ACT Foundation 2026 Grant for Innovative Solutions for Heath and Entrepreneurship in Africa Applications invited, At ACT Foundation, we champion inclusive collaboration by fostering strong partnerships with institutions and donor organizations committed to building resilient and sustainable communities. Our approach focuses on supporting innovative solutions to pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.

We empower organizations through strategic grant support aligned with our priority focus areas, ensuring long-term, sustainable impact. Beyond funding, we actively accompany our implementing partners at every stage of the grant lifecycle, providing guidance and support so they are never left to navigate the process alone.

Our greatest strength lies in the enduring partnerships we cultivate—enabling transformative interventions that can reverse negative development trends and drive meaningful, lasting change across the continent.

The application window will open on 19 January 2026 and close on 30 January 2026 at 11:59 PM (WAT).

This year, we are prioritizing scalable, high-impact initiatives that harness community mobilization to drive meaningful change, with a strong emphasis on the inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable populations, including women, rural youth, children, and persons with disabilities.

We strongly encourage collaborative approaches and give preference to interventions that effectively leverage technology to achieve scale, demonstrate clear pathways to long-term sustainability, and contribute to systems-level transformation.

Applicants are expected to be deliberate and intentional in integrating marginalized and vulnerable groups—particularly women, rural youth, children, and persons with disabilities—throughout program design and implementation.

Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.

Last Date of Submission: 30^th January 2026

Focus Areas for ACT Foundation 2026 Grant for Innovative Solutions for Heath and Entrepreneurship in Africa Applications invited

There are two focus areas Health and Entrepreneurship

Health

• Africa faces a dual burden of disease: persistent maternal and child health challenges alongside a rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). We seek to focus on scalable interventions such as mass screenings and health literacy campaigns ensuring access to care for underserved populations. These initiatives can also equip community champions, health workers, and youth advocates to drive awareness and influence health-seeking behaviours. We will support interventions such as:
• Community Health Screenings: Partner with relevant health institutions to run large-scale non-communicable diseases screening campaigns and referral programs for hypertension, Hepatitis, diabetes, cancers and eye health etc.
• Maternal & Child Health: e.g community health education sessions and campaigns, provision of safe delivery kits for pregnant women, prevention of malaria in pregnancy and pregnancy-induced diseases.

Entrepreneurship

• Africa’s youth population is booming, yet unemployment remains high. Our strategy this year seeks to create businesses, influence, mentor, and drive systemic change among youth-led and female-led businesses. This approach supports financial literacy and innovation that uplift communities. We will support interventions such as:
• Supporting young, female-led entrepreneurs: Digital and vocational skills programs tied to entrepreneurship pathways e.g. seed funding for youth-led and female-led social enterprises, access-to-finance initiatives with capacity building for sustainable growth.
• Financial Literacy Campaigns: leveraging Radio programs and social media.
• Climate and renewable energy: Training of youth/women to run recycling businesses, public-private partnerships for waste-to-wealth initiatives.
• Micro-farming (Sustainable agriculture): Community-based interventions on sustainable agriculture.

Eligibility Criteria for ACT Foundation 2026 Grant for Innovative Solutions for Heath and Entrepreneurship in Africa Applications invited

Organizations applying for ACT Foundation’s grant must meet the following criteria:

• Work within ACT Foundation’s focus areas of Health and Entrepreneurship.
• Be registered with the appropriate legal entity within their respective (African) countries for not less than two years (24 months).
• Be legally registered as a non-profit or social enterprise.
• Show a strong governance structure – Board of Directors or Trustees, management team etc.
• Show evidence of previous/other sources of funding.
• Must show evidence of matching funds for the application.
• Partnership with another organization is an added advantage.
• Have a minimum staff strength of 3 full-time or part-time paid Individuals.
• Be directly responsible for the execution of the proposed intervention.
• Including marginalized and vulnerable groups (women, rural youth, children, and persons with disabilities) is an added advantage.
• Program/Initiative must be implemented within Africa.

Ineligibility Criteria for ACT Foundation 2026 Grant for Innovative Solutions for Heath and Entrepreneurship in Africa Applications invited

ACT Foundation grants WILL NOT be extended to the following:

• Non-profit without a legal Board of Directors or Trustees.
• Any entity that has mismanaged other foundations’ funds in the past.
• Political parties, campaign groupings, institutions or their subsidiaries and affiliates.
• Organizations that advocate, promote, or espouse inhumane policies, illegal activities or terrorism.

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