supports early-stage teams building artificial intelligence solutions that can run efficiently on everyday laptops and other resource-constrained devices.

The $500,000 U.S. Mission to Nigeria Creative, Digital and Innovation Economy Initiative supports projects that strengthen trade, investment, and professional partnerships between the United States and Nigeria’s creative and digital economy sectors

The R1,000,000 Google for Startups Accelerator South Africa Program is a three-month hybrid accelerator program for growth-stage technology startups in South Africa

The AI Skills for Women Programme 2026 is a free artificial intelligence training initiative designed to equip Nigerian women with practical AI skills and prepare them for opportunities in the digital economy.

The ₦50,000 Bosun Tijani Foundation Gen AI Fellowship Cohort 2 is a six-month intensive programme designed to equip young Nigerians with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills.

The $2,000,000 Build with Gemini XPRIZE is a global innovation competition that challenges entrepreneurs, developers, and innovators to create AI-powered businesses using Google’s technology stack.

The $70,000 DPI Safeguards Accelerator supports organizations and government partners working to strengthen safeguards in digital public infrastructure systems.

The $3,000 PIBBSS Winter Fellowship Program 2026–2027 is a ~3-month interdisciplinary program connecting researchers with AI safety mentors

Google Africa Applied AI Lab is an initiative to collaborate with and support African founders, researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in building next-gen AI products.  Selected founders will receive early access to the latest Google AI models and collaborate with Google experts to build AI-native solutions across work, knowledge, creativity, entertainment, and software development.