Africa

Microsoft Forms

If you're an early-stage African startup building hardware or connected software using AI, IoT, edge computing, XR, or 5G, Qualcomm’s Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program 2026 is one of those rare offers that mixes real engineering help wit...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Feb 15, 2026

Microsoft Forms

If your work in the life sciences has produced tangible benefits for people — better health, stronger food systems, fairer access to scientific capacity — the UNESCO‑Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences is ...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Mar 31, 2026

Morocco AMO Tadamon (Universal Health Insurance)

Morocco AMO Tadamon (Assurance Maladie Obligatoire Tadamon) is a universal health insurance program that provides free comprehensive healthcare coverage to low-income Moroccan citizens who were previously covered under the RAMED system, forming a cornerstone of King Mohammed VI ambitious social protection generalization project launched in 2021 to extend mandatory health insurance to all Moroccans by 2025.

Type: Benefit Amount: Fully subsidized health insurance with 70%-90% reimbursement rates Deadline: Rolling Location: Morocco

Museum and Cultural Heritage Scholarship 2026: How to Get EUR 1,500 per Month for International Training in Germany

If you work in museums, archives, collections, or cultural heritage and you have been waiting for something more substantial than a polite invitation to “network,” this scholarship deserves your attention.

Namibia Old Age Pension

Namibia Old Age Pension is a universal non-contributory social pension established after independence through the National Pensions Act of 1992 that provides monthly cash payments to all Namibian citizens aged 60 and above regardless of income, assets, or employment history, reaching approximately 180,000 elderly beneficiaries across the vast territory and serving as one of the most comprehensive social pension programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Type: Benefit Amount: NAD 1,800/month plus funeral benefit Deadline: Rolling Location: Namibia

Nigeria Circular Economy Fellowship 2026: How to Get Into the AIIDEV RecycleUp Innovation Programme

Circular economy fellowship for Nigerian innovators focused on waste management and recycling, offering training, certification, visibility, and awards through the AIIDEV RecycleUp Innovation Programme.

Amount: Non-cash support (training, certification, visibility, awards; no direct cash grant stated) Deadline: Jan 17, 2026

Nigeria Essay Competition 2026: Win N1,000,000 for a Technology Essay on Safer Transportation

If you know a bright young thinker in Nigeria who always has an opinion about traffic, road safety, public transport chaos, or why things could work better with smarter systems, this essay competition is worth serious attention.

Nigeria Youth Futures Fund M and E Consultancy 2026: How to Land a High Impact Evaluation Role in Youth Governance

If you live and breathe logframes, evaluation matrices, and theory of change diagrams, this opportunity will feel like a dream assignment.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: See official source for current deadline.

Nominate - Tallberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize

Some awards are basically fancy applause: a plaque, a photo, a polite handshake, and everyone goes back to business as usual. This one is different.

Amount: $50,000 Deadline: Mar 31, 2026

Nominate Young Social Science Leaders: UNESCO Juan Bosch Prize 2026 ($12,000 for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean)

If you work with early-career social scientists whose research has real traction in Latin America or the Caribbean, this is one of those moments when a nomination can change a career.

Amount: USD 12,000 (one laureate for 2026) Deadline: See official source for current deadline.