Covering the systems that sustain us.
New
EAST AFRICA – Early-stage startups in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda have an opportunity to secure €100,000 in funding and join the largest portfolio of early-stage startups in East Africa through develoPPP Ventures. The program is calling on ventures that are post-revenue, can demonstrate product-market fit, and are planning to raise or have recently raised €100,000 from external investors. The…
KIGALI, Rwanda – Applications are now open for the second edition of Kura Na AgTech, a grant program designed to support scalable, innovative agriTech startups that are transforming Rwanda’s agricultural sector. The program is calling on startups already operating in the market, generating revenue, and using technology to address real challenges faced by smallholder farmers across the…
Individual grants range from €100,000 to €150,000. Applications due May 1, 2026. Info session on April 16. The second Call for Proposals under the MMD Grant Facility has officially launched, offering €600,000 in total funding for projects that advance the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue. If your organization works on migration governance, policy research, diaspora engagement, or…
Here is a question for the early-career researchers reading this. Have you ever felt like the big grants are only for senior professors with decades of experience and massive teams behind them? The UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientist Awards exist specifically to solve that problem. They were created in 1989 over 35 years ago,…
Somewhere in the tropics, there is a forest—500 hectares of native trees, wildlife corridors, and carbon-absorbing biomass. It is threatened by palm oil expansion, illegal logging, and soy plantations. The community living next to it wants to protect it. They have the will. They have the knowledge. What they do not have is money. The Forest Conservation…
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) isn’t some distant donor sitting in an office far away. It is the first pan-African feminist fund on the continent, founded by African women for African women. Since 2000, AWDF has distributed over $68 million to more than 1,500 women’s rights organizations across 47 African countries and 5 Middle Eastern nations. These are not small numbers. And…
Quick question: What do a rainforest in the Amazon, a rice farm in Southeast Asia, and a public health clinic in rural Tanzania have in common? They can all get funded by the same foundation. The Conservation, Food, and Health Foundation is one of the most accessible and flexible funders for NGOs working across the Global…
Let’s be honest: the “doom and gloom” about NGO funding drying up is everywhere right now. But here is the truth no one is talking about the Gates Foundation is actively writing checks to solve one of the most expensive problems in global health. We have dug through the official Grand Challenges portal and pulled…
Funding supports community-centered connectivity, affordable access, online safety, and an open, trustworthy Internet. Applications are open now. The Internet Society Foundation’s Beyond the Net Grant Program is now accepting applications from Internet Society chapters worldwide. The program funds innovative, locally-led projects that provide meaningful access to an open, trusted, and globally-connected Internet—while strengthening the chapter’s presence in…
Lecturers, researchers, K-12 teachers, and student groups across Africa can apply by April 15, 2026. The Pulitzer Center is putting money behind the power of education. Through its Impact Seed Funding (ISF) initiative, the organization is offering micro-grants ranging from $2,000 to $3,500 to educators and researchers across Africa who want to bring urgent environmental stories into their classrooms,…
