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Innovate Pitch & Grant 2026

Key Information

Organisation

Innovate Africa Fund

Status

Closed

Application Deadline

30 Apr 2026

Program Type

Competition

Amount

USD 5,000

About this Program

A recurring pitch competition providing catalytic grants to early-stage African founders.

Benefits & What You Get

Equity-free grant; advisory support; investor introductions.

Eligibility

African-led startups at the ideation or prototype stage.

Startups That Could Apply

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Kiira Motors Corporation East Africa's first solar bus

Union54 Zambia's fintech unicorn story

Botlhale AI Voice AI for African languages

Yoco South Africa Payments for SA small business

Expensya Tunisia Tunisian tech success story

Kasha Rwanda Women's health e-commerce

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