Africa

2026 Rebecca Rhodes African Inclusive Literacy Research Grant | ADEA

If you study how children and youth with disabilities learn to read — or if you work in classrooms, NGOs, or ministries trying to make reading actually happen for learners who have been left out — this prize was made for you. The Rebecca H.

Amount: One prize of up to $5,000 USD Deadline: Feb 27, 2026

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Heritage work can feel like you’re constantly being asked to do the impossible with the improbable: protect a site, keep a tradition alive, document histories that were never written down, welcome visitors, educate young people, and somehow stil...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Feb 13, 2026

Advance Your Agri Food Career: SHEAF Fellowship 2026 for Women in Kenya Malawi Senegal (Up to 25 Fellows)

If you are a woman working on agriculture and food systems in Kenya, Malawi, or Senegal and want to sharpen leadership skills, build a powerful regional network, and learn practical ways to design gender-responsive policy and programs, the She Lea...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Jan 31, 2026

Africa Fundraising Grants 2025: How African NGOs Can Win up to 5,000 Dollars and 12 Months of Support

If you run an African NGO, community project, or social enterprise, you already know the painful truth: good ideas are not the problem. Money and fundraising skills are.

Amount: Up to $5,000 USD in matching funds + fundraising training + 12 months fiscal sponsorship Deadline: Dec 16, 2025

African Poetry Digital Humanities Grant 2026: Get Up to $10,000 for Digital Scholarship

If you work with African poetry — whether your interest is oral performance, manuscript archives, contemporary slam culture, or translation practices — this grant is designed to fund the digital work that brings those materials into new life.

Amount: Up to $10,000 Deadline: Jan 23, 2026

African Union Internship Program 2026: How to Land a Full-Time Internship Inside Africas Top Public Service Institution

If you have ever watched big continental decisions get announced and thought, *Who is actually in the room when that happens?*, the African Union Internship Program 2026 is one of the rare chances to find out from the inside.

African Union Kwame Nkrumah Awards for Scientific Excellence (AUKNASE): Up to $100,000 for African Scientists

Annual awards celebrating Africa's leading scientists whose breakthroughs drive sustainable development, industrialization, and social progress. Continental laureates receive up to USD $100,000 and regional laureates receive USD $20,000, with recognition during the AU Heads of State Summit. Awards cover natural and applied sciences, engineering, innovation, and gender-responsive research.

Amount: Up to USD $100,000 for continental laureates and USD $20,000 for regional laureates Deadline: Rolling Location: Africa

Afritondo Short Story Prize 2026: Win 1000 Dollars for Powerful African and Black Fiction on Transition

If you are a Black or African fiction writer with a story sitting in your drafts and a theme gnawing at you, this prize should be squarely on your radar.

Amount: $1,000 (winner) + $100 each (4 shortlisted writers) Deadline: Dec 23, 2025

AGNES Intra-Africa Mobility Grants 2025: EUR 3,000 for African Researchers

Junior researchers in sub-Saharan Africa can secure up to EUR 3,000 to conduct collaborative research with AGNES network members, building scientific capacity and international connections.

Type: Grant Amount: Up to EUR 3,000 Deadline: Nov 30, 2025 Location: Africa

Agribusiness Accelerator in Kenya 2026: How Youth and Women Innovators Can Win Training, Investor Support, and a $5,000 Grant Prize

If you’ve ever tried to grow an agribusiness from an idea into something customers actually buy (and keep buying), you already know the uncomfortable truth: farming and food businesses don’t fail because people don’t care.