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develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition for African Startups (€100,000 Grants)

Leave a Comment / Business Grants, Challenge/Competition / By Utibe Etim

Application is now open for the develoPPP Ventures Ideas Competition. This program takes place twice a year and is open to all start-ups that meet the conditions for participation. Depending on the target country, the funding contract is concluded with one of the two implementing partners, DEG Impulse gGmbH or Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit …

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KIC AgriTech Challenge Pro Accelerator Program ($50,000 Grant)

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KIC AgriTech Challenge Pro is a 5-month acceleration program aimed at equipping existing early-stage teams or AgriTech startups with the right tools, funding, and support to bring their business ideas or products to market and prepare them to scale. Half of the startups and business teams that enter the AgriTech Challenge Pro would be from the AgriTech Challenge Classic. …

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MEST Africa Challenge for Early Stage Tech Startups ($50K funding)

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MEST Africa Challenge (MAC) is a Pan-African pitch competition for early-stage technology startups seeking to ramp up traction and growth. This year, we are thrilled to bring even more excitement to early-stage technology entrepreneurs with startups based in Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, and South Africa. As part of this prestigious competition, founders stand a chance to win the coveted USD …

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Xiaomi Imagery Awards Supported By Leica ($31,000 Prizes)

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The Xiaomi Imagery Awards, an annual photography contest hosted by Xiaomi since 2019, has engaged users from 190 countries and received over 700,000 photos to date.This year, we aim to promote diverse imagery, encouraging shutterbugs and filmmakers to submit videos and pictures that convey your vision, your stories. We’d like you to share your most …

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D-Prize Challenge for Social Entrepreneurs ($20k Grant)

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Despite the world’s numerous efforts to end poverty, there’s still a large gaps and this is because Millions of people still don’t have access to basic poverty-fighting tools. The D-Prize Challenge want to reward entrepreneurs with solutions that will end poverty Can you design a new business or NGO that delivers a proven poverty intervention …

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MTN Group MoMo API Hackathon 2023 for Entrepreneurs and Developers in Africa ($10,000 Prizes)

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MTN MoMo is a ground-breaking fintech platform that provides customers and businesses in Africa with a vast array of cutting-edge digital financial services. The platform operates in 17 markets across the continent and offers access to payment, e-commerce, insurance, lending, and remittance services. The MTN Group has made its Mobile Money platform accessible throughout its …

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NEF Africa Energy Innovation Challenge 2023 – $10,000 Fund

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The NEF Africa Energy Innovation Challenge 2023 is currently accepting applications. The Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF) is hosting the 8th Africa Energy Innovation Challenge, which invites early-stage energy entrepreneurs from across Africa to work with regional research organisations or businesses to create a prototype model of a key piece of equipment or machinery for a …

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AyuTe Africa Challenge for Nigerian Startups ($20,000 Prize)

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Here’s a chance to Compete and win a share of $20,000 in the AYuTe Africa Challenge. The AYuTe Africa Challenge Nigeria is an enterprise development program initiated by Heifer International and implemented by Wennovation Hub to identify, nurture, and support innovative, relevant and technology-driven agric-centric enterprises to grow, scale and thrive. Candidates should be early-stage …

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ACT Foundation’s Changemakers Innovation Challenge 2023 for NGOs and Social Enterprises in Africa

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The ACT Foundation created the Changemakers Innovation Challenge in response to the outstanding work being done by community NGOs, companies, and social entrepreneurs in Africa who are utilising technology and digital tools to bring about social change in their areas. According to research, the majority of charitable organisations that use technology and digital tools to …

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Young innovators’ U.S.-West Africa Tech Challenge 2023 ($250,000 USD in funding)

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The U.S.-West Africa Tech Challenge aims to accelerate the creation of breakthrough technologies that have the potential to expose, comprehend, or combat violent extremism, disinformation, and propaganda in Coastal West Africa. The U.S.-West Africa Tech Challengee invites technologists from all over Africa to submit an application to propose their responses to these problems to a …

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