Grant opportunity
LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme 2026
LEAP Africa's Social Innovators Programme supports young African social entrepreneurs building solutions with potential for community and systems impact.
- Funder
- LEAP Africa
- Application deadline
- Application deadline: Jun 12, 2026
- Award
- Nine-month fellowship and support package; see official programme page
- Applicant
- Social entrepreneurs
- Discipline
- Social Innovation
- Region
- Africa
- Posted
- May 19, 2026
Call summary
Overview
The Social Innovators Programme is LEAP Africa's entrepreneurship and leadership support platform for social innovators working across Africa.
Who can apply
- Young African social entrepreneurs and founders should review the official LEAP Africa programme page for age, country, venture-stage, and sector eligibility rules.
- Applicants should confirm whether the current cycle requires a registered venture, proof of impact, leadership commitment, or founder availability for the full programme period.
What it supports
- Leadership development, enterprise support, social innovation, mentorship, learning, and networking for African social entrepreneurs.
- The supplied hunt workbook listed the 2026 programme as a nine-month fellowship with a 12 June 2026 deadline; applicants should confirm final cycle details on the official page.
Funding and duration
Programme benefits, fellowship support, mentorship, and any financial support are described on the official LEAP Africa programme page.
Application deadline
Application deadline: Jun 12, 2026
How to apply
Use the official LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme page and confirm the 12 June 2026 application deadline before submitting.
Call details
About the opportunity
The Social Innovators Programme is LEAP Africa's entrepreneurship and leadership support platform for social innovators working across Africa.
LEAP Africa lists this opportunity for Social entrepreneurs, Social Innovation, Africa.
This listing is written for researchers, students, universities, NGOs, research teams, policy professionals and academic institutions searching for Social Innovation grants, fellowships, scholarships, conferences, workshops and funding opportunities in Africa contexts.
Eligibility
Young African social entrepreneurs and founders should review the official LEAP Africa programme page for age, country, venture-stage, and sector eligibility rules.
Applicants should confirm whether the current cycle requires a registered venture, proof of impact, leadership commitment, or founder availability for the full programme period.
Funding and benefits
Programme benefits, fellowship support, mentorship, and any financial support are described on the official LEAP Africa programme page.
Themes and supported activities
Leadership development, enterprise support, social innovation, mentorship, learning, and networking for African social entrepreneurs.
The supplied hunt workbook listed the 2026 programme as a nine-month fellowship with a 12 June 2026 deadline; applicants should confirm final cycle details on the official page.
Deadline and timeline
Application deadline: Application deadline: Jun 12, 2026.
Applicants should confirm the exact deadline time, time zone, required documents, portal steps and any institutional approvals on the official call page before submitting.
How to apply
Use the official LEAP Africa Social Innovators Programme page and confirm the 12 June 2026 application deadline before submitting.
Before applying, check eligibility rules, budgets, attachments, page limits, partner requirements, cost-share conditions and whether the opportunity uses an expression of interest, full proposal, registration or nomination stage.