Funding

AFRICA CLIMATE TECH WEEK, NAIROBI SUMMIT…
AfricArena | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 28, 2024
Join AfricArena in Nairobi to showcase your innovative ideas, connect with investors, mentors and industry experts. Contribute to future of tech in Africa and elevate your startup’s success. We are headed to Kenya and our startup applications for the September Nairobi Summit are now open! Join us from 1st to 4th September as we prepare for an exciting event. 🇰🇪🌍 We are on the lookout for innovative tech startups in the Green Economy field, ready to present their revolutionary business concepts. Don’t miss out on this chance to make a lasting impact on the Green Economy and propel your startup to new heights. Prepare your pitches, gather your teams, and get ready for an unforgettable experience at the Nairobi Summit.…
Climate Champion Competition…
Startup Discovery School | Status: Ended
Amount: $3000 | Deadline: August 27, 2024
Calling all climate technology startups in Ghana for a chance to win $3000 to further develop their business idea. Are you an Ghanaian Startup contributing to tackling Climate Change? We’re on the search for the most scalable ventures to join a fierce pitch competition right here in Accra! Apply now to the Climate Champion Competition backed by Startup Discovery School, Sahara Impact Ventures and Academic City University College. Eligibility Applicants must: 1. Have a scalable solution that is tackling the impact of climate change. 2. ⁠Have an MVP 3. ⁠Have a business based in Africa 4.Must be able to pitch in Accra in on the 9th September 2024…
Matching Grant Fund for Climate-Resilient Value Chains…
GIZ | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 18, 2024
The Matching Grant Fund is a private-public partnership model designed to propel the various value chains industry forward. It can also be described as a financing and partnership tool used to support innovative ideas/ projects in the sector that are in line with our indicators and are scalable.…
WIRC Ultimate Business Pitch…
Heritors Labs | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 16, 2024
Are you working on a new project or product but need help getting it out there? We’ve got you covered! Join the WIRC Business Pitch Competition and show us your amazing idea. We’re looking for innovative projects led by awesome women like you. The winner gets $1,000 to help with important steps like getting your product certifications and conformity assessments to push your project to the next level. Plus, the top 5 will get a customized marketing plan and funding to boost their social media marketing! Here are some examples of innovative things you can submit: A new eco-friendly fashion line A creative food product An innovative pet care product A sustainable beauty or skincare product Requirements Don’t miss this chance! Applications close on August 16th, 2024. Submit a 3-minute video to impact@heritorslabs.com explaining why your project deserves to win. Qualification Women with innovative ideas, from any field—fashion, tech, wellness, or beyond. Your project should be launched or close to launching, like a skincare product, eco-friendly product, food item, or cool educational tool. If you need help getting your project out there or tackling certifications, this is for you!…
The Presidential Pitch Season 5…
National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme – NEIP | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 16, 2024
The Presidential Pitch for Young Entrepreneurs is a deliberate, systematic, and integrated policy initiative by the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) to boost the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country. The business competition, a revolution in the history of Ghana for young entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 40 serves as an incubating platform for existing businesses and capital funding from the government. The initiative seeks to turn creative businesses by the Ghanaian youth into global business giants with the support of government. The criteria for selection are feasibility, innovation, scalability, and potential impact of the business. NEIP is calling for applications from eligible youth with the entrepreneurship spirit to apply for a grant to enable them scale up their business. Eligibility Criteria Age Requirement: Participants must be between 18 and 40 years old at the time of the competition. Nationality: The competition is open to individuals who are citizens. Youth Participation: The competition aims to encourage the country’s youth, so only individuals within the specified age range are eligible to participate. Business Focus: Participants must present innovative businesses that have the potential to be developed into feasible, scalable, employable, and impactful businesses. Originality: Businesses submitted must be the original work of the participants and should not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. Feasibility: The proposed businesses should demonstrate the practicality and potential to be implemented as viable business ventures. Scalability: Participants should present businesses that have the potential to grow and expand beyond a small-scale operation, demonstrating scalability and long-term viability. Employability: Businesses should have the potential to generate employment opportunities, contributing to job creation and economic growth. Impactfulness: The businesses should address social, economic, or environmental challenges and positively impact society or specific communities. Submission Requirements: Participants must adhere to the submission guidelines outlined, including providing necessary documentation, forms, or presentations as specified. FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES CONTACT : 0554 810 862…
Twilio Climate Tech Prize…
Twilio | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 15, 2024
Are you an entrepreneur scaling technology to enhance the climate-resilience of frontline communities? Are you a nonprofit innovator using technology to combat the adverse effects of climate change on your community’s health and well-being? The Twilio.org Climate Tech Prize is investing $1 million from the Twilio.org Impact Fund in actionable technology solutions, addressing both immediate and enduring challenges faced by communities susceptible to climate-induced migration and displacement. Judging criteria Submissions will be judged according to the following criteria: Climate Resilience Solution: Impactful solution, implementation, or value prop that enhances resilient outcomes of frontline communities in the face of climate change. The solution should also respond to shifting customer demand or unlock new business opportunities across the value chain. Tech/Solution: Implementation, or value prop that bolsters mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in the face of climate change challenges. Preference for software and digital communications technology solutions. Impact: Clear demonstrated impact with specific metrics. Company has thoughtfully addressed and mitigated the negative (or unintended consequences) of the solution. Financial Model: Committed financial support, documented and sound sustainability plan, or clear business model with ability to scale. Traction & Market Opportunity: Has a developed product or service with 2+ paying customers or projects and demonstrates early product/market fit. Team: Team contains experts or specialists in their field with a variety of backgrounds including representation from climate impacted communities. Inclusive Design: The solution incorporates inclusivity and equity in every step of the design process, and the team has deep knowledge of and presence in communities they plan to serve. Following an interview, finalists will be evaluated and scored by the Judges based upon the following criteria: Overall excellence in advancing climate resilience for vulnerable communities Exceptional impact and evidence of potential reach and depth of impact Ability of the team to deliver results and scale for even greater impact Five (5) Winners will be selected to receive a cash prize of $200,000 each. Funding will be allocated by ImpactAssets based on Twilio.org’s recommendation. Prize funds will be administered directly to winners upon receipt of relevant tax and other required due diligence documentation. Winners are responsible for applicable taxes. Eligibility requirements Any non-profit 501(c)(3); international 501(c)(3) equivalents that have obtained equivalency determination or operate under a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt fiscal sponsor; and for-profit organizations and their affiliates that meet the minimum requirements of: At least four full time employees or full-time resources Have demonstrated results in a real world application Technology must be a central part of the solution Additional Climate Prize Solution Criteria: On-the-ground community-based resilience solution Support for vulnerable populations Proven traction with at least two customers or projects…
Girls in Tech Startup Challenge 2024…
VC4A | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 15, 2024
Are you a female founder with a groundbreaking idea ready to disrupt the market? The 10th Annual Girls in Tech Startup Challenge is your golden opportunity to transform your vision into reality. This premier competition invites you to join a global community of trailblazing women entrepreneurs, showcase your innovative product, and compete for seed funding to fuel your startup’s growth. The journey culminates at Vanderbilt University’s Wond’ry on October 17th, where the top 10 finalists will present their startups to a panel of esteemed judges and an audience of potential investors. This is your chance to shine, network with industry leaders, and secure the funding and support your startup deserves. Should you hopefully make it to the final round, you’ll need to make your way to Nashville, TN to attend and pitch at the live event. A Startup Challenge for Female Entrepreneurs During this exciting hybrid startup competition, female founders will submit a video pitch for their early-stage startup and fill out a short application form. Pitches will be judged based on the innovativeness, framework, and market viability of the product. ELIGIBILITY Individual participants must be at least 18 years old. All teams must have at least one female founder. All startups must be younger than 24 months. The startup must have a software or hardware product. The startup cannot have received more than 2M in funding. Participants are strongly encouraged to attend in person for the final judging round on October 17, 2024 in Nashville, TN, USA. Participants will need to cover the cost of their travel and accommodations. REQUIREMENTS 1. Submission Form Submit your project to the Girls in Tech YouNoodle before the deadline and complete the submission form questionnaire. Submissions (including both a video pitch and pitch deck) can be edited until the deadline. 2. Pitch Video Presentation & Deck Upload a short pitch video presentation including your pitch deck. This video can be submitted as a YouTube link on your YouNoodle application. The video should be a maximum of 5 minutes long and include the following details: Problem Explain the problem that you are solving and how consumers will benefit from your solution. Use a story to paint the picture so investors can understand your business. Vision Explain your vision and the mission of your company. Keep it short and straight to the point. Unique Value Proposition What makes your solution different from other companies who are addressing the same customer problem? About the Team Highlight your team members’ expertise and how these competencies and skills will contribute to the startup. Milestones Tell us about any growth or milestones you have achieved so far and how a new funding round might expedite that growth. Business Model Tell us how the business works or will work? How does the business make or will make money? Do you have a marketing strategy? Competition Who are your competitors and what makes you better than them? JUDGING CRITERIA Business Description: How well was the concept explained? Market Analysis: Is there a genuine need for the product? How well was the target market defined? Product Analysis: Is the description of the product clear? Is the product feasible? Competition: Has the startup clearly identified its potential competitors and defined their strengths and weaknesses? Marketing Strategy: How well defined and realistic is the startup’s current marketing plan? Presentation: Did the individual/team engage the audience? Did the individual/team speak with confidence? Were the visual aids (i.e PowerPoint slides, etc) clear and straight to the point? Was the overall pitch compelling?…
Post-Harvest Loss Innovation Prize…
Shell Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) | Status: Ended
Amount: $50,000 | Deadline: August 14, 2024
Shell Foundation and the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) aims to increase farmer incomes by reducing post-harvest losses in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. To accomplish this objective, it is necessary to implement scalable, cost-effective solutions that cater to the post-harvest requirements of smallholder farmers. These solutions should encourage sustainable agricultural practices while harnessing the benefits of clean energy technologies. About the Prize The Post Harvest Loss Innovation Prize is seeking innovative solutions that reduce post-harvest loss for smallholder farmers in emerging markets. Funding from the prize is unrestricted. This prize offers more than just a $50,000 financial reward for the winning applicant. Finalists gain access to a network of experienced industry leaders and receive media exposure to showcase their innovation. The winner will also benefit from access to Factor E’s post investment support . Gain the resources and recognition you need to accelerate your agritech journey, grow your innovation, and create impact. Applications will be reviewed by the Factor E investment team, and the top five finalists will be announced on September 17th. The final award announcement will be on September 25, 2024. How will applications be assessed? We prioritize innovative solutions with the potential to create substantial impact within our target markets. While not all criteria are mandatory, we evaluate submissions based on the following key factors: – Innovation: The innovation must be for smallholder farmers. Submissions should demonstrate a novel approach to solving a problem faced by farmers in emerging markets. Innovative solutions are defined as technologies, business models, hardware and/or software that have the potential to become commercially viable. – Solution Validation: We are seeking solutions that have undergone successful testing, either in a controlled laboratory environment or directly in the field. – Global Applicability: Innovations can come from any geography globally but must have relevance for direct application in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa with the ability to scale to other emerging markets in the future. – Gender Impact: We prioritize solutions with a demonstrably positive impact on female farmers. – Scalability and Reach: The ideal solution should have a clear path to scale with significant commercial returns in the future. The technology should have a direct economic impact with the potential to empower over 1 million farmers and demonstrate future return on investment (ROI). – Farm-Level Implementation: The solution should be designed for use by farmers, not through retail channels. – Minimal Behavioral Change: Solutions with a low barrier to adoption are preferred. They should require minimal adjustments to farmers’ existing routines. – Financial Traction: Evidence of progress towards financial sustainability is a positive factor. Prior fundraising success is also considered. – Technology Readiness Level (TRL): We look for well-developed technologies at or beyond the validation stage, with preferably existing paying customers. – Founding Team: A strong, balanced, and diverse founding team with a proven and visionary leader (CEO) is crucial. Eligibility Applications may be submitted by any entity including startups, universities, non-profit organizations or for-profit companies.…
NTF5 ITC Digital Trading & Freelancing Training…
TECHFARM Hub | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: August 13, 2024
This training aims to equip (aspiring) digital freelancers and MSMEs with essential skills and knowledge in digital trade and freelancing. By participating in this program, you will have the opportunity to learn about building an online business, digital marketing, legal and regulatory compliance, freelance tools and more.…
EU Youth Empowerment Fund Youth-Led Action for the SDGs 2024…
MSME Africa | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: July 21, 2024
The European Union, in partnership with the Global Youth Mobilization (GYM) and the “Big Six” youth organizations, is excited to announce the launch of the Open Call for the EU Youth Empowerment Fund (YEF) through the Global Youth Mobilization. This initiative aims to empower young people to drive positive change in their communities by providing micro-grant funding for innovative, youth-led solutions that advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
AI Excellence Workshops…
The Ladies Entrepreneurship Club | Status: Ended
Amount: $25/month | Deadline: July 16, 2024
Get Instant Access to the AI Excellence Series to Grow Your Business with AI Tools! Register at: https://ladiesentrepreneurshipclub.com/events/ai…
KIC AgriTech Challenge Pro…
Kosmos Innovation Center (KIC) | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: November 23, 2023
Applications are open for the 2024 AgriTech Challenge Pro. The KIC AgriTech Challenge Pro is an *accelerator program* aiming to support young entrepreneurs to launch and grow commercially viable, scalable solutions to key problems in the *agricultural sector* . The program aims to drive technology and innovation as a catalyst to enhancing productivity, improving yields, and creating more jobs within Ghana’s agricultural sector. ​ ​ *Apply* via https://bit.ly/2024KICPro to join the AgriTech Challenge Pro to transform your business idea and accelerate your entrepreneurial journey. ​ ​ Read more about the program & *apply* https://lnkd.in/dUiiMTn8​…
DEVELOPPP VENTURES IDEAS COMPETITION…
Innohub | Status: Ended
Amount: up to EUR 100,000 | Deadline: June 30, 2023
DEG Impulse gGmbH and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH with funds from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) support young companies to scale innovative business models in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania that create positive impact and contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Assessment criteria Innovation: The business model is innovative with regard to the target country Scalability: The company has a high growth potential due to the size of the market and the target group Financial Sustainability: The break-even point will be reached timely (maximum within 3 years) Adequate Management: The company has the necessary expertise as well as management capacity and human resources to substantially scale its business Developmental Impact: • The business model has a significant developmental relevance • The impact is measurable, i.e. positive effects on the target groups • The company is contributing to reaching the SDGs by increasing local income, saving natural resources, improving access to resources and services, and creating decent jobs…
Pitch to Save the World…
Ghana Hubs Network | Status: Ended
Amount: GHS 100,000.00 | Deadline: June 1, 2023
Are you an entrepreneur in Ghana?! Are you working towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in combatting climate change and sustainabilitv? Apply now for The Pitch to Save the World competition and win a non-dilutive start-up capital to bring your vision to life. With a chance to win a share of GHC 100,000, this is an opportunity you won’t want to miss. The competition is open to registered revenue-generating and for-profit companies with substantial operations in Ghana.…
Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Business Heroes Initiative…
MEST | Status: Ended
Amount: 10 finalists will win their share of $1.5 million | Deadline: May 12, 2023
ABH aims to identify, support, and inspire the next generation of African entrepreneurs who are making an impact in their local communities, working to solve the most pressing problems, and building a more sustainable and inclusive economy for the future. The initiative aims to be as inclusive as possible. Applications are open in English and French to entrepreneurs from all African countries, all sectors, and all ages who operate businesses formally registered and headquartered in an African country, and that have a 3 year-track record.…
Ghana Startup Scaling Fund (GSSF) – 3rd Cohort Acceleration Program…
Ghana Tech Lab | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: December 19, 2022
The Ghana Startup Scaling Fund (GSSF) is accepting applications for its Third Cohort (Acceleration) program. Only startups that have already completed an acceleration and incubation program at Ghana Tech Lab or one of its affiliated hubs are eligible to apply.…
Call for Applications-Business Idea Competition…
GIZ Ghana | Status: Ended
Amount: N/A | Deadline: December 10, 2022
Are you currently running a small business and in dire need of an equipment to enhance productivity? Do you have a business idea you would like to kickstart? Are you based in the Ashanti Region? Apply now via http://bit.ly/gizbc2022 for the business idea competition and get the opportunity to receive training, mentoring and in-kind support for your business. Deadline for application is on 12th October 2022…
Orange Corners 2023 Acceleration Programme…
Ghana Innovation Hub | Status: Ended
Amount: EUR50,000 | Deadline: November 30, 2022
The Orange Corners Ghana programme is a 6-month acceleration programme made up of online and in-person training sessions, masterclasses and individual coaching sessions, including access to working space at our various training centres in Accra, Ho, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale. After successful completion of the programme some of the selected companies can apply for the Orange Corners Innovation Fund (managed by our partner Fidelity Bank Ghana)…
SESA Call for Entrepreneurs 2022…
Siemens Stiftung / Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) | Status: Ended
Amount: €70,000 | Deadline: November 20, 2022
Siemens Stiftung on behalf of the Smart Energy Solutions for Africa (SESA) consortium is calling Small and Medium-sized Enterprises with a focus on sustainable energy solutions from Ghana, Malawi, Morocco and South Africa to apply for its first SESA Call for Entrepreneurs. Enterprises with innovative, scalable and impactful business ideas will join the SESA Incubator Programme and receive grant funding of up to 70,000 Euro.…
AgriPitch 2022…
Generation Africa | Status: Ended
Amount: $140,000 | Deadline: November 3, 2022
AgriPitch 2022 is open for applications – French and English Applicants Welcome! A total of $140,000 in grants available, along with a 2-week bootcamp and 6 months of mentorship. Download the Application Guide: English version: https://bit.ly/3EL8A0F Téléchargez le guide ici: Version Française: https://bit.ly/3eF3HeU The aim of the 2022 #AgriPitch Competition is to support #agripreneurs by focusing on building the bankability of their businesses and ensuring that they are pitch ready for potential investors. Youth-led and woman-led #agribusinesses are encouraged to apply. (no any payments at any stages of your application)…

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