(March 2020)
The Best Opportunity for Start-ups tackling Sustainable Development Challenges in Food & Water, Education & Health
The Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, have launched the 2020 edition of the FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards, the leading global initiative that highlights and promotes ground-breaking, long-term private sector solutions to major development challenges…[more]
2020 Blossom Hill Fellowship: Up to $50,000 Grants for Social Entrepreneurs
The Blossom Hill Foundation is seeking applications to offer fellowships to social entrepreneurs who have developed an innovative approach, program, or product that positively impacts war-affected Middle Eastern communities, either in-country or displaced due to conflict…[more]
Common Fund for Commodities: Funding Innovation to Support Commodity Development Activities
The Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) is inviting applicants for support of commodity development activities in its member countries. The CFC provides a range of financial and technical instruments in support or business activities contributing to commodity sector development in Developing Countries…[more]
School Enterprise Challenge: Join the movement to build Business Skills!
The School Enterprise Challenge is an international business programme for schools run by the educational charity Teach A Man To Fish. The School Enterprise Challenge is a FREE educational programme that teaches business and life skills. It supports teachers and students to set up a REAL business at their school…[more]
European Commission: Incubators (business support organisations) for Inclusive and Social Entrepreneurship
The European Commission has announced a Call for Proposals for “Incubators (business support organisations) for inclusive and social entrepreneurship”. This call aims at mobilising existing network(s) of mainstream business incubators to expand their outreach to inclusive and social entrepreneurship…[more]
Incredible Women Entrepreneurs invited to apply for €100,000 Grant Opportunity (Europe)
If you think you have what it takes to become the next EU Woman Innovator, don’t miss your chance and apply now for the 7th edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators. It is a cash prize awarded every year to European women who founded a successful company and brought an innovation to market…[more]
Call for Proposals: Actions to Boost the Development of Finance Markets for Social Enterprises
This call for proposals is published under Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on a European Union Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (“EaSI”) and amending Decision No 283/2010/EU establishing a European Progress Microfinance Facility for employment and social inclusion…[more]
GroFin: Small and Growing Business Fund (USD $100,000- USD $1.5 million)
GroFin is seeking applications for its Small and Growing Business Fund. GroFin is a pioneering development financier specializing in financing and supporting small and growing businesses (SGBs) across Africa and the Middle East. GroFin combines patient capital and specialized business support to grow emerging market enterprises…[more]
USAID seeks Innovative Solutions to facilitate Private Sector Engagement in East Africa
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced the East Africa Private Sector Engagement in Support of Prosper Africa Annual Program Statement (APS) (known hereafter as East Africa Prosper APS)…[more]
We-Fi Third Call for Proposals: Up to USD 45 million of financing is available
The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) has announced its third call for proposals. This third round of funding has been redesigned to help Implementing Partners focus on the biggest gaps and opportunities in We-Fi’s theory of change and encourage innovation, partnership development, and the use of results based mechanisms…[more]
TEF Entrepreneurship Programme: $5000 Seed Capital, 12-week Business Training, Mentorship, Networking Opportunities
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Programme is open to startup entrepreneurs, with innovative business ideas or businesses that have been in existence for less than 3 years, in any sector, from across Africa…[more]
$100,000 Entrepreneurship Grant for Young Africans
If you are a young African Entrepreneur trying to grow a small business or you’ve created something that makes your community better and provides you and your friends an income, then apply for 2020 Anzisha Prize! The Anzisha Prize is Africa’s biggest award for her youngest entrepreneurs aged 15 – 22 years, and hands out over USD $100,000 every year in prize money to entrepreneurs from all over the continent..[more]
C$5,000 in Seed Funding for bold solutions promoting Social Entrepreneurship for Environmental Sustainability
North America’s environment ministers are calling on youth to champion bold solutions promoting social entrepreneurship for environmental sustainability as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation’s (CEC) 4th annual Youth Innovation Challenge…[more]
The LandSense Challenge for Individuals, Web-entrepreneurs, Start-ups and SMEs
The LandSense Challenge targets individuals, web-entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs coming from all participating Horizon 2020 countries, to present innovative IT solutions addressing one of the three LandSense domains…[more]
SOLVE – 2020 Good Jobs & Inclusive Entrepreneurship Challenge ($1 million in prize funding)
The Good Jobs & Inclusive Entrepreneurship Challenges is presented with the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy’s (IDE) Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC). The MIT Solve community is looking for technology-based solutions that spur good jobs and inclusive entrepreneurial opportunities…[more]
Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge: €500,000 in funding for your Green Start-up!
Are you contributing towards a more sustainable planet? Are you an entrepreneur with an innovative start-up that contributes towards a more sustainable planet? If yes, then apply for the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge! Entries are open for the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge, one of the largest annual international competitions for bright entrepreneurs that successfully combine sustainability, entrepreneurship and creativity…[more]
Sparkplug Foundation’s Funding for Start-up Organizations and New Projects (United States)
The Sparkplug Foundation is currently accepting applications to fund start-up organizations and new projects of established organizations in music, education and community organizing. ts aim is to support the development of emerging democratic movements and communities working on issues of local democracy, justice, and sustainable energy in the rebuilding of the U.S. and global economies…[more]
SAB Foundation inviting Innovators/Social Entrepreneurs/Institutions/Social Enterprises (South Africa)
The South African Breweries (SAB) Foundation is currently seeking applications for its 2020 Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards…[more]
Kenya Catalytic Jobs Fund: A Chance for Early Stage & Mature Enterprises and NPOs (GBP100,000)
Applications are now open for the Kenya Catalytic Jobs Fund (KCJF) which is a £5M UK – Aid-funded programme designed to test and support innovative enterprises that have the potential to catalyse job creation for the youth and vulnerable populations in Kenya, at scale…[more]
Ygap’s Accelerator Programs for Entrepreneurs in Bangladesh
For impact entrepreneurs around the world, ygap’s accelerator programs provide support and guidance for local leaders with solutions to local problems. Ygap’s accelerator programs aim to back impact entrepreneurs – or as they like to call them ‘local leaders’ –who have solutions to local problems in some of the world’s toughest communities…[more]
Portugal: Initiatives for Business Growth in Startups – Small Grants Scheme
This Open Call aims to finance initiatives for business growth in Startups enterprises to develop, apply and commercialize innovative products and technologies…[more]
