Inviting applications from women-led social enterprises for an accelerator programme offering a €25k prize, networking, and more.
Location: Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, Middle East
Sector: Health, clean cooking, agribusiness, food
Stakeholders: Bayer Foundation
Deadline: 18th February
Accepting applications from social enterprises passionate about empowering young people economically for grants between €30k – €50k.
Location: 12 African countries
Sector: Youth empowerment
Stakeholders: European Union
Deadline: 19th February
Inviting applications GDC members for an exclusive, in-person two-day event in Lagos, Nigeria
Location: GDC Members
Sector: All
Stakeholders: GDC
Deadline: 24th February
Inviting applications from individuals whose work positively impacts the world for a fellowship and grants of up to $100k.
Location: Global
Sector: Tech innovations, art, culture, research
Stakeholders: O’Shaughnessy Ventures
Deadline: 28th February
Inviting applications from community organisations developing innovative employment solutions for low-income youth primarily between the ages of 15 and 24.
Location: Specific countires wordwide
Sector: Youth
Stakeholders: Citi
Deadline: 4th March
Accepting concept notes for high-impact partnerships implementing innovative business models to accelerate achievement of the SDGs.
Location: Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, South Africa, and Vietnam
Sector: WASH, energy access
Stakeholders: P4G
Deadline: 7th March
Accepting applications from companies for a business programme and grant funding.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)
Deadline: 1st and 31st March
Inviting applications from clean energy entrepreneurs in Africa aged 18 to 35 for grant funding of up to €10k.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: RES4Africa Foundation
Deadline: 14th March
Welcoming applications from refugee-led organisations (RLOs) offering clean energy solutions for £10k grant funding.
Location: Kenya, Uganda, Ethipia
Sector: Energy accessClean cooking, e-mobility, PUE products
Stakeholders: Ashden
Deadline: 17th March
Accepting applications from clean energy companies for grant funding.
Location: Southern or Eastern Africa
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: EEP Africa
Deadline: 21st March
Accepting applications from registered NGOs and local organisations with strong financial stability and proven experience in community outreach or clean energy projects for funding.
Location: West Africa
Sector: Clean Cooking
Stakeholders: Worthington Companies Foundation
Deadline: 31st December
Accepting applications from innovators with scalable solutions to pressing development challenges for funding between $230k – $2.3 m.
Location: Global
Sector: Clean energy, climate action and innovation
Stakeholders: GIF
Deadline: Rolling
Accepting applications from professionals seeking to learn more about nature-based solutions for a course.
Location: Global
Sector: Clean Cooking
Stakeholders: UNEP
Deadline: Rolling
Accepting applications from entrepreneurs and business leaders in the clean cooking sector for a Clean Cooking Venture Community for networking, resource sharing and more.
Location: Global
Sector: Clean cooking
Stakeholders: Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA)
Deadline: Rolling
Inviting applications from creative solutions that demonstrate rigorous evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and a viable pathway to scale and sustainability, for grant funding of up to $5 million.
Location: USAID’s countries of operation
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: USAID
Deadline:Rolling
Welcoming applications from companies working on SDG 7 or 13 for a loan volume of at least €200K.
Location: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Singapore
Sector: Energy and climate action
Stakeholders: Bettervest
Deadline: Rolling
Accepting applications from start-ups and SMEs to raise between €50K to €250K in equity finance from the Diaspora, EU citizens and Financial institutions, to build their businesses.
Location: Africa
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Wajenzi
Deadline: Rolling
Welcoming applications from women-led businesses in Africa with an annual turnover of more than $25K to grow their business sustainably and up to $100K investment fund.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy
Stakeholders: CSI Energy Group
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
Accepting applications from early-stage, locally owned, renewable energy companies for a pilot program on a new financing facility.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy
Stakeholders: IKEA Foundation, CLASP and Charm Impact
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
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
Welcoming applications from social enterprises keen to access coaching and partner with corporations.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: MovingWorlds
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