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Innovate for Impact Challenge 2026

Key Information

Organisation

World Food Prize Foundation

Status

Closing Soon

Application Deadline

10 May 2026 · 2 days left

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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Paymob MENA's payment infrastructure

Botlhale AI Voice AI for African languages

Khazna Financial inclusion for Egypt

Zeepay Ghana Mobile money remittances for Africa

mPharma Ghana Reimagining African pharmacy

SafeBoda Safer bodas for Kampala

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