Africa
Win Up to $2,500 for Regional Integration Reporting: SADC Media Awards 2026 Guide for Print, Radio, TV, and Photojournalism
There are awards that feel like polite applause. And then there are awards that put your work in the middle of a regional conversation that actually matters.
Win Up to $5,000 for Student Health Design Projects: Johns Hopkins Healthcare Design Competition 2026
If you and your classmates have sketched a user-friendly ventilator adapter on a napkin, prototyped a community health app in a dorm room, or designed a low-cost clinic workflow that actually makes sense, this competition is made for you.
Win Up to $5,000 for Your STEM Degree in the US or Canada: MPOWER Financing Women in STEM Scholarship 2026
There are scholarships that feel like a polite golf clap—nice, but not life-changing. Then there are scholarships that show up like a friend with groceries when your bank account is doing that tragic little “insufficient funds” dance.
Win Up to $500 in a Global Photography Award for Rangelands and Pastoralists: GLF Photography Awards 2026 Guide
Some photography contests want pretty pictures. This one wants truth. The kind you can feel in your ribs when you look at a photograph and suddenly realize: *Oh. People live like this. Land works like this. This matters.*
Win Up to £50,000 for Climate Resilience Research: Mastercard Foundation and University of Cambridge CReSus Fund 2025
If you care about climate resilience in Africa and have a collaborator at the University of Cambridge, this call is built for you.
Win Up to €15,000 for Design That Advances Gender Equality: Design Equality 2025 International Competition Guide
Design meets purpose. If you create products, services, policies or digital tools that improve the lives of women and girls, the Design Equality 2025 International Competition is a stage and a pot of prize money waiting for work with real impact.
Win Up to €55,000 for Heritage Storytelling in Southern Africa: Goethe-Institut Co-Creation Grants 2026 Explained
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...
Win Up to N5 Million for Cassava Innovation in Nigeria: FMN Prize for Innovation 2026 Grant and Competition Guide
Nigeria grows cassava like few countries on earth.
Win Up to R1,300,000 for a South African Social Enterprise: SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards 2026
Some funding calls want you to arrive with a 40-page business plan, three years of audited financials, and the confidence of a person who has never met a cash-flow crunch. This one is different.
Win USD 150,000 to 500,000 for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in Africa: A Practical Guide to the African Development Fund Climate Window
Africa is stuck paying the tab for a party it didn’t throw. The rains come late (or not at all), then show up all at once and tear through roads, farms, and neighborhoods like they’re made of paper.