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 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 Canvas Home Small Grants Project provides up to USD 1,500 to established artisan groups in developing countries to strengthen their craft businesses, expand employment opportunities, and create sustainable income opportunities for artisans and their communities.

The $5,000 AIPS Sport Media Awards recognise outstanding achievements in global sports journalism across writing, photography, audio, and video categories.

The $25,000 Bloomberg Green Docs Competition supports filmmakers creating impactful stories about climate change, environmental challenges, and climate solutions.

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 $1,600 UNESCO-UNEVOC Skills in Action Photo Competition is open to amateur and professional photographers aged 18 and above

The €50,000 General Project Funding programme supports ambitious cultural projects that promote artistic excellence, international collaboration, and cultural exchange.

The $500 Diverse Writers Grant Program supports writers from underrepresented and underprivileged communities who are developing book-length speculative fiction manuscripts.

The $500 Diverse Worlds Grant supports writers developing unpublished, book-length speculative fiction that naturally portrays diverse worlds through compelling storytelling, rich cultural settings, and well-developed characters.