Find funding for your project in Africa
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Crowdfunding is one avenue among others, and rarely the first. We will say so when it is not yours.
All open opportunities
187 open opportunities
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Google for Startups Accelerator Africa
Google
Google for Startups' Africa programme supports technology companies already in market for around three months. Its decisive feature: it takes no equity.
- Digital
- Finance and payments
- Artificial intelligence
Variable amount
No announced deadline - CompetitionOpen
Orange Social Venture Prize
Orange
The Orange Social Venture Prize for Africa, known as POESAM, rewards projects that answer a social need through digital technology: health, agriculture, education, energy access, financial inclusion.
- Digital
- Finance and payments
- Health
up to 25,000 EUR
No announced deadline - AcceleratorOpen
MEST Africa Programme
MEST Africa
MEST Africa offers a rare format: a full year of technology entrepreneurship training, full-time and fully funded, followed by possible seed investment of up to $100,000.
- Digital
100,000 USD
No announced deadline - AcceleratorOpen
Seedstars Africa Ventures
Seedstars
Seedstars Africa Ventures is an investment fund of around $30 million, backed notably by the European Investment Bank, taking equity stakes in African technology companies at seed and post-seed stage.
- Digital
- Finance and payments
up to 1,000,000 USD
No announced deadline - FellowshipOpen
Westerwelle Young Founders Programme
Westerwelle Foundation
The Westerwelle Foundation's Young Founders Programme brings no direct funding. It brings something else, often rarer: structured access to an international network of founders and investors.
- All sectors
Variable amount
No announced deadline - FellowshipOpen
Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship
Mastercard Foundation
The Mastercard Foundation EdTech Fellowship finances education technology companies in five countries: Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda.
- Education
- Digital
up to 70,000 USD
No announced deadline - FellowshipClosed
MWAN Research Mentorship Hub for Female Doctors 2026
Fully funded programme from the Medical Women's Association of Nigeria, for early career Nigerian women doctors.
- Health
Variable amount
No announced deadline - ScholarshipClosed
DAFI Scholarship Programme 2026/2027 in Rwanda: Fully Funded Undergraduate Scholarships for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Fully funded undergraduate scholarships in Rwanda, reserved for refugee students, under the UNHCR-backed DAFI programme.
- All sectors
Variable amount
No announced deadline - CompetitionClosed
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (KCIC) Cleantech Innovation Competition 2026 for Kenyan University Students
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center runs its annual clean technology innovation competition, reserved for students enrolled at a Kenyan university.
- Energy
- Agriculture
Variable amount
No announced deadline - FellowshipClosed
CGIAR Climate, Peace and Security Spring School 2026 for Early Career South African Researchers (Fully Funded)
Fully funded CGIAR spring school on the links between climate, peace and security, for early career South African researchers.
- Environment
Variable amount
No announced deadline - FellowshipClosed
Africa Uncensored/KAS Africa Investigative Journalism Lab 2026 for Mid-career & Senior East African Journalists (Fully Funded to Mombasa, Kenya)
Fully funded investigative journalism programme in Mombasa, Kenya, run by Africa Uncensored with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.
- All sectors
Variable amount
No announced deadline - FellowshipClosed
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN88) Fellowship Program 2026 (Fully Funded to Lisbon, Portugal)
Fully funded fellowship to attend the ICANN88 meeting in Lisbon, on the governance of Internet domain names and addresses.
- Digital
Variable amount
No announced deadline