Safaricom Spark Accelerator
Market access and investment support for Kenyan tech startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: SaaS, SMB, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Safaricom Spark AcceleratorBest startup grants and accelerators for startups in Kenya
Explore programs that support founders with capital, credits, mentorship, and networks. Check eligibility and application details on the official program site.
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Villgro Africa
Seed funding and incubation for African healthtech
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Villgro AfricaCo-Creation Hub (CcHUB)
Equity-free accelerators from Africa's best-known innovation hub
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB)Ecobank Fintech Challenge
$50,000 plus access to Ecobank's 35 African markets
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Ecobank Fintech ChallengeJasiri Talent Investor
Fully funded backing for the founder before the idea exists
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Jasiri Talent InvestorKenya Climate Innovation Center
Incubation, acceleration and finance for East African climate ventures
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Kenya Climate Innovation CenterSahara Accelerator
Tanzania's leading accelerator for post-MVP startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Sahara AcceleratorThe Baobab Network
$100,000 into early-stage African startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review The Baobab NetworkAECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund)
Competition-based finance for rural agribusiness and energy ventures
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: SMB, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund)Catalytic Africa
Matches angel investment into African startups 1:1
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Catalytic AfricaDDISA Fund
ZAR 45,000 to ZAR 85,000 for digital democracy work in Africa
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review DDISA FundFuture Africa
Pan-African VC investing in Africa's future
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtPaid
Best for: Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review Future AfricaMEST Africa
Pan-African accelerator and talent investor
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, Solo founder
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review MEST AfricaTechstars Africa
Global accelerator with dedicated Africa programs
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review Techstars AfricaFushly
$5.2M+ in startup software credits in one place
Kenya listedPartial supportPaid
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, Solo founder
< 1 hour setupVerified Apr 2026
Review FushlyKatapult Africa Accelerator
$150,000 to $500,000 for agritech, food and climate ventures
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Katapult Africa AcceleratordeveloPPP Ventures
Matched growth funding for startups in seven African markets
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review develoPPP VenturesGoogle for Startups Cloud Program
$2,000 in Google Cloud credits at the entry tier
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Google for Startups Cloud ProgramUNICEF Venture Fund
Up to $100,000 equity-free for open-source frontier tech
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review UNICEF Venture FundAntler Kenya
Up to $250,000 - and you do not need a startup yet
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Antler KenyaStandard Chartered Women in Tech Kenya
US$10,000 seed grants for women-led Kenyan startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Standard Chartered Women in Tech Kenyatimbuktoo Pan-African AgriTech Incubation Programme
Rolling quarterly intakes for African agritech startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review timbuktoo Pan-African AgriTech Incubation ProgrammeVisa Africa Accelerator
A free three-month fintech accelerator with ~$200,000 in perks
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Visa Africa AcceleratorAnthropic Claude for Startups
Claude API credits and priority rate limits for startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Anthropic Claude for StartupsRenew Venture Lab
Accelerator and investment pipeline across 13 African countries
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Renew Venture LabAcumen East Africa Fellowship
20 fellows a year tackling poverty across East Africa
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Acumen East Africa FellowshipNorrsken Evolve
€250K to €500K for impact startups - but Europe-first
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Norrsken EvolveSeedstars
Acceleration and investment readiness across emerging markets
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review SeedstarsVisa Everywhere Initiative
Up to $50,000 in prizes for payments and commerce startups
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, Ecommerce
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Visa Everywhere InitiativeNorrsken22
$200M impact-focused fund for African tech companies
Kenya listedWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review Norrsken22Anzisha Prize
Over $140,000 a year for Africa's youngest entrepreneurs
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Anzisha PrizeGoGettaz Agripreneur Prize
US$50,000 awards for young African agrifood founders
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, Solo founder, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review GoGettaz Agripreneur PrizeGrindstone Accelerator
A free, no-equity accelerator for 20 companies a year
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Grindstone AcceleratorAfrica Digital Rights Fund (ADRF)
$1,000 to $20,000 for digital rights work in Africa
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Africa Digital Rights Fund (ADRF)Africa's Business Heroes
US$1.5 million in annual grants for African entrepreneurs
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: SMB, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Africa's Business HeroesTony Elumelu Foundation
$5,000 grant for African entrepreneurs
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaAfrica-builtFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, Solo founder
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review Tony Elumelu FoundationWesterwelle Young Founders Programme
A six-month fellowship with a funded week in Berlin
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Westerwelle Young Founders Programmetimbuktoo MineTech Accelerator
UNDP-backed acceleration for African mining technology
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review timbuktoo MineTech Acceleratortimbuktoo CreativeTech Launchpad
Open rolling incubation for African CreativeTech startups
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, Agency
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review timbuktoo CreativeTech LaunchpadObama Foundation Leaders Africa
A fully funded leadership programme, no entity required
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Obama Foundation Leaders AfricaOpen Technology Fund Internet Freedom Fund
$10,000 to $900,000 for open-source internet freedom tools
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, SaaS, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Open Technology Fund Internet Freedom FundNVIDIA Inception
A free NVIDIA program for AI and accelerated-computing startups
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
2–5 days setupVerified Aug 2026
Review NVIDIA InceptionMilken-Motsepe Innovation Prize
Multi-million dollar prize competitions with an Africa spotlight
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: SMB, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Milken-Motsepe Innovation PrizeMIT Solve Global Challenges
Equity-free prize funding for tech solutions to global problems
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review MIT Solve Global ChallengesMulago Rainer Arnhold Fellowship
$200,000 unrestricted - but referral only, no application form
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Mulago Rainer Arnhold FellowshipOrange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle East
Up to €25,000 for tech-enabled social ventures
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, Solo founder
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Orange Social Venture Prize Africa & Middle EastThe Pollination Project
Up to $500 seed grants, no registration required
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review The Pollination ProjectYouthADAPT Challenge
$100,000 grants for youth-led climate adaptation businesses
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review YouthADAPT ChallengeZayed Sustainability Prize
A share of US$7.2 million across six sustainability categories
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: SMB, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Zayed Sustainability PrizeEchoing Green Fellowship
$100,000 over 18 months for early-stage social entrepreneurs
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Echoing Green FellowshipEmergent Ventures
Fast, unrestricted grants for individuals with zero-to-one ideas
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Emergent Ventures
AWS Activate
AWS credits and technical support for eligible startups
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, Solo founder
2–5 days setupVerified Aug 2026
Review AWS ActivateMicrosoft for Startups
Azure credits and developer benefits for eligible startups
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, Solo founder
2–5 days setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Microsoft for StartupsAshoka Fellowship
A living stipend so you can go full-time on systems change
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Ashoka FellowshipCartier Women's Initiative Regional Awards
US$30,000–US$100,000 grants for women impact founders
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: SMB, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Cartier Women's Initiative Regional AwardsCloudflare Project Galileo
Free enterprise-grade protection for at-risk public interest sites
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Cloudflare Project GalileoDraper Richards Kaplan Foundation
Up to $300,000 unrestricted over three years
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: SMB, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationFast Forward Accelerator
$25,000+ unrestricted for AI-powered tech non-profits
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, Solo founder
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review Fast Forward AcceleratorFLOSS/fund
Up to $100,000 a year for free and open-source projects
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review FLOSS/fundGitHub Secure Open Source Fund
$10,000 plus security tooling for open-source maintainers
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Solo founder, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review GitHub Secure Open Source FundGlobal Innovation Fund
Staged grant, debt and equity for scalable development innovations
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: SMB, SaaS, Early-stage
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Global Innovation FundGoogle for Startups Africa
Equity-free support from Google
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review Google for Startups AfricaGSMA Innovation Fund
£100,000 to £200,000 grants for mobile and digital ventures
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SMB, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Sep 2026
Review GSMA Innovation FundAfrica Prize for Engineering Innovation
Open: £85,000 prize pool for sub-Saharan African innovators
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS, SMB
1+ week setupVerified Aug 2026
Review Africa Prize for Engineering InnovationY Combinator
The world's most valuable startup accelerator
Pan-African listingWorks in AfricaFree tier
Best for: Early-stage, SaaS
1+ week setupVerified Apr 2026
Review Y CombinatorFrequently asked questions
Which startup grants and accelerators work in Kenya?
FounderStack Africa currently lists 65 startup grants and accelerators with explicit Kenya or Pan-African listings. Open a profile to review its coverage, use case, limitations, and verification details.
How should I choose a grant or accelerator in Kenya?
Start with application status, eligibility, program terms. Then confirm current eligibility, pricing, and country support directly with the provider.
Does a listing guarantee availability in Kenya?
No. Availability and requirements can change. FounderStack Africa records country coverage and verification notes, but you should confirm current terms with the provider before committing.
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