Halcyon Global Climate Fellowship 2026
🌍 Hybrid, fully funded fellowship supporting solutions for climate adaptation & resilience
🎯 Eligibility: Global founders with an MVP
🗓️ Deadline: January 15, 2026
🔗 Apply: halcyonaccelerator.org
WFP Innovation Accelerator
💰 Up to $100,000 equity-free funding + mentorship + global network access to scale food security, climate resilience, livelihoods & emergency response solutions
🎯 Eligibility: Startups, NGOs, social enterprises & companies
🗓️ Deadline: Ongoing
🔗 Apply: innovation.wfp.org
AntlerGlobal Residency – Lagos Cohort
💰 $100,000 funding + mentorship + tech & operational support to launch and scale your next venture
🎯 Eligibility: Early-stage founders & tech startups (idea to early traction)
🗓️ Deadline: Ongoing
🔗 Apply: antler.co/apply
MastercardFdn EdTech Fellowship
🎓Catalytic funding, resources & ecosystem support to scale EdTech venture, implemented by hivecolab
🎯 Eligibility: Growth-stage startups in Uganda (sector-agnostic)
🗓️ Early Deadline: January 22, 2025
🔗 Apply: edtech.hivecolab.com
Tony Elumelu FDN
💵 $5,000 seed capital + mentorship + investment-readiness support for green & sustainable businesses
🎯 Eligibility: Women entrepreneurs in Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo & Uganda
🗓️ Deadline: January 25, 2026
🔗 Apply: TEFConnect.net
MastercardFdn EdTech Fellowship (MESTAfrica)
🎓 $60K equity-free for EdTech innovators leading the future of learning
🎯 Eligibilty: Growth-stage EdTech in Ghana
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 30, 2026
🔗 Apply: meltwater.org/edtech-fellows
African Impact Challenge - Health Entrepreneurship
🏥 Grant or SAFE funding + market access + investor network for healthcare solutions by africanimpactin
🎯 Eligibility: Open to healthcare innovators across Africa (idea to growth stage)
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2026
ℹ️ Learn more: africanimpact.ca/our-initiative
African Impact Challenge – Country Innovation (CI)
💵 Grant or SAFE funding for solutions serving the Nigerian market by africanimpactin
🎯 Eligibility: Idea → growth-stage; industry-agnostic
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2026
ℹ️ Learn more: africanimpact.ca
Mastercard Fdn EdTech Fellowship (Cohort 3)
💰 Up to $70,000 equity-free funding for founders building educational futures
🎯 Eligibility: Growth-stage EdTech startups in Tanzania
🗓️ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
🔗 Apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
AA4 Cohort
🚀 12-week fundraising-readiness program + up to $500,000 potential investment
🎯 Eligibility: Early-stage founders
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2026
🔗 Apply: acceler8.africa
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