African Cities Innovation Fund
Advancing thriving urban futures in Africa through collaboration
Sponsored by the Judith Neilson Foundation, the Million Lives Collective is currently offering its members up to $75K in flexible funding to explore new collaborations with each other, or with fellow innovation partners, to co-create, pilot and scale new solutions for thriving African Cities.
The African Cities Innovation Fund (ACIF) has been designed to support innovator partnerships that test a new pathway to urban impact at scale, for example, by combining complementary capabilities, reaching new populations, embedding an innovation within a new system, or influencing how services are delivered in urban contexts.
First stage applications close on April 10th. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to pitch their ideas virtually, and submit a detailed project proposal before final selection for the ACIF Programme in late May.