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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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Up to $100K seed; up to $400K growth
UNICEF Innovation Fund’s Africa EdTech Track supports early-stage, for-profit companies in UNICEF programme countries that are building open-source frontier technology solutions for children. It offers up to USD 100,000 in seed funding and up to USD 400,000 in growth funding, alongside one-on-one technical mentorship and access to UNICEF country offices and partners for testing and pilot opportunities. Applicants must already have a prototype with promising pilot results, show potential impact for vulnerable children, and provide publicly accessible real-time measurable data or a clear plan to set it up.
Seed funding
Up to 100,000 USD and/or cryptocurrency for early-stage, open-source, frontier tech solutions in underserved markets to validate, test, and shape technology that can address large-scale challenges for children.
Growth funding
Up to 400,000 USD and/or cryptocurrency for solutions that graduate from seed-stage funding and are selected to scale their impact.
Tailored mentorship
One-on-one mentoring from in-house technical experts throughout the investment period on value proposition, Open Source development, evidence of impact, business strategy, product design, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Access to UNICEF network and partners
Access to testing environments and pilot opportunities in UNICEF country offices, plus access to corporate partners for potential follow-on funding.
Open Source frontier technology
The fund invests in early-stage, open-source, frontier tech solutions in underserved markets.
Children and youth impact
Solutions should potentially address large-scale challenges for children and positively impact the lives of the most vulnerable children.
New and improved technologies
The fund supports solutions developing new technology, expanding or improving existing technologies and platforms, or piloting a new use case for an existing technology.
EdTech startups
Mentorship, network, sector expertise
Check current fund status and deployment activity
In the Expression of Interest, make the open-source status of your product explicit and show that your team can implement it. Highlight existing pilot results, the measurable impact on vulnerable children, and any publicly accessible real-time data already available; if that data system is not yet live, include a clear plan for how it will be set up during implementation.
2012
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple portfolio companies