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Current Digital Development Grant Funding
Here are the current grant funding opportunities for digital development projects around the world. Be sure to check the requirements of each donor and the funding priorities of each call for proposals.
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Apply Now: $130,000 FinTech Innovation Startup Funding from VISA
Innovation in digital financial services is allowing Africans to move up the “financial services value chain.” From mobile money payments, customers in sub-Saharan...
Apply Now: $2 Million CAD for AI for Development Research Labs
Artificial intelligence applications are profoundly impacting our world. Fueled by the increasing availability of computational power, improved connectivity, and...
Apply Now: $1 Million African Digital Startup Funding and Support
A majority of failed startup companies associate poor execution, limited funding, and market access as the primary drivers of most innovative ideas. The founders...
Apply Now: $650,000 for EduTech Language and Literacy Skills Solutions
More than 85 percent of a child’s brain is developed by age 6 and a growing body of evidence suggests investing in high-quality pre-primary education –...
Apply Now: $6,500 Funding for Open Source Humanitarian Projects
Open source software projects in the humanitarian aid sector often need programming, technical writing, and graphic design skills to produce high-quality solutions....
Apply Now: $250,000 for African Disinformation Technology Solutions
Disinformation and propaganda pose a threat to trust, cohesion, and security. The menace of fake news can no longer be ignored. Misinformation can divide society,...
Apply Now: $1.5 Million Smart Agriculture Grants from Gates Foundation
Smallholder farmers suffer from fundamental challenges to improving their own food security and their communities nutritional resilience. They face low agriculture...
Apply Now: $185,000 Startup Tech Innovation Grants in Uganda, Nigeria
UGX 640 Million UNICEF Uganda Innovation Fund
UNICEF Uganda has launched an Innovation Fund Challenge to leverage the disruptive power of technology and enhance...
Apply Now: 1 Million Euro for African COVID-19 Digital Response Solutions
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a human tragedy across the African continent. Besides contributing to the loss of over 50,000 people, the pandemic is expected...
Apply Now: $1 Million Cisco Technology for Good Startup Funding
A new generation of entrepreneurs are using emerging innovations like the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital technologies to connect devices and data in tech-enabled...
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