Grants for African Entrepreneurs | Find Funding for Your Business & NGO

The $1,000,000 Zayed Sustainability Prize is a global award that recognizes organizations and schools with proven solutions in Health, Food, Energy, Water, Climate Action, and Global High Schools that advance sustainability and human development.

The Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects provides funding of 1,000,000 BWP to non-profit organizations implementing people-centred initiatives that deliver immediate benefits to disadvantaged communities.

Explore all grant opportunities with deadline in February 2026

Explore six unique opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs in the energy sector

The Honnold Foundation provides up to $150,000 funding to organizations or projects that use solar energy to serve underserved or marginalized communities.

The Science Park Graz is inviting young inventors to submit their business ideas to the €12,000 Startup Idea Competition in one of six categories, including Energy & Environment.

The $1.5Million UNCDF seeks expressions of interest from private micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises operating in the Congo Basin region that are implementing or scaling nature-positive, deforestation-free, and climate-resilient business models.

The $1,000,000 African Energy Futures Grant Program invites African-based universities, think tanks, and research institutions to register interest in forming research hubs that will anchor a new, Africa-wide collaboration network in energy research and policy engagement.

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is inviting proposals for a not-for-profit blended finance intervention to support green economy small and medium-sized enterprises and job creation in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

The $500,000 Global Energy Prize is inviting applications for the international scientific community to recognize outstanding achievements in energy research and development.