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ACT Foundation’s Changemakers Innovation Challenge 2026

🏛 ACT Foundation 📍 Worldwide 📅 2026
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About this opportunity

The ACT Foundation’s Changemakers Innovation Challenge invites African nonprofits and social enterprises to submit technology-driven social innovations. Grant funding will be awarded to the top four winners to scale their solutions, with additional technical support provided to selected finalists as applicable.

Benefits & funding

Grant funding for top four winners; potential technical support (software, hardware or capacity-building) for selected finalists

Eligibility

Open to innovators residing in any African country; the initiative must be youth-led with a founder or team lead aged 18-25 years.

How to apply

Submit an English-language application via the official Changemakers webpage

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