Grants, fellowships, accelerators, and competitions open to African founders and builders — pulled from our reporting.
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Reckitt
Reckitt Catalyst Accelerator
Techstars
Techstars Opens Fall 2025 Applications
USD up to 20K
Village Capital
Village Capital’s Greentech Africa Accelerator
Visa
Visa Accelerator Program (Cohort IV)
Hub71
Hub71 Access Program
USD up to 136K
NTEEP
Nomfro Technologies Entrepreneurship Empowerment Project (NTEEP)
Misk
Misk Accelerator Program for Seed-Stage Tech Startups
Y Combinator
Y Combinator Winter 2024 funding cycle
USD up to 500K
Katapult
Katapult Africa Accelerator
USD 150K–400K
RIoT Accelerator Program (RAP)
CFA
Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa
RisingTide Africa
RisingTide Africa Accelerator Program 2023
SME Growth Lab/Bujeti
SME Growth Lab/Bujeti Accelerator Program Cohort 4
FSDH Women in Business group
FSDH Female Founders Growth Programme 2023 for Female-led Tech Startups
USD up to 10K
ASIP Accelerator Program
Startup Wise Guys
Startup Wise Guys SaaS Accelerator Program: Africa
USD up to 71K
AWS
AWS Global Fintech Accelerator
USD up to 100K
ARM Labs Lagos Techstars Accelerator
Fight for Access Accelerator
Flapmax
FAST Accelerator
DEEP Startup Ecosystem Accelerator
SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme
USD up to 2K
HudsonAlpha
HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator
USD 100K–100K
DW Akademie
Smart Media Accelerator
USD up to 11K