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GOSIMA Innovation Fund 2026: ₦10 Million in Grants for Nigerian Tech Entrepreneurs

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The GOSIMA Innovation Fund 2026 is now accepting applications from young Nigerian entrepreneurs building scalable, technology-driven businesses, and the deadline to apply is September 28, 2026. Funded by Gosima Group and powered by SMFEST International, the programme selects founders aged 18 to 35, puts them through an intensive business accelerator with expert-led masterclasses and pitch

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e-MOVE ComCashew 2026: Up to €2,000 Funding for Nigerian Cashew Entrepreneurs

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e-MOVE ComCashew 2026 offers young cashew entrepreneurs up to €2,000 in funding or tech support, completely free to enter. Nigerians qualify as an OACPS member state. Deadline October 30, 2026.

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Student Venture Capital Grant 2026: N50 million in Equity-free funding

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The Student Venture Capital Grant 2026 is one of the largest government-funded student enterprise programmes Nigeria has ever run, and the application window closes on September 30, 2026. Administered by the Federal Ministry of Education through its Special Programme Operations and Implementation Unit, this is the second cohort of the programme, also known as the

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Entrepreneurs for Resilience Program 2027: $1 Million for Social Enterprises Expanding Healthcare Access in Low-Income Communities

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The Entrepreneurs for Resilience 2027 is the tenth edition of one of the most credible and consistently well-funded social enterprise programmes in the global healthcare space, and applications are open right now until October 4, 2026 at 23:59 CET. Run by the Swiss Re Foundation in partnership with the Digital Connected Care Coalition, AXA EssentiALL,

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IIH SHIFT Programme 2026: ₦5 Million Equity-Free Funding for Nigeria’s Most Technically Ambitious Founders

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The IIH SHIFT Programme 2026 is one of the most seriously constructed deep-tech accelerator programmes to come out of Nigeria this year, and applications are open until October 2, 2026. SHIFT stands for Scaling Homegrown Innovations and Frontier Technologies, and the name reflects exactly what it is built to do: take Nigerian founders working on

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Pitch Perfect Africa 2026 Innovation Fellowship: Win CAD $5,000 for Your African Health Startup

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The Pitch Perfect Africa 2026 Innovation Fellowship is now accepting applications from early-stage African health ventures, and three of the six ventures that make it to the final pitch stage will each walk away with a CAD $5,000 Innovation Fellowship to continue building their solution. The competition is designed and delivered by the Health Innovation

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Next Wave Fund 2026 for Early-Stage Startups: $10,000 Grant & Free Training

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The Next Wave Fund 2026 is a joint initiative by Google and Kickstarter built to give early-stage tech startups the combination of funding, expert guidance, and marketing exposure they need to successfully launch a product and build momentum around it. Selected startups receive a $10,000 pledge toward their crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter, hands-on campaign support

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Askya AI Growth Platform 2026: for African AI Startups, $200k Funding

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The Askya AI Growth Platform is one of the most direct and honestly structured AI accelerator programmes to come out of the African ecosystem this year. Launched by Askya Investment Partners in partnership with Magna Collective, it is free to join, takes no equity, leaves your cap table untouched, and still puts up to $200,000

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Young Africa Innovates Programme Cohort 2: Incubation and Funding for Nigerian Innovators

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If you are between 18 and 35, live in one of seven Nigerian states, and have an idea you have already started working on, the Young Africa Innovates YAI Programme Cohort 2 is the most comprehensive free innovation support programme open to you right now. Backed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the

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AU-EU Youth Action Lab Entrepreneurship Grant 2026: €31,500 for Youth-Led Organisations in Africa

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The AU-EU Youth Action Lab Entrepreneurship Grant 2026 is now open, and Nigerian organisations have less than three weeks to apply. This is a €31,500 grant for youth-led nonprofits and social enterprises working on economic opportunities for young people, and it is one of the few pan-African funding opportunities that explicitly makes young people the

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