Latest Opportunities Ep.7
- Green Institute Sustainability Impact Grant
- 2025 Youth Ecopreneur Programme
- Youth in Digital Health Network (YiDHN)
- The Countdown to Catalyze 2025 Starts Now!
Funding Opportunities Closing Soon!
🌿 Green Institute Sustainability Impact Grant
📌 Description
Supports innovative research and community-led projects that advance sustainability, from climate-smart agriculture to grassroots conservation. Focused on driving measurable environmental impact.
👩💻 Who should apply
- Individual researchers or professionals (not institutions)
- Paid members: Green Institute Laureates or Green Ambassadors
- Early-career (≤5 years post-PhD) or established sustainability experts
🎁 What you will get
- Funding 💰
- Community support 🌍
- Recognition for impactful work
📍 Location
Global — projects anywhere with local collaboration for international work
⏳ Deadline : September 8th
🌱 2025 Youth Ecopreneur Programme
📌 Description
Empowering youth entrepreneurs driving sustainable solutions, powered by ITC, Ye! Community & G20 Global Land Initiative/UNCCD. Participants gain mentorship, funding, and global exposure to scale their ventures.
👩💻 Who should apply
- Youth-led ventures (under 35) and legally registered
- Focused on Land Restoration 🌳 or Green & Circular Economy ♻️
- Strongly encouraged: female founders 👩, entrepreneurs from LDCs/SIDS/landlocked countries 🌍, and underrepresented groups ♿
🎁 What you will get
- Seed funding: $100K USD, equity-free 💰
- Mentorship & coaching 🧑🏫
- Legal/IP & pro-bono support ⚖️
- Global network & exposure 🌍
- All-expenses-paid trip for finalists ✈️
- Youth Ecopreneur Award: $10K USD 🏆
📍 Location
Africa 🌍
⏳ Deadline: September 14th, 2025
💻 Youth in Digital Health Network (YiDHN)
📌 Description
Established by Africa CDC, YiDHN fosters youth-driven innovation and participation in digital health across Africa. The initiative provides a platform for capacity building, collaboration, advocacy, and policy engagement to help young professionals shape the future of healthcare and achieve Universal Health Coverage.
👩💻 Who should apply
- Age 18–35
- Citizens of African Union member states (including diaspora)
- Proficient in English, French, Arabic, or Portuguese
- Actively engaged in digital health through:
- Innovation (startup founder, tech developer)
- Research & academia
- Policy development or advocacy
- Capacity building or digital literacy initiatives
🎁 What you will get / Benefits
- Visibility & Recognition: Featured across Africa CDC & YiDHN channels 🌍
- High-Level Convenings: Access to webinars, policy dialogues, and forums, including some selected for Africa HealthTech Summit #AHTS2025 🎤
- Peer Networking: Join a cross-continental community of digital health innovators 🤝
- Capacity Building: Training, workshops, and policy engagement opportunities 🧑🏫
- Support for Scale-up: Mentorship, seed funding, accelerator programs, and international innovation challenges 🚀
📍 Location
Africa 🌍
⏳ Deadline : September 14th, 2025
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⏳The Countdown to Catalyze 2025 Starts Now
About Catalyze 2025
Catalyze is Africa’s innovation conference, uniting policymakers, entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and visionary leaders to amplify locally-driven solutions. It spotlights African innovations tackling the continent’s biggest challenges and positioning Africa as a global innovation leader.
Theme: African by Design – Building Local Innovations for Impact
Our theme celebrates solutions rooted in community and culture, moving from reliance to resilience and from adaptation to authorship.
What to Expect at Catalyze 2025
- Mini Design Sprints: Ideas come to life live
- Keynotes & Panels: Fresh perspectives and new ways of thinking
- Lightning Talks: Rapid insights and inspiration
- Networking: Connect with collaborators driving change
Featured Tracks
- Self-Sufficient Health Systems: Local solutions—from regional manufacturing to community-driven care—reshaping healthcare across Africa.
- Bridging the Energy Gap: Homegrown energy innovations powering agriculture and economic growth.
- Cross-Border Funding: Practical approaches to unlocking capital for African ventures and scaling local innovation.
Join from anywhere, your screen, curiosity, and commitment are all you need.
📅 Date: 25 September 2025
📍 Format: Hybrid
💡 Catalyze change with us.
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