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The Challenger Digital and Green Accelerator Programme (Challenger D&G) is an innovative, multi-country initiative dedicated to fostering impactful digital, green, and circular solutions for sustainability across Southern Africa. The programme directly addresses urgent regional and global challenges - climate change, food and water security, ecosystem resilience, energy transition, green mobility, smart built environments, waste management, and environmental data capacity.

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), South Africa, and BioCubaFarma (BCF), Cuba, invite South African biotechnology companies, research institutions, universities, and healthcare innovators to express interest in collaborative R&D, technology transfer, and joint ventures for innovative biotech products.

The Innovation Hub, Gauteng’s flagship innovation agency, is inviting applications for its comprehensive Business Incubation Programme for startups driving innovation in the Green Economy (energy, water, waste), Bio-economy (health, agro/food-processing, diagnostics, medical devices, smart agriculture), and Smart Industries (ICT, advanced manufacturing, gaming, animation, VR/AR, industrial IoT, cyber security, AI, additive manufacturing).

The F. M. Kirby Prize for Scaling Impact is an annual global award of USD $150,000 in unrestricted funding designed to accelerate enterprises addressing urgent social or environmental challenges. Open to nonprofit, for-profit, hybrid, or other legal forms, the prize highlights organizations making measurable progress and expanding their reach, with a focus on bold leadership, community-centered strategies, and scalable impact. The award supports exceptional leaders and organizations ready to amplify their proven models and drive systemic change.

Applicants should demonstrate:

The Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa, supported by the Motsepe Foundation, empowers Harvard faculty-led teams and their collaborators to undertake innovative projects that directly address the continent’s most complex challenges and transformative opportunities.

The FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund is a major philanthropic initiative supporting grassroots organizations advancing access to quality K–12 education and sports for children in underserved communities worldwide. Grants of $50,000–$250,000 USD are available to legally registered non-profit organizations directly implementing educational or sports-focused projects for 500–10,000 individuals in disadvantaged regions. The Fund supports two kinds of applications: general operating support or program/project-specific support.

The 100x Impact Accelerator offers an intensive 12-week programme designed for bold, high-impact social ventures whether non-profit or for-profit, that are tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, including climate and environment, healthcare, inequality, migration, education, democracy, happiness and wellbeing, equitable economies, new frontiers, and refugees/cohesion.