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

Explore the top 2026 funding opportunities for Nigerian entrepreneurs. Discover deadlines, cash prizes, and application details to scale.

The ₦10,000,000 Nigeria PachiPanda Challenge provides young people and youth-led SMEs with the opportunity to develop innovative, long-term solutions and ideas to pressing environmental challenges and promote sustainability in Nigeria.

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

The ₦5,000,000 GrowthGia Agro Business Grant supports operational farmers in Nigeria who are building sustainable, growth-oriented agricultural businesses.

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 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 GET Compass SME Grant 2026 is an initiative by the Grooming Endowment Trust (GET) designed to support early-stage small and medium-sized businesses in Nigeria with grant funding of up to ₦2 million.

The Women in Business Competition is designed to empower women-led businesses with funding, mentorship, training, and growth opportunities.

The ₦1,000,000 YandyTech Innovation Fund (YIF) 2026 is now accepting applications from women-led Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Northern Nigeria.