Africa

Fundraising Fellowship for Women-Led NGOs 2026: How to Join the SparkUp Initiative and Grow Your Impact

If you're leading a women-run NGO or grassroots organization and constantly wrestling with the same question — *“How on earth do we fund this work properly?”* — the SparkUp Initiative Fellowship 2026 is very much your kind of opportunity.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Dec 20, 2025

Gain Policy Experience and Earn €2,349 Monthly: GIZ Internship 2026 in German Global Health Policy

If you want a front-row seat to how Germany shapes global health conversations, this GIZ internship is a rare backstage pass.

Amount: €2,349 gross Deadline: Dec 28, 2025

Gain Professional Training and Travel Support: HIIA Future Leaders Program 2026 (Foreign Policy Fellowship)

If you care about foreign policy, want hands-on research experience, and can picture yourself in Budapest for a few focused months, the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA) Future Leaders Program 2026 is something to take seriously.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Jan 30, 2026

Get $10,000 for On the Ground Agricultural Impact: Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application 2026

If you’re a hands-on agricultural practitioner — the person up to your elbows in soil, seed, or small-scale food processing, working directly with farmers, herders, or fishers — this is the kind of recognition that reads like a validation an...

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Jun 1, 2026

Get $5,000 and World-Class Training for Your African Startup: Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2026

If you run a young business in Africa or have an idea that could become one, this is one of those rare programs that actually gives you money, training, and connections — all packaged with the blunt ambition of helping entrepreneurs create jobs and revenue across the continent.

Amount: $5,000 non-refundable seed capital (per selected entrepreneur) Deadline: Mar 1, 2026 Location: Africa

Get a Fully Funded Trip to Seoul for a Youth Peace and Advocacy Workshop: UNESCO GCED Fellowship-Style Training 2026

If you’re the kind of young leader who’s tired of “awareness” campaigns that go nowhere, this opportunity has your name on it.

Get a Funded Postdoc in Sustainability and Conservation Science 2026: $70,000 Stipend + $10,000 Research Fund at Penn and The Nature Conservancy

If you want a postdoc that pairs rigorous university science with boots-on-the-ground conservation practice, this is one to read carefully.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: Jan 30, 2026

Get a University of Pennsylvania-Backed STEM Fellowship Online: AFS Global STEM Accelerators 2026 for Girls Ages 15–17.5

There are plenty of teen STEM programs that promise “inspiration” and deliver… a PDF and a pep talk. The **AFS Global STEM Accelerators 2026** is not that.

Get Blended Finance Up to $1,000,000 for Youth Agribusiness in Africa: AfDB Enable Youth Guide 2025

If you are a young founder building an agrifood business in Africa, this is not another petty grant that covers a few sacks of seed.

Amount: USD $1,000,000 blended facility Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 Location: Africa

Get Fully Funded Policy Training for Postgraduate Researchers: SAIIA Africa Youth Portal and Research Programme 2025

If you are a postgraduate researcher dreaming of taking your academic work out of journals and into policy conversations, this is the kind of opportunity that short-circuits the usual circuitous route.

Amount: See official source for award amount or financial terms. Deadline: See official source for current deadline.