Grants, fellowships, accelerators, and competitions open to African founders and builders — pulled from our reporting.
24 programmes
Bayer Foundation
Bayer Foundation Women Entrepreneurs Award
USD up to 27K
Hub71
Hub71 Access Program
USD up to 136K
Misk
Misk Accelerator Program for Seed-Stage Tech Startups
InnovationHub Africa and Resources Limited
Nigeria Innovation Summit 2023
TechCabal
TC Battlefield Kwakol
Startup Wise Guys
Startup Wise Guys SaaS Accelerator Program: Africa
USD up to 71K
AWS
AWS Global Fintech Accelerator
USD up to 100K
Reckitt
Fight for Access Accelerator
Flapmax
FAST Accelerator
UNICEF
UNICEF Innovation Fund
SEEDINVEST Acceleration Programme
USD up to 2K
HudsonAlpha
HudsonAlpha AgTech Accelerator
USD 100K–100K
DW Akademie
Smart Media Accelerator
USD up to 11K
Investing in Innovation
Investing in Innovation i3 Programme for Healthtech Startups
USD up to 50K
Orange Corners
Orange Corners Nigeria Incubation Programme
USD up to 43K
Orange
2023 Orange Social Venture Prize in Africa and the Middle East
USD up to 76K
Amazon
AWS FinTech Africa Accelerator
USD up to 25K
ShEquity
ShEquity Business Accelerator Program for African Female Entrepreneurs
USD up to 250K
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
NSIA Prize for Innovation
USD up to 255K
Tony Elumelu Foundation
Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2023 for African Entrepreneurs
USD 5K–5K
Impacc
Impacc Venture Program for East African Entrepreneurs
USD up to 150K
UCT GSB Solution Space
UCT GSB Solution Space e-Track Program 2023 for Entrepreneurs and Early-stage Startups
FATE Foundation
FATE Foundation 2023 Business Resilience Programme for African Women Entrepreneurs
Target Forward Founders Accelerator Program for Early-stage and Mature Retail Startups