- WE Africa Leadership Program 2023 Cohort
Applications are now open for the Women for the Environment (WE Africa) Leadership Program.
What WE Africa Leadership Program offers?
- Membership in a community of passionate, experienced African women who are some of the most senior leaders in the environmental sector today.
- Access to twelve months of 1:1 leadership coaching.
- An opportunity to create a new leadership vision for yourself and to pursue personalized leadership development activities to realize that vision.
- Monthly online sessions designed to fit around and complement your work.
- Two in-person retreats for intensive community-building and personal and collective growth.
Eligibility Criteria
The WE Africa yearlong transformative leadership journey is for women who meet the following criteria:
- African nationals, current citizens of a country in Africa, or those who have had permanent residency in Africa for a minimum of 15 years.
- A minimum of 15 years of experience working in the environmental space in government, NGO, or private sector in Africa including at least 5 years serving in a senior leadership role.
- A commitment to investing in your personal growth and participation for the full 12-month program.
- A record of mentorship and desire to support future environmental leaders.
- Access to reliable internet.
- Able to speak and understand English conversationally.
- A commitment to:
- Contribute USD $500 toward the cost of the course to secure your place; and
- Cover your travel costs to two in-person retreats for an estimate $1,500. Together your contribution represents approximately 15% of the course value.
For more information, visit
https://womenforenvironment.org/2023-applications/
- Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund: Round 9
The Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT) has launched a funding called “Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund” to provide innovative and scalable solutions to reduce pressure on wildlife from illegal trade and, in doing so, reduce poverty in developing countries. The IWT Challenge Fund provides flexible funding to innovative and scalable to drive transformational change. The IWT is a complex, fast changing and varied problem where traditional approaches that focus on the supply and anti-poaching interventions alone, have so far largely failed to solve. The IWT Challenge Fund sets out to stimulate the development of innovative and unconventional solutions to IWT that are responsive and relevant to local contexts. To really deliver on the impacts they want, successful interventions need to be scaled, facilitating a pipeline of proven projects for other public and private investment to support and deliver global change.
Funding Information
The anticipated IWT Challenge Fund grant size for each project stage along with the supporting evidence required in applications.
- Evidence – Projects between £20,000 and £100,000 – Projects which gather evidence to design an intervention.
- Main – Projects between £100,000 and £600,000 – Projects which test new and innovative interventions to provide proof of concept at a smaller scale.
- Extra – Projects between £600,000 and £5 million – Projects which have already demonstrated success at a smaller scale and can be scaled.
Geographical Focus
Proposals should work in sub-Saharan Africa, East and South East Asia and Latin America and meet Official Development Assistance (ODA) eligibility requirements.
For more information, visit
https://iwt.challengefund.org.uk/apply/
- Nigeria: Grants for AML/CFT Capacity Building
The Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) of the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to strengthen the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s capacity to successfully implement its anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regime, with a particular focus on meeting international standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Proposed projects should focus on such activities as enhancing Nigeria’s understanding of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks, improving Nigeria’s AML/CFT legal framework, increasing the number of ML and TF investigations, prosecutions, and confiscations in line Nigeria’s risk profile, addressing TF risks and vulnerabilities in the non-profit organization (NPO) sector, strengthening the ability to obtain, analyze, and disseminate financial intelligence, and implementing a regime for reporting cross-border currency movement.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $2,765,432
- Award Floor: $2,765,432
- Length of performance period: 24 months
- Number of awards anticipated: At least one award
Participants and Audiences
Nigeria competent authorities with AML/CFT responsibilities, including but not limited to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML), Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
Priority Country or Region: Nigeria
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations.
- Public and private educational institutions.
- Foreign Public Entities (FPEs) and Public International Organizations (PIOs).
For more information, visit
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppld=341352
- Singapore Mobility Challenge 2022
Applications are now open for the Singapore Mobility Challenge 2022, an open innovation initiative for technological solutions that can benefit the public transport industry and commuters. The Singapore Mobility Challenge 2022 continues the mission of enhancing the public transport system and improving the lives of commuters.
Benefits
- The top three will stand to win from a cash prize pool of SGD30,000.
- The top three will receive a Startup SG grant that matches their cash prize.
- The top three will win an SGTech Startup membership worth more than SGD1,000 per annum.
- The top six will receive SGD10,000 in AWS Activate Credits.
- The top six will work closely with challenge owners to execute proofs of concept during the incubation period.
Eligibility Criteria
Singapore Mobility Challenge is looking for startups that:
- Come from all parts of the world.
- Already possess a developed product or solution.
- Are interested in the public transportation industry.
- Are willing to adapt solutions to Singapore’s needs.
For more information, visit
https://www.sgmobilitychallenge.com/#prrog-1
- The Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund
Applications are open for emerging artists or storytellers on the pulse of entrepreneurship in Africa to apply for the Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund. This call is also for journalists and content creators including bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters whose work offers a more contemporary and authentic narrative of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs in Africa. Named after patron, African business leader and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu, the project is jointly funded by Heirs Insurance and Heirs Life Assurance.
Funding Information
The Fund will award grants worth between $500 and $2000 to each selected participant.
What type of content is ANF looking to support?
- They are particularly keen on supporting storytellers telling an interesting, unique story about Entrepreneurship in Africa; stories amplify unheard voices, challenge global perspectives and introduce contemporary narratives.
- The Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund allows for lots of creativity and innovation – think about what you want your reader or viewer to take away from this work and the type of impact you want to create, locally and globally.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must be aged between 18 and 35 years and living on the continent or in Diaspora.
- They must have a platform or portfolio of work that shifts stereotypical narratives about youth and entrepreneurship in Africa.
For more information, visit
https://africanofilter.org/the-tony-elumelu-storytellers-fund
- Dan David Prize: A Chance to Win $3 million
The Dan David Foundation has announced the Dan David Prize for early and midcareer scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines, to acknowledge their outstanding achievements and support future work. The Dan David Prize recognize the work of historians, archaeologists, digital humanists, curators, documentary filmmakers and all those who deepen the knowledge and understanding of the past.
Prize Information
The Dan David Prize awards $3 million each year to early and midcareer scholars and practitioners who study the human past. Up to nine annual prizes of $300,000 each are given to people who have produced, and will continue to produce, outstanding work in this field.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Dan David Prize welcomes nominations from anywhere in the world.
- Nominees for the Dan David Prize:
- Must be engaged in outstanding and original work related to the study of the human past, employing any chronological, geographical and methodological focus.
- Should exhibit strong potential for future excellence, innovation and leadership that will help shape the study of the past for years to come.
- Academic nominees must hold a PhD and must have published at least one major piece or work, such as book or a collection of articles related to a major project.
- Non-academic nominees are NOT required to hold a PhD, but must have completed at least one major piece of work such as a book, major publication, exhibition, documentary film or public humanities project. They should also demonstrate an ongoing engagement with topics related to history and the study of the past.
- Nominators will be asked to provide the nominee’s CV and list of relevant work or publications, and to answer three brief questions.
- The Dan David Prize is awarded on the basis of merit, regardless of gender identity and expression, sexuality, race, ethnicity and nationality, religion, age, ability or political affiliation.
For more information, visit
https://dandavidprize.org/nominate/
- Trash to Cash Challenge from Across the World
The Teach A Man To Fish is seeking applications for Trash to Cash Challenge, a new programme developed to encourage young people to become eco-preneurs: to do some good in the world and develop life skills through a short business challenge with an environmental focus.
Funding Information
- There are 4 prizes worth USD $1,200 in total. In addition, every participant that completes the submission form by the deadline will receive a Certificate of Participation.
- The first three prizes will be awarded by a judging panel based on the evidence in the submission form, so make sure to include photos.
- The Public Choice prize will be given to the video with the most ‘likes’. Videos must be less than two minutes and must be posted in the participants’ social media in public mode (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or TikTok) using the hashtag. #TrashToCashChallenge. The video must show the waste you collected, how you created it and how you sold it.
Eligibility Criteria
- The competition is open to every young person around the world under 25. You can participate individually or as a team of up to 5 people with friends, classmates or siblings.
- Adult supervision is strongly encouraged for younger participants.
- Entry is free of charge.
- The competition is open to all young people, aged 25 or younger, in any country.
- Young people can participate individually or in teams of maximum 5 students.
- The participants must be 25 or younger, but teachers of all ages are welcome to support the participants.
For more information, visit
https://www.teachamantofish.org.uk/trash-to-cash.html
- MTN Y’ellopreneur Training Programme in Nigeria
The MTN Foundation is inviting applications for Y’ellopreneur that is designed to provide capacity-building and funding opportunities to qualified Nigerian female entrepreneurs, in collaboration with the Bank of Industry. The MTN Y’ellopreneur aims to contribute to the reduction in women’s unemployment and advance women’s development in ‘Entrepreneurs’ through capacity building to enhance their entrepreneurial abilities. The Foundation is committed to bridging female entrepreneurial skills gap, through a 4-week virtual training programme meant to ultimately empower more female folks, in alignment with the Federal Government’s Sustainable Development Goals Agenda.
Funding Information
- Each female entrepreneur will receive up to a N2million equipment loan subject to their business plan analysis.
- The repayment period is 6 months moratorium and 36 months repayment period.
Eligibility Criteria
- Female entrepreneurs who display passion and commitment to self-employment and run an existing business of two years and above in manufacturing, processing, agriculture, ICT/digital services, financial services, etc. The focus is on businesses that source raw materials locally.
- The Training is free. You are not required to make any payment.
For more information, visit
https://www.mtn.ng/yellopreneur/
- NOFO: Projects to Combat Trafficking in Persons
The Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) announces an open competition for projects to combat trafficking in persons outside of the United States. The TIP Office will allocate funding for anti-trafficking projects through an open, two-stage competition, also known as the statement of interest (SOI) stage, applicants are invited to submit three-page SOIs for projects designed to address the TIP Office’s 2022 programming priorities. The TIP Office welcomes strong SOIs that address human trafficking challenges on a significant scale, offer the potential to have a systematic and sustainable impact, align with U.S. government priorities and the TIP Office’s country and regional programming priorities, among other factors.
Funding Information
- Award Ceiling: $2,000,000
- Award Floor: $250,000
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations eligible to apply include U.S.-based and foreign non-profits, nongovernmental organizations (including faith-based organizations), public international organizations (PIOs), institutions of higher education, and for-profit entities. For-profit organizations are not permitted to generate profits from grant-funded activities. U.S. government agencies may respond to this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) with applications for projects that would be funded through an Interagency Acquisition Agreement. While foreign governments are not eligible to apply, governments may be beneficiaries of projects provided that funding does not pay salaries of government agency personnel and that such assistance is not restricted by U.S. law or policy.
For more information, visit
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppld=341626
- USADF/EKSG invites Proposals from Cooperatives, Producer Groups, and Enterprises in Nigeria
The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) and Ekiti State Government (EKSG) invite proposals from African cooperatives, producer groups, and enterprises for grant financing and local support for innovative solutions that extend their own capabilities to increase revenues, create jobs, improve farmer incomes, and achieve sustainable market-based growth. Proposals will be accepted from registered agricultural cooperatives, producer groups, and agricultural processors in Ekiti State working directly in the (rice and cassava value chain sector(s)) and deploy innovative approaches to agricultural and economic development which includes, but is not limited to digitization, information technology, and agricultural solutions using renewable energy.
Funding Information
Award Range: US$50,000 – US$250,000
Eligibility Criteria
- The organization must demonstrate that it has successfully worked together for a minimum of 1 year, have a minimum of 100 active members or suppliers, and has the capability to effectively use grant funds.
- The ownership and management must be in agreement on the problem to be addressed and have a commitment to benefit their community.
- The organization must have basic functional management and financial controls for a minimum of 2 years to demonstrate the capability to account for USADF funds.
- Organizations must be 100% African-owned and led.
For more information, visit
