AI4D Innovation Scaling Challenge

Location:: Africa
Grant Size:: USD $100,000
Eligibility:: Eligible applicants include the following: individual researchers and innovators; AI startups and MSMEs/SMEs; research institutions and universities that are engaged in AI research and development; consortia comprising multiple stakeholders working collaboratively on AI solutions.
Status:: Closed
Closing Date:: Thu 4 Sep, 2025

Support for deployed and in-use AI innovations that promise significant social impact and demonstrate readiness to scale. Artificial Intelligence for Development (AI4D) is a programme, supported by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, that aims to foster safe, inclusive and responsible AI ecosystems that empower people and accelerate progress on critical development challenges. AI4D supports responsible AI ecosystems where experts across Sub-Saharan Africa are enabled to develop their own solutions to these challenges and mitigate AI risks through safe, inclusive, rights-based and sustainable AI applications and policies.

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Cisco Foundation Letter of Inquiry Global Impact Cash Grant Programme

Location:: Global
Grant Size:: The maximum request amount for first-time grant recipients is USD $100,000
Eligibility:: Organisations from outside the United States must provide information and documents to determine whether the organisation is the equivalent of a U.S. public charity. An organisation's overhead is not to exceed 25 percent
Status:: Ongoing

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Australian Embassy Zimbabwe – Small grants program

Location:: Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Congo
Grant Size:: Up to AUD80,000. Operating, overhead and administrative costs (staff salaries, allowances, office rent, utilities, etc) are generally not accepted.
Eligibility:: Funding is available on a not-for-profit basis to community groups, non-government organisations and other organisations engaging in development activities in the named countries. A detailed budget is required and must be supported by two quotations for any budget line item between USD700 and USD7,000 and three quotations for amounts above USD7,000. Two referees are required. Referees cannot be from the applicant organisation or from an organisation which stands to gain from the proposed project
Status:: Open
Closing Date:: Friday 3 July, 2026

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Global Affairs Canda – Action Aid Nigeria – Feminist Hub Strategic Opportunity Grant

Location:: Nigeria
Grant Size:: 6m - 17m ₦ NGN (c GBP £3,000 - GBP £9,000)
Eligibility:: This call is open to women led organizations, women’s rights networks, and women human rights defenders operating in Nigeria.
Status:: Ongoing

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