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Innovate for Impact Challenge 2026

Key Information

Organisation

World Food Prize Foundation

Status

Closed

Application Deadline

10 May 2026

Program Type

Challenge

Amount

USD 50,000

About this Program

Global competition for scalable solutions in food security and agri-food systems.

Benefits & What You Get

Share of $50,000 cash prizes; visibility at World Food Prize events.

Eligibility

Entrepreneurs and startups at early growth stages globally.

Startups That Could Apply

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Kiira Motors Corporation East Africa's first solar bus

SafeBoda Safer bodas for Kampala

Ampersand Rwanda African electric moto pioneer

Khazna Financial inclusion for Egypt

Union54 Zambia's fintech unicorn story

mPharma Ghana Reimagining African pharmacy

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