Searching for entrepreneurship scholarships 2026 or you are an African entrepreneur looking for entrepreneurship programme 2026 with opportunities to grow your business, this page provides you will available scholarships and opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Even if your own business has grown, there are lots of international bodies willing to give you scholarship to enable you study abroad or even grants to reward your creativity
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The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO), partners with One Young World to offer an annual scholarship for young entrepreneurs and business leaders. The scholarship is designed to support promising changemakers who are building scalable solutions to sust
Published: 2026-01-23 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: South Africa Deadline: March 9, 2026
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Aspire Coronation Trust (ACT) Foundation is a grant making organization established in 2016 to support local, national and regional non – profit organizations working to address challenges and associated vulnerabilities across the African Continent. ACT provide organizations with grants to
Published: 2026-01-20 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: January 30, 2026
SMEDAN announce that registration for the GROWHer Accelerator Program second cohort is now open! GrowHer is designed for women entrepreneurs who already run registered and operational businesses and are ready to grow. This programme does not support startups or unregistered bu
Published: 2026-01-14 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: January 16, 2026
TEF Flagship Entrepreneurship Programme is open to all entrepreneurs across Africa with business ideas or existing businesses. The foundation encourages applications from businesses leveraging AI as well as green businesses.
Published: 2025-12-30 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: March 1, 2026
The Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award (DAAYTA) is now open for applications for the 2026 cohort. This prestigious award continues its mission to empower young Nigerian entrepreneurs with bold, socially meaningful ideas and to support them with real resources and mentorship. Established in honour o
Published: 2025-12-12 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: January 12, 2026
Are you a young South African entrepreneur ready to scale your hustle? The Youth Employment Service (YES) Entrepreneur Initiative offers funding, training, and business development support to help you move from earning to owning. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to grow your business
Published: 2025-10-28 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: November 21, 2025
Call for Applications - Digital for Youth-Led Enterprise: A Design Thinking Sprint for Young Innovators in Nigeria The Digital for Youth-Led Enterprise programme is a national 5-day in-person design thinking sprint taking place in Abuja, Nigeria, from 10–14 November 2025. It will b
Published: 2025-10-20 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Nigeria Deadline: October 26, 2025
The Business & Human Rights Accelerator is a six-month programme activating companies participating in the UN Global Compact across industries and regions. The objective is to help businesses swiftly move from commitment to action on human rights and labour rights through establishing an ongoing
Published: 2025-10-16 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: December 19, 2025
The 2025 Zenith Bank Startup Pitch Competition at the Zenith Bank Tech Fair is Africa’s stage for bold innovators shaping the future. This year, it highlights Generative AI, Agentic AI, and emerging technologies transforming industries across the continent. The program identifies, nurtures, an
Published: 2025-10-15 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: October 31, 2025
TrustLab is a three-year EU-funded project by DW Akademie, Code for Africa (CfA) and Siasa Place, designed to help frontline organisations respond to digital threats with practical, community-led solutions. Through the programme, participants will explore ways for frontline watchdog media to coll
Published: 2025-10-10 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Kenya Deadline: October 24, 2025
The AUDA-NEPAD assisting African Member states to achieve this ambitious goal, AFR100 partners (AUDA-NEPAD, WRI & Fledge), launched an accelerator program called The Land Accelerator Africa program. The Land Accelerator is an accelerator program and curated network for entrepreneurs who re
Published: 2025-10-06 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: October 30, 2025
They are excited to invite Expressions of Interest for the new role of Entrepreneur-in-Residence to empower and inspire our student entrepreneurs. This part-time, flexible role is part of our commitment to inclusion, innovation, and representation in enterprise. They’re looking fo
Published: 2025-09-30 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: United Kingdom Deadline: October 5, 2025
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Are you a researcher based in Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, or Zambia? Applications are now open for grants of up to $15,000 to support research that strengthens Foundational Learning (FL) and helps shape education policy and practice. These grants are part of Phase 2 of Education S
Published: 2025-09-17 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Ghana, Kenya, Senegal, Zambia Deadline: October 31, 2025
The INMA Africa Emerging Leaders programme aims to identify and recognise the next generation of news media leaders currently below today’s senior management ranks – and provide bridges to global programming that will springboard them to future leadership.
Published: 2025-09-17 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: October 3, 2025
MTN Foundation ICT & business skills for Entrepreneurs Application is Open. Be one of 600 entrepreneurs to gain ICT & business skills and access a share of the N300M grant MTN ICT and Business Skills Training is a Youth Development initiative aimed at equipping young people betw
Published: 2025-09-16 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: October 3, 2025
The fully funded, 12-month WomenLift Health East Africa Leadership Journey is designed to provide talented mid-senior career women leaders in health with the safe space to explore their authentic leadership through vulnerability and reflection, an inclusive and diverse network wh
Published: 2025-09-12 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: October 10, 2025
The fully funded, 12-month WomenLift Health Southern Africa Leadership Journey is designed to provide talented women leaders in health with the safe space to explore their authentic leadership through vulnerability and reflection, an inclusive and diverse
Published: 2025-09-04 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: September 18, 2025
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The SAIS Investment Readiness Programme is a free, year-long, tailor-made support programme for African start-ups creating impact in the agricultural sector … whether directly or through areas like climate, livestock, energy, biotech, fintech, circ
Published: 2025-09-03 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: September 28, 2025
The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) works to strengthen the health research capacity of scientists in Africa who are engaged in tackling the sub-region’s significant health challenges. AREF is calling for applications from scientists who are active, emerging biomedical/health researcher
Published: 2025-09-03 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: October 3, 2025
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The Youth Digital Health Champions (Y-DHC) program seeks to identify, profile, and connect dynamic young leaders who are actively shaping the digital health landscape across Africa. Champions will serve as role models, advocates, and collaborators in advancing digital health innovation, po
Published: 2025-09-01 Type: Entrepreneurs Deadline: September 14, 2025
