The Safe Water Enterprise Accelerator 2025 supports Ugandan water businesses with technical assistance, €10,000 in catalytic funding, and investment readiness support. Open to innovative enterprises providing scalable, sustainable water access solutions.
WE4D is supporting women-led SMEs in green sectors to adopt Integrated Management Systems (IMS) certification through training, mentorship, and certification support. Eligible businesses will receive coaching, internal auditing skills, and assistance with ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 certification. Apply online by April 30, 2025 for a chance to participate.
Neycha offers entrepreneurs a comprehensive program that combines business acceleration with funding opportunities, aiming to foster growth and innovation in their ventures. It is a collaborative initiative by the Swiss Biovision Foundation and Shona.
The Young Impact Associates (YIA) Fellowship in Agrifood Systems is a one-year program empowering young professionals from Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda in impact measurement and research for agrifood systems. Fellows will receive training, mentorship, and hands-on experience in evaluating and demonstrating social impact. Applications close on April 30, 2025.
An equity-free 16-week program by Amazon Devices, MIT Solve, and Newlab to help climate tech innovators scale their solutions to millions of users. Includes mentorship, AWS credits, and a chance to pitch to Amazon leaders.
The WeWork – Green and Decent Jobs for Youth SME Growth Program supports high-potential SMEs with expert-driven technical assistance in governance, financial management, market expansion, and investment readiness. SMEs from priority regions and sectors are encouraged to apply. Deadline: May 2, 2025, with rolling applications for six months.
EEP Africa invites locally-driven companies, start-ups, and enterprises to apply for funding for innovative clean energy projects in Northern and Eastern Africa, emphasizing gender equality and circular economy.
The ClimateLaunchpad 2025 competition supports green business ideas tackling climate change. Ugandan startups can win mentorship, exposure, investor connections, and funding, with a chance to compete in Vienna, Austria. Apply by May 16, 2025. #ClimateInnovation #GreenEntrepreneurship #Uganda #CleanEnergy #ClimateLaunchpad
This grant will support initiatives that strengthen the voice, agency and leadership of women, girls and gender-diverse people to lead actions that contribute to gender justice.
This crisis response grant provides flexible funding to small grassroots and unregistered groups in building sustainable solutions in crisis and conflict areas. […]
IPA’s 2025 CPRI Call for Proposals is open for research that improves consumer protection in digital finance. Grants are available for both large impact evaluations and smaller exploratory or data-driven studies. Key topics include fraud, over-indebtedness, transparency, and gender disparities.
The National Science Week (NSW) is one of Uganda’s flagship annual events, proudly celebrating the power of Science, Technology, and Innovation since 2009. This year, NSW’25 shines a spotlight on Uganda’s bold journey of turning innovation into market-ready solutions. Join us from 15th to 20th June 2025 at the Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, as we unveil groundbreaking ideas, launch surprise products, and showcase how STI is driving the qualitative leap of Uganda’s Economy.
