TRENDS
- African Development Bank grants $1.4 million to Export Trading Group to strengthen entrepreneurship skills of women-owned & led businesses in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia. Details here
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What role can digital play in Africa’s health challenges? Details here
- Egypt: African Development Bank approves USD 271 million for the Food Security and Economic Resilience Support Program. Details here
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UNDP loans Cameroon $21m to strengthen SMEs’ resilience. Details here
- Ghana: African Development Fund approves $27.19 million grant for skills development infrastructure to boost post Covid-19 recovery. Details here
- Malawi: African Development Bank extends grants of $9.25 million for rollout of Climate Disaster Risk Financing. Details here
FUNDING
- Project Title: SADC Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Support Facility – Majorly focusingonWomenandYouth.| Country: Angola| Botswana| Comoros|Congo| Eswatini| Lesotho|Madagascar|Malawi|Mauritius|Mozambique|Namibia|Seychelles|SouthAfrica| Tanzania| Zambia| Zimbabwe | Deadline: 13-Nov-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: 2023 SPIE Startup Challenge on Healthcare and Deep Tech | Country: Worldwide | Deadline: 20-Oct-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: UN-Habitat announces Call for Proposals in Kenya: NPOs Can Apply! | Country: Kenya | Deadline: 21-Oct-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: Corteva Agriscience: Climate Positive Leaders Program | Country: Kenya | Deadline: 30-Nov-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: Call for Papers: 2nd Annual Central Bank Conference on Development Economics | Country: North Africa | Deadline: 5-Nov-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: She Shapes Biodiversity: A Photo Contest to Recognize Women’s contributions to the Environment | Country: Worldwide | Deadline: 24-Oct-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: USAID giving $39,780,462.00 for 5 years to address Malawi’s Poverty Challenges, Environmental Degradation.| Country: Malawi | Deadline: 14-Nov-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: AFD launches a Call for Research Proposals to address Thematic Issues around the Education Sector. | Country: Worldwide| Deadline: 15-Nov-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: CCAC’s Call for Proposals: Transformative Action in the Agriculture Sector (Large Funding Available) | Country: Worldwide | .Deadline: 26-Oct-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: CFPs: Transformative Action through National Planning, Policy & Implementation | Country: Worldwide | Deadline: 26-Oct-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: Open Call: Transformative Action in the Fossil Fuels Sector (US$7 million) | Country: Worldwide | Deadline: 26-Oct-22 | Link HERE
- Project Title: Fruit Tree Planting Foundation: Orchard Grant Program | Country: Worldwide | Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity | Link HERE
LEARNING
- African Economic Conference 2022: Supporting Climate-Smart Development in Africa. | Date: 9 to 11 December, 2022 | Venue: Port Louis, Mauritius | Details here
- African women’s report 2021: digital finance ecosystems: pathways to women’s economic empowerment in Africa. | Details here