Malawi

Programme: Horizon Europe (HORIZON) – Cluster 1: Health
Topic Code: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-01-DISEASE-07
Type of Action: Research and Innovation Action (RIA)
Funding Type: Horizon Europe Grant Funding
Opening Date: 10 February 2027
Closing Date: 13 April 2027 (17:00 Brussels Time)

Applications are now open for the Africa Business Accelerator (ABA) 2026, the flagship growth programme of the Africa SME Assembly designed to help African founders build stronger, more scalable, and investment-ready businesses.

The Africa Business Accelerator was established to address one of the biggest challenges facing African entrepreneurs: the lack of access to the business infrastructure, networks, mentorship, capital readiness support, and market access needed to grow sustainable enterprises.

Applications are now open for the Third Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026, a flagship continental initiative designed to advance Africa’s leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and emerging technologies.

Applications are now open for the Digital Energy Challenge 2026, an international innovation programme supporting SMEs developing digital and AI-enabled solutions that improve energy access, accelerate the energy transition, and enhance the operational efficiency of energy utilities across Africa.

The initiative is supported by the French Development Agency (AFD) and partners and aims to help innovative companies scale proven digital technologies that address some of Africa's most pressing energy challenges.

The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) has launched its 9th Call for Proposals for Country-led Projects, providing approximately US$163 million in grant financing to support agriculture, food security, and climate resilience initiatives in some of the world’s poorest countries.

The programme supports country-led investments that strengthen:

The Conservation Action Fund for Africa (CAFA), launched by Conservation Allies, is inviting applications from locally led conservation organisations across Africa for its 2026 grant programme supporting practical biodiversity conservation and anti-deforestation initiatives.

The programme aims to strengthen grassroots conservation leadership by providing catalytic funding to small and medium-sized African conservation NGOs working in and around protected areas facing biodiversity loss, deforestation, and environmental pressure.

The UNICEF Venture Fund has launched the Climate Ventures 2026 Call for Applications, inviting startups developing frontier technology solutions at the intersection of climate change and children’s health to apply for equity-free funding and support.

The initiative is part of UNICEF’s five-year Climate Ventures investment programme aimed at supporting scalable, open-source technologies that improve climate resilience, healthcare preparedness, environmental monitoring, and child wellbeing in emerging markets.

AgDevCo is inviting applications for its 2026 Agribusiness Financing Opportunity, providing long-term debt and equity investment support to scalable agribusinesses operating across sub-Saharan Africa.

The financing initiative is designed to support commercially viable agricultural enterprises that are driving food systems transformation, improving rural livelihoods, strengthening agricultural value chains, and creating sustainable economic impact across the continent.

About the Due Diligence Fund

The Due Diligence Fund (DDF) is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), as part of the Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains Initiative (SASI). Now in its fifth round, the DDF has already supported 30 projects across four previous rounds since 2022.

FCI4Africa — Fair food and trade systems for Africa through food convergence innovation is a Horizon Europe-funded project responding to the growing demand for sustainable, fair, and just food trade between Africa and Europe.