Entrepreneurship Grants 2026

About

An opportunity providing grants for youth-led organizations to implement social enterprise projects, focusing on empowering young people and fostering community development. Eligible organizations can receive financial support, mentorship, and skills development to enhance their initiatives.

Benefits

• 💰Financial Support
  Grants opportunities for 30,000 EURO
• 🎓Skills Development
  Access to skills development opportunities
• 🤝Mentorship
  Mentorship and other forms of capacity development support according to the needs of your organization.

Eligibility Criteria

• Your organization must be a non-profit, operating as a Trust, Community Based Organisation (CBO), or as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO)/Civil Society Organisation (CSO) or Cooperative with a clear social/environmental mission
• Your organization must be youth-led: young people (aged 18-35) represent the organization’s governance and have primary decision-making power over the organization’s direction and programmes (100% is aged 18-35)
• Your project must be youth-led: all staff (100%) working on implementing the project should be young people (aged 18-35)
• Your organization is formally registered in your country, has an organization bank account, a clear governance structure and has been operating for at least 12 months
• You can show evidence of community programmes and revenue-generating activities
• You are located and registered in one of the 12 African Youth Action Lab focus countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia (Somaliland region), Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Target Sector

All sectors

Target Location

Africa and Europe