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

Discover five grants with more than $5,000,000 in funding for East African entrepreneurs. All deadlines are in April 2026

The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation is offering a €11,000,000 initiative to address humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and development challenges in Ethiopia and South Sudan.

The Gates Foundation AI for Giving Grand Challenge provides funding of up to $150,000 to support innovative AI solutions that transform charitable giving.

Opportunities worth more than $750,000 are available for not-for-profit organizations working in various sectors.

The Aurora Research Grants program supports in-depth research on grassroots humanitarians working in conflict-affected and crisis settings worldwide.

Explore upcoming grants for not-for-profit organizations in Africa with over $1,000,000 in combined funding. Deadlines are between February and March 2026

The $20,000 United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons has opened the Tenth Cycle of its Small Grants Programme to fund short-term, high-impact projects delivering direct assistance and protection to trafficking victims worldwide

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 ₦12,000,000 project’s goal is to increase enjoyment of human rights by women and girls in all their diversity and the advancement of gender equality in Nigeria.

The Strategic Innovation Fund supports innovative interventions that advance the rights of women and girls. Eligible women-led organizations can receive grants of up to NGN 20,000,000