UNICEF Femtech Ventures is inviting applications for its second annual cohort of companies developing technology-driven solutions to improve the health, wellbeing, and sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women.

Restack is a funding programme supporting the development, improvement and scaling of open technologies that strengthen the internet's foundational infrastructure. The programme aims to establish a secure, interoperable and sustainable Open Internet Stack built on shared digital resources, free and open-source software, open hardware, open standards and open data.

EIT Culture & Creativity is inviting proposals for high-impact, close-to-market innovations that can progress from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 to TRL 9 and full market deployment across the Architecture, Audio-Visual Media and Fashion sectors. The call uses a two-stage process combining concept validation, commercialisation planning and project implementation.

The opportunity is designed for innovations that are sufficiently mature for market deployment and demonstrate a clear pathway to commercialisation, revenue generation and scalable impact.

The Make Our Planet Great Again (MOPGA) 2027 Visiting Fellowship Program supports early-career international researchers undertaking a 12-month research project in France. The programme is funded by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), in partnership with the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space (MESRE), and implemented by Campus France.

The Just Energy Transition (JET) Funding Platform is inviting Expressions of Interest for community-led agriculture and food-system projects with an integrated circular economy dimension.

Window 4 aims to support projects that create sustainable livelihoods and jobs in communities affected by South Africa’s Just Energy Transition, while strengthening agricultural value chains and embedding practical waste-to-value solutions.

GIZ South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, together with the New Energy Vehicles (NEV) Portfolio – South Africa JET IP, is inviting qualified firms and consortia to submit Expressions of Interest for strategic advisory services supporting the development of a Movement Brand for South Africa’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Transition under the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP).

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Pre-Seed Fund 2026, implemented by Propella Business Incubator in the Eastern Cape, provides funding support for entrepreneurs and SMMEs developing early-stage technologies with potential for commercialisation and further growth.

The fund is intended to help innovators move their technologies beyond early development by supporting activities such as proof-of-concept development, prototype development, technology validation, technical feasibility studies and relevant market research.

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