Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) Program For Africans ($30,000 in Grants)

The Sahara Impact Fund (SIF) is designed to empower young African changemakers, innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs with the right support, a growth-oriented mindset, and the necessary tools to establish and scale sustainable businesses, all geared towards attaining the SDGs in a manner that results in measurable social impact

The primary purpose of the SIF programme is to encourage and support the generation of ideas and solutions which will help to increase the Sahara Group Foundation’s mandate of Building Sustainable Communities and mobilise the right support for tangible partnerships towards achieving the SDGs in a way that results in measurable social impact.

Now advancing into its fourth cohort, the program provides outstanding Fellows with seed funding of up to $30,000 upon successful completion of the intensive three-month fellowship following critically mapped milestones

Criteria for Selection

Underlisted are the elements to be considered before a solution is selected:

: RelevanceWhat problem does the solution address, who is affected, and how urgent is it? What are the broader impacts on people and the environment, and what are the risks of not acting now?

Innovation: Is the solution a novel (never seen before) and an extraordinary idea or is it an improvement on an existing solution? If it is an improvement on an existing solution, what is unique to this solution?

Impact: How wide and deep will the impact of this solution be?

Scalable: How scalable is the solution? Is there a ready market for it? Is it easily replicable in other climes?

Profitability: Is the solution commercially viable and profitable?

Benefits of Sahara Impact Fund

If you are selected as one of the members of the SIF 4th Cohort, here is what is in it foryou:

• Grant of up to $30,000.
• Go-to-market support.
• Legal Support (intellectual property, patenting, etc).
• Business Advisory.
• Brand Management Support.

The ultimate aimof the Sahara ImpactFund is to offer all of the above, which is worth over $100,000,000 to ensure the selected innovators, researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs build their ideas or solutions into successful businesses that will grow, scale, and thrive.

Application Deadline: 31 August 2025

How to Apply: Visit Sahara Impact Fund Program page

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