Opportunities

Innovate UK, on behalf of the Office for Life Sciences (OLS) Cancer Healthcare Goals programme, is making up to £25.4 million available through a competitive grant funding competition to support the clinical validation and evaluation of innovative technologies and devices for the earlier detection

A leading global company is inviting established South African ICT businesses to participate in a targeted business development programme delivered by Aurik Enterprise Development. The programme is designed for businesses that have moved beyond the early start-up stage and are looking to strengthen

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), through the Promoting Value Chains for Critical Raw Materials and Green Hydrogen and Derivatives in South Africa (H2.SA II / BVC) project, is inviting qualified service providers to develop a comprehensive and practical Handbook on

Opportunity Type: Awards / Competition / Startup Development / Acceleration
Geographic Scope: ECOWAS Member States
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026

Opportunity Overview

The 2nd ECOWAS Startup Awards is a regional initiative of the ECOWAS Commission designed to identify, recognise and support high

Shine 2027 is an early-stage climate innovation programme by the Swiss Re Foundation, in partnership with Climate KIC, designed to help social entrepreneurs develop and scale solutions that address urban climate challenges.

Cities are at the centre of both the climate challenge and the transition

The South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), through its National Health Research Enterprise (NHRE) Programme, invites applications for research projects that address priority challenges within South Africa's health system.

The NHRE Programme is intended to strengthen the sustainability

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has opened its 2026 Call for Expressions of Project Intentions (AMI) under the CSO Initiatives (CSO-I) mechanism, inviting civil society organisations (CSOs) to submit project intentions for initiatives to be co-financed in 2027.

For the first time, the

Seed, Grow & Sustain 3.0 (SGS 3.0) is a funding programme by Numun Fund supporting feminist technology activism and movement organising across the Larger Majority World.

The programme provides USD 1.75 million in flexible, multi-year funding over two years to initiatives using technology to advance

LoftyInc Capital is seeking early-stage African entrepreneurs building technology-enabled solutions for the “everyday economy”.

The Pan-African venture capital firm is looking to invest in businesses addressing large and growing markets through scalable technology-enabled business models.

LoftyInc

The European Commission is seeking stakeholder feedback as it prepares to revise the legal framework and future strategy of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) for the 2028–2034 period.

The initiative will inform:

• The revision of the EIT Regulation
• A new Strategic Innovation

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), in partnership with the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), Space Infrastructure Hub (SIH) and South African National Space Agency (SANSA), is inviting applications for the Space Innovation Initiative Call for Proposals.

The call aims to

C3 EmpowerHer Climate 2026 is a six-month programme supporting women-led and women-benefitting climate resilience ventures across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Funded by the Resilient Futures Fund (RFF) and delivered by C3 – Companies Creating Change, the programme combines business