Grants, loans, investors and accelerators for African entrepreneurs — researched daily, links verified, expired ones removed.
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Visa's fintech accelerator for Africa, run under the Visa Everywhere Initiative. It offers training, 1:1 mentorship, Visa developer tools, a Demo Day…
Catalyst Fund is an accelerator and grant facility backing early-stage startups in Africa and Asia that use technology to build climate resilience…
SunFunder (now part of Nuveen) provides debt financing to solar energy businesses and off-grid clean energy SMEs across Africa, enabling them to…
IFAD channels concessional loans and grants through partner governments and rural financial institutions to support smallholder farmers, agri-cooperatives, and rural enterprises across…
USAID DIV funds breakthrough innovations that improve the lives of people in developing countries, including across Africa. Tier 1 grants support early-stage…
The YALI Regional Leadership Centers — hosted in Ghana (West Africa), Kenya (East Africa), South Africa (Southern Africa), and Senegal (Francophone West…
The African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) runs an annual awards competition and an accelerator programme for women entrepreneurs across Africa,…
SheTrades is the International Trade Centre's initiative to connect 3 million women entrepreneurs to international markets by 2021 and beyond, with ongoing…
The Ashoka Fellowship identifies and supports the world's leading social entrepreneurs — individuals with powerful new ideas that create systemic change at…
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship programme of the U.S. Government's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), offering young African leaders six…
The YALI Network offers free, self-paced online courses through the YALI Network Online Learning platform, covering entrepreneurship, business management, leadership, and civic…
SheTrades is an International Trade Centre initiative that connects women entrepreneurs to international markets, finance, and business opportunities. Participants gain access to…
Google.org funds nonprofits and social enterprises using technology to address humanity's biggest challenges, including climate, health, and economic opportunity. African organisations working…
The UNDP Accelerator Labs network in Africa supports local innovators and grassroots entrepreneurs tackling sustainable development challenges including climate, health, agriculture, and…
Grant and support programme from GSMA backing innovative startups in emerging markets including Africa that partner with mobile operators to deliver scalable…
The Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative provides grants and concessional financing to enterprises and projects that create meaningful employment for young…
Afreximbank's MANSA platform supports African SMEs and financial institutions by providing a centralised KYC and due diligence data repository that reduces onboarding…
Afreximbank's SME Finance Programme provides trade finance, working capital, and structured lending facilities to African small and medium enterprises engaged in intra-African…
Y Combinator's Winter 2027 batch is a world-renowned 3-month accelerator running January–March 2027 in San Francisco, open to early-stage startups from any…
An international entrepreneurship programme that selects and supports women-led, for-profit businesses with high social and environmental impact. Winners receive up to USD…
Madica is an 18-month, rolling pre-seed investment programme for African founders operating in Kenya and across the continent. It deploys up to…
KenyaTechnologyFinTechTLcom Capital is a leading Africa-focused venture capital firm investing in technology startups across sub-Saharan Africa, with a strong presence in Kenya.…
KenyaTechnologyFinTechNaiBAN is East Africa's most active angel network, with 100+ angels backing tech-enabled startups at pre-seed and seed stages. Founders receive equity…
KenyaTechnologyFinTechAntler is a global day-zero investor that backs exceptional founders from idea to pre-seed. The Nairobi programme runs a 10-week residency where…
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