The world has already invented products and services to end poverty, yet the best is not being distributed at mass-scale. D-Prize is funding social entrepreneurs who can design a business or NGO that solves girl’s education, agriculture, energy, global health, education, governance or infrastructure. D-Prize Challenge D-Prize expands access to poverty-alleviation interventions in the developing
The World Health Organization (WHO) recently declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic and recommended communities take social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the virus. Globally, COVID-19 is more than a public health challenge, it has laid bare the consequences of persistent systemic inequalities and is threatening our social fabric, trust in our
Google has launched a global Journalism Emergency Relief Fund through the Google News Initiative to support small and medium-sized news organizations producing original news for local communities. The Fund’s aim is to support the production of original journalism for local communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Operating globally, it will provide an easily
In light of the Coronavirus pandemic and its related consequences in other sectors of various economies across the globe, CcHUB is looking to fund and provide research and design support, via their Design Lab, for COVID-19 related projects. CcHUB is Nigeria’s first open living lab and pre-incubation space designed to be a multi-functional, multi-purpose space
The Erasmus+ Programme is the European Union’s programme for education, training, youth and sport, which supports learning mobility of individuals, cooperation for innovation, transnational partnerships and national efforts to modernise systems. The international dimension of the Erasmus+ programme cooperation with partner countries across the globe focus on higher education and youth. The Erasmus+ exchange program
Wehubit is calling for proposals on closing the digital divide through education, training and the world of work! Wehubit is looking for digital solutions that contribute to closing the digital divide, by improving digital literacy and skills. In order to realise the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as set out by the United Nations, tapping
Are you a Ugandan story teller or filmmaker with an outstanding script? Submit it to the Fivefor5 fund for a chance to make a 5 minute short. The Fivefor5 fund Ugandan actor, filmmaker and artpreneur Kemiyondo Coutinho recently raised funds for her Fivefor5 fund with an aim to give five female filmmakers from Uganda monetary facilitation each
Building on the success of the 2018 edition of Catapult: Inclusion Africa, the second edition of this unique program of Fintech startup development is now open for applications. The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT) strongly believes that financial technology is crucial to advancing financial inclusion, empowering groups that have been left behind by the
The British Council, and Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development are issuing a call for proposals to support Mobility in and from Africa, specifically prioritising young artists and cultural practitioners from a range of African countries. The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. They were founded in 1934
The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to 100K equity-free investments to provide early-stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity. If you’ve got a start-up using machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain or extended reality, registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries, and have a
