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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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$250,000–$5M
Global Innovation Fund’s Innovation Catalyst supports early-stage social enterprises in Africa and Asia working in areas including agriculture and food security. It focuses on innovations that build climate resilience for vulnerable populations and expand inclusive economic opportunities for underserved groups, including women and girls. The fund provides flexible capital through grants, equity, and debt, with typical ticket sizes of $250,000 to $5M, alongside technical, financial, and advisory support and access to peer and follow-on funding networks.
Flexible capital
Provides patient and flexible capital using grants, equity, and debt to support early-stage innovations with proven potential to transform lives and progress toward scale.
Technical, financial, and advisory support
Actively de-risks and nurtures high-potential innovations by providing deep technical, financial, and advisory support.
Network access
Provides connections to a network of peer innovators and follow-on funders to ignite scaling opportunities.
Building climate resilience
Supporting enterprises that help vulnerable populations adapt and build resilience to the effects of climate change.
Unlocking inclusive economic opportunities
Accelerating the scale up of innovations that increase economic opportunities for underserved groups including women and girls.
Innovations addressing development challenges
Mentorship, network, sector expertise
Check current fund status and deployment activity
Applicants should clearly show how their innovation serves vulnerable or underserved populations and how it can scale in Africa. Emphasize fit with GIF’s stated themes—climate resilience or inclusive economic opportunity—and explain why flexible capital plus advisory support would help de-risk the venture at an early stage.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple portfolio companies