Grant in AFRICA and the EU: EU-funded open call for food-sector financial support to third parties, closes 31 May 2027
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 2 others, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Coverage is read from the notice itself: Africa and the European Union.
This open call provides financial support to convergence innovation hubs to deliver online training, mentoring and acceleration for food-sector business concepts from African and European entrepreneurs and start-ups, funding four additional projects. It targets food business entrepreneurs and start-ups in Africa and Europe, with applications submitted via a third-party open-calls platform.
About this grant
The FCI4Africa Open Call (OC) 2 aims to provide financial support to third parties (convergence innovation hubs) to provide online training to the use cases and projects from the 1st open call. They will provide mentoring and accelerate innovative business concepts, including social innovation and upscaling in view of African or European food business entrepreneurs and start-ups. Through Open Call 2 (the funder), four (4) additional projects will be funded Opens 2027-04-01; deadline 2027-05-31. Applications are submitted through the opencalls.fund platform.
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- When is the Grant in AFRICA and the EU: EU-funded open call for food-sector financial support to third parties, closes 31 May 2027 deadline?
- Applications close 31 May 2027.
- Who can apply for Grant in AFRICA and the EU: EU-funded open call for food-sector financial support to third parties, closes 31 May 2027?
- Eligibility covers organisations in AFRICA, EU; startup, sme, nonprofit, social-enterprise, consortium. The full eligibility conditions are part of the Pro detail.
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Food systems funding covers sustainable production, supply-chain resilience, food loss, nutrition and smallholder livelihoods. It is offered by agriculture and development agencies, multilateral programmes and foundations, often with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. Applicants are generally asked to show local partnerships and how benefits reach farmers or consumers.
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