Africa

Get $10,000 for On the Ground Agricultural Impact: Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application 2026

If you’re a hands-on agricultural practitioner — the person up to your elbows in soil, seed, or small-scale food processing, working directly with farmers, herders, or fishers — this is the kind of recognition that reads like a validation an...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Jun 1, 2026

Get $5,000 and World-Class Training for Your African Startup: Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2026

If you run a young business in Africa or have an idea that could become one, this is one of those rare programs that actually gives you money, training, and connections — all packaged with the blunt ambition of helping entrepreneurs create jobs and revenue across the continent.

Amount: $5,000 non-refundable seed capital (per selected entrepreneur) Deadline: Mar 1, 2026 Location: Africa

Get a Fully Funded Trip to Seoul for a Youth Peace and Advocacy Workshop: UNESCO GCED Fellowship-Style Training 2026

If you’re the kind of young leader who’s tired of “awareness” campaigns that go nowhere, this opportunity has your name on it.

Get a Funded Postdoc in Sustainability and Conservation Science 2026: $70,000 Stipend + $10,000 Research Fund at Penn and The Nature Conservancy

If you want a postdoc that pairs rigorous university science with boots-on-the-ground conservation practice, this is one to read carefully.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Jan 30, 2026

Get a University of Pennsylvania-Backed STEM Fellowship Online: AFS Global STEM Accelerators 2026 for Girls Ages 15–17.5

There are plenty of teen STEM programs that promise “inspiration” and deliver… a PDF and a pep talk. The **AFS Global STEM Accelerators 2026** is not that.

Get Blended Finance Up to $1,000,000 for Youth Agribusiness in Africa: AfDB Enable Youth Guide 2025

If you are a young founder building an agrifood business in Africa, this is not another petty grant that covers a few sacks of seed.

Amount: USD $1,000,000 blended facility Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 Location: Africa

Get Fully Funded Policy Training for Postgraduate Researchers: SAIIA Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme 2025

If you are a postgraduate researcher dreaming of taking your academic work out of journals and into policy conversations, this is the kind of opportunity that short-circuits the usual circuitous route.

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

Get Fully Funded to Cape Town for a Global Leadership Summit: ATKV x Global Changemakers Global Youth Summit 2026 (Flights, Hotel, Meals)

You know that feeling when you’re doing meaningful work in your community—organizing, building, advocating, patching together solutions with more grit than budget—and you think, *If I could just get in the room with the right people, I could...

Get Global Recognition for Your AI Trade Idea: ICC-ITC-WTO Small Business Champions Competition 2026 (Deadline March 16, 2026)

Most small businesses don’t lose in international trade because their products aren’t good enough.

Amount: Global recognition opportunity; no fixed cash prize listed in source. Deadline: Mar 16, 2026

Get NGN 6.5 Billion per State Consortium: NPHCDA Grant for Health Supply Chain Digitalization, Cold Chain and Last Mile Delivery (2025)

If your state health ministry has ever stared at a fridge that should be full of vaccines and found only dust and a thermometer that reads "—", this opportunity was written for you.

Amount: NGN ₦6,500,000,000 per state consortium Deadline: Oct 10, 2025 Location: Nigeria