Opportunities

Overview Over 17 million tonnes of waste are generated by Sub-Saharan Africa annually, and only 12% of plastic waste is recycled. The Challenge aims to reduce marine plastics in Sub-Saharan African countries by developing and scaling innovative solutions to plastic mismanagement in a way that promotes gender equality and empowerment of women and girls. The … Read more

This program is all about building the gender-lens investing ecosystem for women climate entrepreneurs to grow scalable climate-related businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through this project, ANDE, in consortium with the Aga Khan Foundation Canada (AKFC) and World University Service of Canada (WUSC) with funding support from Global Affairs Canada (GAC), seeks to build the gender-lens … Read more

Receive up to $100k grant from the UNICEF 2021 Innovation Fund for your technology startup. About The Program The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to $100K equity-free investments to provide early-stage finance, aka seed capital, to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity.  If you’ve got a startup using … Read more

Stand a chance to win up to 5 Million Naira as a Woman Entrepreneur. African Businesses in selected countries who are female-led can apply to pitch their businesses and win a grant from Access bank and its partners. About The Program Launched in 2019, the Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa was the first women-in-business support initiative of … Read more

Energy Access Booster is supporting Energy Access Entrepreneurs in Africa and Asia. Are you an entrepreneur operating in Africa or in Asia? Are you working on a Sustainable Mobility project? If yes, then you are welcome to apply. About The Prize Sustainable Mobility is defined as green, efficient, safe and universally accessible movement of people … Read more