SMEs and Ventures

Application Deadline: March 31st 2021 The Africa Young Innovators for Health Award is launching its first competition designed to highlight and

Future of Work Africa 2021 The IFC-supported program by Village Capital accelerates scaling startups that help young people find jobs,

Application Deadline:March 31, 2021. The Junior Professionals Program is an opportunity for qualified, professional women in West Africa to transform

Application Deadline: March 8, 2021, 23:59:59 CET A global program to find and support the new ideas that are making

Application Deadline: January 15th 2021 A FULLY-FUNDED DIGITAL UPSKILL PROGRAM FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERS AND SMES IN NIGERIA. UK-Nigeria Tech Hub

Application Deadline: 22 January 2021. This is the BBC World Service’s first ever international podcast competition. For 2021, it’s open

Kaspersky Innovation Hub (iHub) and edge cloud provider G-Core Labs have joined forces to search for and support promising gaming startups. This partnership between

Ventures Platform Foundation (VPF), the social impact arm of Ventures Platform Hub, has launched a call for applications for its

Application Deadline:January 31, 2021 Adolescents across Africa are engaging in HIV research in Africa in innovative ways, setting a new

Application Deadline: February 28, 2021. The Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest  is open to participants aged 18 to 33. It aims

Application Deadline: December 23, 2020 The  Global Youth Climate Network (GYCN), an initiative of the Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y) Community of young professionals at

Application Deadline: unspecified The International Center For Journalists (ICFJ) is looking for a committed and talented intern to join the

Application Deadline: January 29th 2021 The Imagine Cup is a skill-based Competition and will also consist of a prerequisite Sweepstakes as

The Adaptation Fund has launched a new USD 10 million pilot small grants programme (Adaptation Fund Climate Innovation Accelerator, AFCIA) to foster innovation

Following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, the African Union, UNDP and AfriLabs

Application Deadline: December 31st 2020 With the support of the U.S. Consulate General, Lagos, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),

25 African tech startups have qualified for the Seedstars World Competition 2020. The startups are among the 94 from emerging

Facebook has announced a new campaign, SMB Success Stories Campaign, aimed at spotlighting Nigerian and Ghanaian entrepreneurs using Facebook, Instagram

Six African tech startups and one Jordanian startup have secured funding from Orange Ventures Africa & Middle East. This came after

The AI Media Group has launched The Deal Room, Africa’s first artificial intelligence (AI) focused, free investment matchmaking service which aims

Mastercard has launched a new low-cost payments solution that enables small business owners to move their businesses online and accept

Ingressive Capital, a $10 million VC fund targeting early-stage startups across Sub-Saharan Africa, announced its investment in Nigerian rental financing startup

Application Deadline: November 30th 2020 Visualize 2030 is an initiative of the Arab Development Portal which aims to encourage the consumption of data

Application Deadline: November 2nd 2020 The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision’s TVC

We’re proud to announce the 10 African startups selected for the 2020 VC4A Venture Showcase Series A, here. The founders will