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International development funding

23 funds
Which Are Open
For Afghanistan
or Bangladesh
or Congo (Democratic Republic)
or Ethiopia
or Ghana
or India
or Kenya
or Kyrgyzstan
or Liberia
or Malawi
or Mozambique
or Nepal
or Nigeria
or Occupied Palestinian Territories, The
or Pakistan
or Rwanda
or Sierra Leone
or Somalia
or South Africa
or South Sudan
or Sudan
or Tajikistan
or Tanzania
or Uganda
or Yemen
or Zambia
or Zimbabwe
For Climate change
or Education
or Health
or Livelihoods
or Private sector/business
or Technology
or Water and sanitation
Open To Companies
  • The FCDO invites bids by 12 April 2024 to evaluate British High Commission Accra's country business plan and make recommendations for improvements.

  • Aims to boost girls’ access to education and address the skills deficit in adolescent girls in developing countries. Call for innovative ideas to address this problem and support transitions to employment.

  • Call for concepts to pilot innovative, investible, pollution mitigation concepts in East Africa, waste-to-energy inputs and intercepting by-products.

  • Combines grant capital with expert-led venture-building support, to support Assistive Technology innovators launch and scale solutions in Africa.

  • IDRC offers grants, funding, and awards to researchers and institutions to find solutions for global development challenges.

  • The GSMA M4D Foundation requires the services of a firm (the “Fund Manager”) to support the GSMA team to manage the full lifecycle of the M4H Innovation Fund with a strong focus on managing risk at every stage of the process.

  • Research on capital allocation strategy for emerging/frontier markets, and the role of information asymmetry in shaping capital flows.

  • Non-profit, impact-first investment vehicle.

  • Frontier Technologies is a programme designed to help FCDO apply frontier technologies to development challenges.

  • UK Aid Connect will support consortia to create innovative solutions to complex development challenges that deliver real change to poor people’s lives.

  • Aims to encourage private infrastructure investment in developing countries that contributes to economic growth and poverty reduction.

  • Transform is a partnership between FCDO and Unilever that pilots and tests innovative business models that meet low income household needs.

  • Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) is a challenge fund providing grants for innovations in education, health, early childhood development and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) across Tanzania.

  • The Girls' Education Challenge (GEC) is helping up to a million of the world’s poorest girls improve their lives through education.

  • SPHEIR is an innovative higher education partnerships programme to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in FCDO priority countries.

  • Africa Agriculture Development Company (AgDevCo) invest debt and equity in African Agribusinesses to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity.

  • To develop and test new ideas that reduce the cost and time of transport and logistics in East Africa. Open to businesses throughout the world that are operating, or will operate, in the East African Community (EAC).

  • Funding for collaborative projects, taking innovative ideas from any sector or discipline to tackle challenges in agriculture.

  • AECF awards grants to private sector companies to support new and innovative business models in Africa.

  • Offers incentive payments, on the basis of results achieved, to businesses which deliver pre-specified outputs within the low-carbon off-grid energy sector.

  • Partnership opportunities for companies developing innovative business models that offer both commercial success and development impact.

  • EAIF is a public-private partnership providing long-term debt finance for construction and development of private infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.

  • The BUSAC fund supports the growth of a competitive private sector in Ghana by improving the business environment.