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December 2, 2023

Spotify announces multi-year grant to Vibrate Space to support music entrepreneurs in Ghana

March 28, 2023 Staff Writer 0

Spotify first partnered with Vibrate in September 2022 with a donation that facilitated the launch of the studio. Over the past six months, Vibrate has registered over 200 studio bookings, and hosted many more creators for events and classes. To help Vibrate achieve its robust plans to grow and support the creative economy in Ghana, Spotify is making a sizeable donation from its Creator Equity Fund which will be administered over multiple years. [c]

Visa Foundation to give $1 million grant to AfriLabs and Graça Machel Trust

March 6, 2023 Staff Writer 0

As part of its $200 Million Equitable Access Initiative, Visa Foundation commits $1 million to two local organizations – AfriLabs and Graça Machel Trust – building on its efforts to support gender diverse and inclusive small and micro businesses. [c]

Tupande app launched to help smallholder farmers order and conveniently access quality seeds and fertilisers

January 17, 2023 Staff Writer 0

Kenyan-based social enterprise firm One Acre Fund has launched a mobile application, Tupande app, that helps smallholder farmers order and access high-quality seeds and fertilisers. Introduced in April 2022 with financial support from a Cisco [c]

Swiss Re Foundation’s $500,000 grant to fund development of innovative insurance solutions in Africa

November 30, 2022 Staff Writer 0

Swiss Re Foundation has announced a $500,000 grant for Africa’s insurance sector to spur innovation of insurance solutions for the underserved. The funding, to be distributed through the FSD Africa’s supported BimaLab insurance accelerator programme, [c]

New grant program to offer $7 million over 2 years for research in 6 African countries India and Brazil

November 9, 2021 Staff Writer 0

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an initial grant of $50 million to support science and innovation in low- and middle-income countries at the ongoing 17th Grand Challenges Annual Meeting. The Grand Challenges [c]

Rwanda Coding Academy gets grant from AfDB for equipment and teacher training

November 6, 2020 Staff Writer 0

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed a grant agreement with the Ministry of ICT and Innovation in Rwanda to support the Rwanda Coding Academy (RCA), set up to develop top technology talent to drive [c]

Ilara Health secures $1.1 million grant to improve maternal health services in Kisumu County

October 21, 2020 Staff Writer 0

Ilara Health, the healthtech company which provides point of care diagnostic testing to small primary care clinics in Kenya, has received a $1.1 million (about Kshs 119 million) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates [c]

Omaness to support 10,000 Nigerian women to set up skincare businesses using Mastercard grant

August 31, 2020 Staff Writer 0

As part of its support to small businesses and women entrepreneurs, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth has extended a a grant to the Omaness Skinfood Company in Nigeria. The skincare company is a social impact [c]

Kenyan NGO receives Kshs 240 million Visa grant to support local businesses

March 5, 2020 Staff Writer 0

Visa has announced a $2.4 million (Kshs 242 Million) grant to Hand in Hand Eastern Africa to support low-income business owners in Kenya. The program aims to help improve the livelihoods and resilience of 10,000 [c]

GhanaWeb among 9 winners of Google grant for digital media projects

February 29, 2020 Staff Writer 0

Google has issued grants worth US$1.93 million to media related projects across Africa, Middle East and Turkey. Among the beneficiaries is Ghana’s news portal, GhanaWeb, which has won the first Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation [c]

Google unveils $1 million grant to fund safe internet use by children, youth projects in Africa

February 13, 2020 Staff Writer 0

Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, has announced a $1 million (Kshs 100 million) grant to promote safe internet use by children, young people and families in Africa. The grant will support training by non-profit and social [c]

Selina Wamucii, a mobile platform for Kenya’s agri-businesses, receives Kshs 10 million grant

May 15, 2018 Staff Writer 0

Selina Wamicii, a mobile platform that shortens the agricultural supply chain in Kenya, thereby reducing food wastage and boosting farmers’ incomes, is to receive a Kshs 10 million (US $100,000) grant from global social impact [c]