Opportunities

Provides a $100 million grant for a transformative project that addresses a critical global challenge.

Supports innovative entrepreneurs with office space, networking, and mentorship to grow businesses.

Provides acceleration support for social enterprises focusing on sustainable growth in Tanzania.

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to forty-two (42) early-career researchers to conduct globally competitive research at the host and affiliated institutions of ARUA’s thirteen (13) Centres of Excellence (CoEs), including ARUA-CD. Each fellowship will last six months, between July 2025 and June 2026. A maximum of four fellows will be assigned to each CoE, with all positions filled by December 2025. Fellowships begin 1 July 2025.

Provides financial support to cultural projects promoting Africa's artistic heritage and cultural exchange.

Focuses on funding water management projects that improve access and sustainability in African countries.

Awards fellowships to social entrepreneurs driving innovative, scalable solutions for social problems globally.

Supports early-stage social enterprises improving food security, agriculture, and health in African regions.

Celebrates excellence in timber and bio-based building projects across the world.

Provides investment opportunities in carbon-neutral projects and companies globally.

Provides financial and strategic support for growing, high-impact African enterprises with scalable solutions.

Focuses on investing in sustainable climate-focused projects and businesses.

Recognizes and assists clean tech businesses with training, coaching and support.

Invests in innovative projects that enhance Africa’s resilience to climate change and other vulnerabilities.

Provides funding and support to creative innovators who drive social and environmental impact globally.

Provides financing for infrastructure development to promote sustainable development.

Provides funding and resources to innovators scaling solutions for the environment.

Supports social entrepreneurs with seed funding and mentorship for projects solving global social issues.

Recognizes outstanding local initiatives that sustainably manage ecosystems.

Focuses on financing sustainable urban development through innovative financial models.

Provides acceleration and mentorship for start-ups in Egypt.

Supports start-ups in Ghana focusing on climate-related innovations and business solutions.

Recognises the progress and achievements of cities and municipalities in their implementation of the 2030 Agenda and New Urban Agenda.

Provides support to social entrepreneurs and organizations accelerating scalable solutions for global development challenges.

Supports entrepreneurs with networking, investment opportunities, and tools to grow sustainable businesses across Africa.

Provides funding to high-impact, innovative projects addressing global development challenges and opportunities.

Recognizes and supports innovative young agripreneurs solving food security, climate and rural challenges in Africa.

Invests in post-revenue innovative companies making essential goods and services more accessible and affordable to communities across Africa.

Recognizes recently completed innovations in improving social, economic and environmental sustainability by cities and local governments. Awards held every two years.

Recognizes design and construction projects that contribute toward the sustainable transformation of the construction sector.

Initiates and supports high impact social innovations in the green economy.

Combines South African government funding with private sector investment for bankable public infrastructure projects aligned with infrastructure targets set out in the National Development Plan.

Provides comprehensive support to existing businesses with substantial growth potential, assisting them in reaching crucial growth milestones and preparing them for investment.

Supports the development of promising individuals, teams and high impact businesses with seasoned facilitators, mentors and business coaches.

Supports the development of promising individuals, teams and high impact businesses with seasoned facilitators, mentors and business coaches.

Offers incubation, capacity building and financing to new, small and medium business ventures addressing climate change.

Offers recoverable grants and strategic mentorship to established enterprises operating in specific sectors of the green economy.

Honor the efforts and accomplishments of mission-driven organizations and individuals across the globe

Supports social ventures addressing regional challenges with innovative, impactful solutions in 17 Africa and the Middle East countries.

Provides acceleration services for renewable energy businesses in Uganda.

Recognizes social innovations that improve lives of people with disabilities.

Connects social enterprises with investors to scale impactful solutions for African challenges.

Recognizes leading social entrepreneurs creating scalable solutions for global challenges with social impact.

Provides mentorship, networking, and funding for entrepreneurs developing scalable solutions.

Supports biggest ideas in the nonprofit world and then seeks to get them funded

Recognizes outstanding contributions to improving food security, nutrition, and agricultural development across Africa.

Recognizes innovative solutions advancing sustainable energy and environmental solutions to mitigate climate change.

Supports women entrepreneurs globally, providing funding, mentorship, and visibility for scalable businesses.

Funds ventures providing innovative solutions to poverty-related challenges, focusing on scalable, sustainable impact.

Recognizes global efforts to promote energy innovation, sustainability, and the development of clean energy solutions.

Supports organizations advocating for women’s rights, equality, and social justice through strategic investments.

Rewards innovative engineering solutions with the potential to transform development challenges across Africa.

Provides mentorship, training, and seed capital for young African entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.

Fosters partnerships and collaborations between the UK and South Africa to promote innovative approaches to addressing water security issues.

Supports urban development projects focused on sustainability and equity in cities.

The Climate Ambition Accelerator is a six-month accelerator programme designed to equip companies with the knowledge and skills they need to accelerate progress towards setting science-based emissions reduction targets aligned with the 1.5°C pathway, setting them on a path towards net-zero emissions by 2050.

Provides support, mentorship, and funding to entrepreneurs developing scalable and impactful solutions.

Invests in health-focused startups improving healthcare delivery, access, and equity across the African continent.

Recognizes trailblazing projects contributing to sustainable and inclusive urbanism by businesses, NGOs, community groups, local governments and collaborations.

Supports food entrepreneurs with mentorship and funding to scale sustainable food businesses.

Provides large-scale charitable donations to high-impact social enterprises.