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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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Up to £200K (AT Impact Fund); accelerator support (Innovate Now)
The AT Impact Fund supports for-profit assistive technology and inclusive technology ventures that operate in or target African markets. It provides grant capital of up to £200K to help early-stage and growth companies test, validate, and build evidence for business models that can scale. Beyond funding, ventures receive expert-led support on business model development, product design, distribution, financing, and marketing, with a focus on solutions addressing high-need disability and inclusion challenges in African markets.
Catalytic funding
The fund invests grant capital in AT and inclusive tech companies to test, validate and evidence their business model for scale.
Expert-led venture building
The team provides venture-building support including business model development, product design and distribution, financing, marketing and more.
Ecosystem support
The fund contributes to development of the AT ecosystem by crowding in investors, developing partnerships, and sharing insights.
Evidence and insights
The team generates and shares evidence on how to scale innovation designed to reach populations in Africa.
Assistive technology
The fund supports affordable assistive technology innovations aimed at addressing unmet disability needs.
Inclusive technology
The fund backs inclusive tech companies with potential for sustainable scale.
African markets
The fund focuses on ventures entering and scaling in African economies and addressing needs in African markets.
Ecosystem building
The fund supports the growth of AT ecosystems through partnerships, investor engagement and shared learning.
Innovative assistive technology solutions that can improve the lives of persons with disabilities at scale. AT Impact Fund provides up to £200K of grant funding alongside expert-led venture-building support. The AT2030 programme (FCDO-funded) is testing 'what works' in assistive technology across 30+ countries. Innovate Now (their Africa accelerator) has run 10 cohorts supporting 90+ ventures across 11 countries. They value co-design with persons with disabilities and scalable business models.
Venture-building support, mentorship, access to disability innovation ecosystem, market linkages, policy connections, research partnerships with UCL
FCDO funding uncertainties can affect programme continuity. AT Impact Fund calls are periodic — not always open.
Show clearly how your product addresses unmet disability needs in African markets and why it has a realistic path to scale. Applications should also highlight evidence-generation potential, affordability, and how venture-building support in distribution, financing, or product development would help unlock growth.
2016
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
90+ assistive technology ventures across Africa via Innovate Now, AT Impact Fund grantees across multiple countries