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The Power of Diversity Funding Facility has officially launched the Power of Diversity Grants 2026, a EUR 2.2 million funding programme supporting projects that strengthen the value chains of underutilised, climate-resilient, and nutritious opportunity crops across six countries.

The programme aims to improve food security, nutrition, climate resilience, market access, and livelihoods by investing in targeted interventions for selected crops identified through national stakeholder consultations.

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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.

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The World Food Prize Foundation is calling for nominations for the 2026 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by The Rockefeller Foundation.

The award recognises exceptional, science-based achievements in international agriculture and food production by individuals under the age of 40 who are actively working to address global hunger, poverty, food security, nutrition, and sustainable agricultural development.

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The Standard Bank Tuksnovation Innovation Challenge 2026 is an impact-driven accelerator programme designed to support high-potential entrepreneurs in building scalable, sustainable, and market-ready businesses. Now in its 2026 edition, the programme has evolved to offer a more curated cohort, broader sector inclusion, and strengthened post-programme development to ensure long-term business success.

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Livestock farming business is not yet started but I have already bought land. The aim of this business is to provide farmers in my village with manure which are environmental friendly as compared to artificial fertilizer. In the long run, the business will be providing biogas to the villagers for cooking as there's no electricity and firewood is very scarce due to deforestation. 

limafrica and agrisolutions limited is an agribusiness enterprise since 2018, based in western kenya, focussed on strengthening smallholder farming systems though integrated production and input supply. the company produces and supplies high quality day old chicken(30,000pm), juvenile fingerlings (200,000pm),certified seedlings and nutritionally balanved animal and fish feeds. by sourcing raw materials from local farmers and promoting buy back contract farming, limafrica supports rural livelihoods while ensuring consistent product quality. its opertions combine poultry, aquaculture, crop

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The Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) Fund is a global funding programme that supports innovative, evidence-based solutions with the potential to improve millions of lives. The fund operates as an R&D engine for development, combining risk-tolerant capital with rigorous evidence and scaling pathways.

DIV’s core objective is to identify, test, and scale cost-effective innovations that deliver measurable social impact particularly in low- and middle-income contexts.

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eCoDigital Limited is a Tanzanian-born social enterprise headquartered at the University of Dar es Salaam's College of Information and Communication Technologies, aiming to innovate at the intersection of technology, nature, and sustainability. The organization harnesses digital innovation, data science, and bio-material engineering to address environmental challenges, fostering a regenerative African economy where waste is transformed into wealth and marginalized communities are empowered through inclusive green jobs. eCoDigital's vision is a world where technology and nature collaborate to

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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.

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CarbonSmart Solutions Africa is a climate technology and sustainability company focused on developing and enabling high-quality carbon credits through nature-based and technology-driven solutions.

What the Business Does

The company operates as a carbon credit development and verification platform, using internationally recognized methodologies supported by advanced Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) systems.

At the center of its ecosystem is the CarbonSmart App, a digital platform that:

  • Measures and verifies carbon credits
  • Facilitates carbon credit trading
  • Connects farmers, businesses