Our Grants

The Africa No Filter Climate Action Hub wants to highlight fresh, relevant, and exciting stories that take the climate narrative in Africa from crisis to solutions. Content creators will receive funding, networking opportunities and amplification support.

Are you a content creator, performance artist, visual artist, or journalist whose work tells African stories beyond stereotypes of poverty, conflict, disease, poor leadership and corruption?

Êtes-vous un créateur de contenu, un orateur, un artiste visuel ou un journaliste dont le travail raconte des histoires africaines au-delà des stéréotypes de la pauvreté, des conflits, des maladies, du manque de leadership et de la corruption ?

The 2023 Last Mile Film Fund cycle is now open for submissions. Africa No Filter will only consider applications from filmmakers with an established track record, who are already using their platforms to change the narrative about Africa. The grant offers up to $10,000 and will allow narrative changemakers in the film sector to finalize projects that present an alternative and non-stereotyped perspective of the continent.

Le programme de financement du Fonds cinématographique Last Mile 2023 est maintenant ouvert aux candidatures. Africa No Filter n'examinera que les candidatures de cinéastes ayant déjà fait leurs preuves et qui utilisent déjà leurs plateformes pour changer les récits sur l'Afrique. La subvention peut aller jusqu'à 10 000 $ et permettra aux acteurs du changement narratif dans le secteur cinématographique de finaliser des projets qui présentent une perspective alternative et non stéréotypée du continent.

Africa No Filter Comedy Lab is a digital competition open to African comedians based anywhere on the continent. Winners will receive funding to create comedy skits, access to masterclasses, and a mentorship programme to elevate their storytelling.

Africa No Filter Comedy Lab est un concours numérique ouvert aux humoristes africains basés n'importe où sur le continent. Les gagnants recevront un financement pour créer des sketches comiques, un accès à des masterclass et un programme de mentorat pour élever leur niveau de narration.

Entrepreneurs are a unique and fascinating breed. Like you, they are creators and visionaries who take risks. They dream big and turn ideas into opportunities. The Tony Elumelu Storytellers Fund wants to hear fascinating stories of entrepreneurship in Africa.

Do you have a community of creatives and artistic young people who are open to learning more about climate action?

This grant call-out wants to contribute to an increase in African female storytellers and content creators and to give space to voices that are historically misrepresented and underrepresented across the continent.

Africa No Filter, in partnership with Electric South, Imisi 3D and Meta, invites Extended Reality Creators to apply for grants of up to $30,000 to support the production and development of new content.

Africa No Filter offers Operational Support Grants to not-for-profit organisations who are aligned to our mission and are based in Africa and the Diaspora ( their work must benefit African creatives, artists or storytellers). Funds can be used to cover operational costs to keep the organisation going whilst it conducts its work.

Our Project Support Grants support the delivery of creative projects on the continent by storytellers and media platforms that are using art, innovation, tech and creativity to challenge stereotypical narratives about Africa. Grants must be for a specific project, with a clear start and end date and project milestones.

Our Capacity Building Grants support the delivery of skills development and other up-skilling programmes on the continent. 

Our Convening Grants support the facilitation of exchanges, conversations, dialogues and debates about narratives of Africa and how these narratives are built and sustained.

Our research doesn’t sit in inboxes. We use our reports to partner with mission-aligned organisations to work on projects that are designed to engage with narrative using ANF data.

Here’s everything you need to know about our grants, application process and more!