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The Innobooster Programme, administered by Innovation Fund Denmark, provides co-financing support for high-risk, knowledge-based innovation projects led by Danish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including startups. The programme aims to accelerate the development of innovative products, services, or processes that can strengthen company growth while delivering societal impact in Denmark.

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Biko Today is an ML and AI-driven workforce and business support platform that connects small and medium-sized businesses with trained, work-ready youth. We provide SMEs with access to affordable talent, digital tools, and operational support, while equipping young people with real-world work experience, mentorship, and income opportunities.

Our model combines technology, training, and service delivery into a single ecosystem, enabling businesses to scale without the cost of traditional hiring, and enabling youth to gain practical skills by working on real business projects. We operate across

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The Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) Research Grant is a prestigious funding opportunity awarding one grant of USD 150,000 to a single successful applicant to support a biodiversity and conservation-focused research project or programme based in or focused on Africa. The grant supports research over a period of up to three years and is designed to advance scientific knowledge while generating real, scalable solutions to African conservation and biodiversity challenges.

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PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) has opened a call under its 2026 Annual Work Programme for Topic 1.1.1 - an Innovation Action (IA) focused on developing and validating decentralised, renewable-energy-powered brackish water desalination systems tailored for smallholder and peri-urban farmers across the Mediterranean region.

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PRIMA (Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area) has opened a call under its 2026 Annual Work Programme for Topic 1.2.1  - an Innovation Action (IA) focused on developing and validating the next generation of sustainable, circular, and regionally adapted animal feed solutions for Mediterranean livestock and aquaculture farming systems.

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The PRIMA Programme has launched a new funding call under Thematic Area 3: Food Value Chain in the Nexus, supporting innovative solutions for sustainable on-site transformation of perishable Mediterranean agricultural products.

This call aims to reduce post-harvest losses, strengthen local value chains, and promote climate-resilient agri-food systems across Mediterranean regions. Projects should focus on developing decentralised, renewable-powered processing technologies that enhance product shelf life and increase local economic value.

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The Eureka Global Biotech Call 2026 is now open, inviting international consortia to submit collaborative research and innovation projects in biotechnology.

This call supports cross-border biotech innovation projects aimed at developing new products, processes, or services with strong commercialisation potential.

The initiative encourages collaboration between companies, research institutions, universities, and startups across participating countries, including South Africa.

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The THRIVE Global Impact Challenge 2026 is now open, inviting agrifood and climate-tech startups worldwide to submit breakthrough innovations addressing the most pressing challenges in agriculture and food systems.

The challenge identifies high-impact, scalable solutions across the agrifood value chain, with finalists competing for up to $1 million in investment and the opportunity to pitch live in Silicon Valley at the THRIVE Global Impact Summit 2026.

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Cape AgriTech Connect 2026 is a premier agriculture and technology networking event designed to bring together key stakeholders across the agricultural innovation ecosystem. The event will convene farmers, startups, researchers, corporates, and government stakeholders to collaborate and shape the...

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The National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, in partnership with the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), invites applications for collaborative research projects under the 2027–2029 Joint Call.

This programme aims to strengthen bilateral research collaboration between South Africa and Flanders (Belgium) by supporting high-quality, innovative research across all scientific disciplines. Projects should demonstrate scientific excellence, societal relevance, and strong international collaboration

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