[September 2025]
Are you an African student, entrepreneur or creative looking for financial support to achieve your goals? From scholarships and grants to prizes and fellowships, there are countless opportunities designed specifically to empower individuals across the continent.
Open Call: McKinsey.org Forward Learning Program in Africa
Deadline: 29-Sep-2025
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the McKinsey.org Forward Learning Program, a free ten-week learning program designed to equip individuals at different stages of their careers – from career starters to job changers – with practical skills to succeed in the future of work…[more]
Apply Now: 10th Africa Energy Innovation Competition
Deadline: 15-Sep-2025
The 10th Africa Energy Innovation Challenge AEIC organized by NEF mobilizes early-stage young energy entrepreneurs across Africa to develop a prototype/upscale a key device/equipment for social enterprise, agri-business, fintech solutions or energy management system using local resources…[more]
Entries open for #MyLittleBigThing Challenge in Africa
Deadline: 15-Oct-2025
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the #MyLittleBigThing Challenge to find and support young innovators who are creating an African narrative for sustainability…[more]
Submissions open for Africa Thesis Award
Deadline: 30 September 2025
Entries are now open for the Africa Thesis Award to recognise outstanding master’s theses on African topics. Established more than 20 years ago, the award aims to encourage research and writing on Africa and to promote African Studies worldwide…[more]
Request for Applications: India Acumen Fellowship 2025
Deadline: 30-Oct-2025
The India Acumen Fellowship is a transformative leadership program designed to equip changemakers with the skills, tools, and community to scale their impact and create meaningful change in India…[more]
Call for Entries: Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Deadline: 01-Nov-2025
The search for some of the Commonwealth’s best short stories has begun again. Apply Now! The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2026 is an annual award for unpublished short fiction administered and funded by the Commonwealth Foundation…[more]
Scientific Acceleration Program for the PALOPs
Deadline: 30-Sep-2025
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in partnership with the GIMM Foundation, the University of Cape Verde, and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon has launched the Scientific Acceleration Program for PALOP to provide recent graduates with opportunities to strengthen their skills and pursue advanced studies…[more]
Applications open for Government Scholarships
Deadline: 30-Sep-2025
The Government of the Czech Republic offers scholarships to citizens from developing countries for studies at public higher education institutions, as part of its foreign development cooperation programme jointly implemented by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…[more]
Call for Entries: Breakthrough Junior Challenge
Deadline: 15 September 2025
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the Breakthrough Junior Challenge…[more]
Entries open for Good Start Challenge
Deadline: 17 September 2025
The Van Leer Foundation is thrilled to invite applications for the Good Start Challenge to advance innovative solutions that improve the wellbeing of parents and caregivers of young children in disadvantaged circumstances in Indonesia, the Philippines, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Senegal, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil…[more]
Call for Submissions: IBSA Foundation Fellowships
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Entries are now open for IBSA Foundation for Scientific Research Fellowship to promote equity in access to research, recognising emerging scientific excellence in resource-limited contexts and strengthening international dialogue within the scientific community…[more]
Request for Proposals: Constituency Development Fund (Zambia)
Deadline: 30-Sep-25
The Kalulushi Municipal Council is inviting applications for the Secondary School Boarding fees and skills training bursary under the 2026 Constituency Development Fund…[more]
Apply for GAP Innovation Competition (South Africa)
Deadline: September 25, 2025
The GAP Innovation Competition in collaboration with Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), Emory University Business School, Atlanta Georgia, and Tshwane Automotive Special Economic Zone (Tasez) is looking for innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs that are working on novel technologies that will improve the efficiency of government service delivery, increase the competitiveness of the local economy and enhance the quality of life of ordinary citizens…[more]
Call for Applications: Constituency Development Fund 2026 (Zambia)
Deadline: 30-Sep-25
The Namwala Town Council is pleased to inform the general public that applications for the Constituency Development Fund for Namwala Constituency are now open…[more]
Submit Applications for Eastern Cape Innovation Challenge (South Africa)
Deadline: 25-Sep-2025
The EC Innovation Challenge seeks to combat unemployment and drive socio-economic growth by empowering participants to create innovative solutions to pressing societal issues…[more]
Entries open for Young Environmentalist Innovative Challenge (Kenya)
Deadline: 30-Sep-2025
The Young Environmentalist Innovative Challenge invites submissions of innovative solutions that inculcate the spirit of environmental conservation and sustainable management…[more]
CFAs: Radio Astronomy Advancement Programme (South Africa)
Deadline: 31-Oct-2025
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory is requesting applications for its Radio Astronomy Advancement Programme to fund interventions, mostly workshops, that will contribute to the development of necessary scarce skills in radio astronomy-relevant science and engineering, within SARAO, the general radio astronomy community in South Africa, and in the SKA partner countries in Africa…[more]
Apply Now: Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program (Botswana)
Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
The U.S. Embassy in Botswana is pleased to announce the competition for the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for the 2026-27 academic year…[more]
Nominations open for Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award (South Africa)
Deadline: 30-Nov-2025
Applications are now open for the Harry Oppenheimer Fellowship Award to focus unambiguously on excellence and exceptional scholarship…[more]