Welcoming applications from entrepreneurs who can design a nonprofit or social venture that delivers interventions to end poverty.
Location: Global
Sector: Health, water, education, agriculture, livelihoods, energy, public services
Stakeholders: D-Prize
Deadline: 27th November
Accepting applications from social innovators tackling poverty and injustice in their communities for a fellowship running from May to December 2023.
Location:Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and Ethiopia
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Acumen
Deadline: 28th November
Inviting applications from innovative youth-led projects which tackle the causes of air pollution and focus on the long-term health of young people to apply for a US$50,000 grant.
Location: Global
Sector: Health, environment and youth
Stakeholders: AstraZeneca
Deadline: 30th November
Inviting applications from innovative projects that accelerate technological advances in climate information and action, for funding (Up to $5M) and access to Google’s technical expertise and products.
Location: Global
Sector: Climate innovations
Stakeholders: Google.org
Deadline: 30th November
Welcoming applications from Pan-African PAYG operators for a 12-month business builder program leading to a $50,000 investment offer.
Location: Africa
Sector: Agri-FoodTech, Clean Off-Grid Solutions, Mobility and Energy Efficiency
Stakeholders: Climate Lab
Deadline: 15th December
Inviting applications from social entrepreneurs who are making a positive impact in society to receive 1:1 investment readiness support, introduction to global investors and more.
Location: Africa
Sector: Health & WASH, youth & livelihoods, affordable housing, agriculture, circular economy, climate change & clean energy, financial inclusion, gender & future of work(ers)
Stakeholders: Sankalp Africa
Deadline: 15th December
Aiming to help entrepreneurs find capital for their social enterprises through grant proposal writing.
Location: Africa
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Grant & Co
Deadline: Rolling
Actively seeking to fund social enterprises working on innovative solutions for a better world.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: DOEN Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Actively seeking to invest debt and mezzanine capital in leading companies throughout the clean cooking value chain, including cooking fuels, biofuels, electric appliances, and efficient biomass stoves.
Location: Africa
Sector: Improved cooking
Stakeholders: Spark+
Deadline: Rolling
Welcoming applications to this on-demand, free accelerator programme for social enterprises.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: TRANSFORM
Deadline: Rolling
Looking for women-led businesses working in non-tech enabled sectors (such as personal care and hygiene), who would benefit from debt investment and business advisory.
Location: Kenya
Sector: Non-tech enabled
Stakeholders: LendHer Capital
Deadline: Rolling
Aiming to help social enterprises scale up, as a way of empowering communities and enabling them to build sustainable livelihoods.
Location: ASEAN
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: AirAsia Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Accepting concept notes for high-impact partnerships implementing innovative business models to accelerate achievement of the SDGs.
Location: Bangladesh, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam
Sector: WASH, energy access
Stakeholders: P4G
Deadline: Rolling
Offering a rigorous business mentoring programme for social businesses offering an innovative service, product or operational model that are keen to scale.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Marico Innovation Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Providing loans starting at $50k to viable energy access companies facing liquidity challenges due to COVID-19.
Location: Africa and Asia
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: SIMA and 16 partners
Deadline: Rolling
Supporting the development of innovative approaches to solving a challenge faced by people living on less than US$5 a day e.g. a new business model, technology, or new ways of delivering products.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: Global Innovation Fund
Deadline: Rolling
Supporting early-stage companies with high developmental impact to scale up.
Location: Africa and India
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: DEG
Deadline: Rolling
Helping companies that have been hit by unexpected obstacles to keep on track with impact aims.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: Open Road Alliance
Deadline: Rolling
Helping enterprises bring to life solutions to the world’s most intractable development challenges.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: USAID
Deadline: Rolling
Welcoming applications from social enterprises keen to access coaching and partner with corporations.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: MovingWorlds
This webinar explores lessons learned around last mile distributor (LMD)-microfinance institutions (MFI) partnerships; sharing insights from GDC members’ first-hand experiences of working with MFIs in different contexts, as well as best practices and recommendations from Power Africa’s latest, practical guide on this topic.
GDC members are invited to register to be able to leave suggestions and reviews (your account will provide access to member-only resources in the future)