(December 2019)
A list of various open funding opportunities for NGOs/CSOs working in the sectors of Agriculture Development, Child Rights, Youth Development, Women Empowerment, Peace & Human Rights and more. Check the list below:
US $100,000 Grant Opportunity for Sustainable Development (NGOs in Africa)
Applications are now open for the 2019 ONE Africa Award to recognise the exceptional work of organisations that are founded by Africans, based in Africa and working to help Africa achieve the SDGs…[more]
Call for Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders: 2020 Tusk Conservation Awards (Africa)
Do you know someone who deserves recognition for the amazing conservation work they do in Africa? Have the lives of the people and wildlife of Africa been improved through their leadership? Have they had a significant impact on wildlife population numbers?…[more]
NGO Leadership Program in Africa
The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and the Association for Research on Civil Society in Africa (AROCSA), in partnership with the Ford Foundation, have established the NGO Leadership Transition Fellowship Program (LTFP) in Africa…[more]
Innovative Solutions for access to Sustainable Energy Outside Networks
The ADEME and the French Development Agency (AFD) have launched a second call for projects to strengthen the existing momentum, that support the development of new innovations in view of their wider deployment scale, this time exclusively in Africa…[more]
REPP issues RFPs to Create Equal Opportunities for Women in Africa’s Renewable Energy Sector
The Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP) has issued a gender-themed request for proposals (RFPs) targeting women-led renewable energy projects in Africa…[more]
Apply for African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Program
Applications are now open for 3rd Cohort of African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative Program which is a one-of-a-kind, high-touch leadership and business management capacity building program…[more]
Are you a strategic thinker passionate about Africa’s Economic Development? Apply Now
The Brenthurst Foundation is seeking applications from young graduates for the Machel-Mandela Fellowship Programme, named in honour of former South African President Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel…[more]
NGOs invited to apply for GET.invest Finance Catalyst Program in the Sub-Saharan Africa
Applications are now open for GET.invest Finance Catalyst Program that links renewable energy projects to finance opportunities and vice versa, targeting small- and medium-scale renewable energy (RE) projects, currently in sub-Saharan Africa…[more]
Submit Applications for Agri-tech Catalyst Round 9: Agriculture and Food Systems Innovation (mid stage)
This is a great chance for applicants to apply for a share of up to £5 million from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) to work on agri-tech and food chain innovations in Africa…[more]
Call for Proposals for developing Sustainable Agriculture through Family Farming in West Africa
The Fondation de France and the French Committee for International Solidarity (CFSI) has announced a 2020 Call for Projects “Promotion of Family Farming in West Africa” to promote local initiatives to increase access to food through viable and sustainable West African family farming, to share the gains on a larger scale and to contribute documentation of the sustainability of this agricultural model that is likely to challenge decision-makers to take these issues into account in public policies…[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]
IFAD’s $10,000 Grants for Engaging Youth in Agribusiness and Rural Economic Activities in Africa
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) received a three-year research grant for “Enhancing capacity to apply research evidence in policy for youth engagement in agribusiness and rural economic activities in Africa” funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)…[more]
Apply for Agri-tech Catalyst Round 9: Agriculture and Food Systems Innovation (early stage)
UK organisations are inviting to apply for a share of up to £5 million from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for projects with partners in eligible African countries…[more]
A Chance to Grab Up to £5 Million to Work on Agri-tech and Food Chain Innovations in Africa
Applicants are invited to submit applications for Agri-tech Catalyst Round 9: agriculture and food systems innovation, late stage…[more]
Win Upto $350,000! USAID-RAN Call for Proposals for Sub-Saharan Africa
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) have launched a call for proposals under the Household Solar Workforce Development Challenge, as part of the Scaling Off-Grid Energy Grand Challenge for Development (SOGE)…[more]
A Program to Support Innovations in Off-Grid Solar E-Waste Management
The Global LEAP Solar E-Waste Challenge will make up to $1.2 million in grant funding available to support the research and development of more sustainable solar home system and battery technologies for the off-grid solar sector in sub-Saharan Africa…[more]
Funding Call for Small Conservation Grants in the Sub-Saharan Africa
The Jana Robeyst Trust Fund (JRTF) is accepting applications for its Small Conservation Grants to provide financial resources to early career scientists/conservationists and non-profit organizations to carry out vital field conservation and research work in Africa…[more]
2020 WIN Africa Accelerator Programme inviting Women Journalists from Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is inviting women journalists from sub-Saharan Africa to apply for the Women in News (WIN) Accelerator leadership development programme…[more]
Country Specific
- Funding for Previously Disadvantaged and Marginalized Groups in South Africa
- 2020 Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects
Uganda: USAID/Uganda seeking Applications for Local Service Delivery for HIV/AIDS Activity
- 2020 SUSI for Student Leaders on Women’s Leadership Program in Zambia
- German Embassy in Zambia announces 2020 Micro-Project Funding
- U.S. Embassy launches Call for Proposals for Media Co-op Program – Ukraine
- U.S. Government Public Diplomacy Small Grants Program – Culture and Youth Projects
Kenya: Applications Open for Generation Unlimited Youth Challenge in Kenya
Nigeria: 2020 Casement Fellowship in Human Rights for Nigerians
