The TEA platform supports a series of funding opportunities throughout the year, such as open calls and accelerators. Check the latest opportunities below.

Power Healthcare Hub open call

While substantial progress has been made in health facility electrification in recent times, challenges persist, particularly in regions with weak infrastructure and limited financial resources.  

The business-as-usual approach is proving inadequate and out of date. The sector is lagging behind in the adoption of new ideas and innovations that can help it scale and become more sustainable.  

The Powering Healthcare Innovation Fund is a small-grants facility, offering grants aimed at unlocking out-of-the-box opportunities and ideas, thereby growing innovation in the sector.

Round 2

The second funding cycle of the Powering Healthcare Innovation Fund is now open. The fund will offer 3-6 grantees funding of up to USD 80,000 per grantee for a maximum of 10 months. The total available funding this cycle is USD 300,000.

Proposed innovations can be from, but not limited to, the following fields:

• Support or capacity building to organisations or entities involved in HFE initiatives (e.g. business development support or technical training)
• New financing models or mechanisms (e.g. de-risking of investments)
• Operations and maintenance or longer-term sustainability mechanisms
• Research projects with universities
• New ways of running health facilities (e.g. management, logistics)
• Feasibility studies or assessments (e.g. on energy efficiency or climate resilience)
• Data (e.g. how to collect and analyse better data, or the use of AI)

For more details, please read the complete call for proposals. The deadline for the submission of proposals is 17:00 CEST on 8th September 2025. For any questions, please email alika@unops.org with the subject line ‘Queries: PHC Innovation Fund’.

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Sustainable Innovation Seed Accelerator

The Sustainable Innovation Seed Accelerator is an 8-week program for seed-stage startups building solutions across Africa. Based in Nairobi this program is part of UNDP’s timbuktoo initiative, and is designed for founders developing technology-enabled approaches in agriculture, mobility, the built environment, and energy. 

The programme will take place in the GreenTech Hub in Nairobi (4 weeks in person, 4 weeks hybrid). The program helps start ups refine their commercial strategy, strengthen their technical foundation, and connect with a supportive ecosystem. Through a mix of mentorship, peer learning, and hands-on programming, the goal is simple: help founders develop their ideas into scalable, sustainability-driven businesses.

• Dates: 27 October – 19 December 2025
• Location: Nairobi, Kenya
• Applications deadline: 19 September

For more details, please visit https://500.co/founders/africa/seed-accelerator-nairobi  

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The Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) project has opened a new accelerator to support small companies operating in Kenya advancing sustainable cold chain technologies for agriculture, a central sector to Kenya’s economy, accounting for 31.5% of GDP and employing 38% of the population.

Managed by Energy Saving Trust, in partnership with Energy 4 Impact and GOGLA, the KCCA will take an ecosystem approach in achieving its objectives, including:

• Providing financial support for cold chain companies to enable business model testing and scaling. Support is available from between £50,000-£150,000.
• Optional additional support to companies in the form of technical assistance, research or workforce and skills initiatives.
• Enhancing cross-sector dialogue to create an enabling environment to build government awareness of cold chain technologies, business models, market barriers and solutions needed.

Deadline to register your interest: 23 September 2025 at 23:59 BST.

For more details, please visit https://efficiencyforaccess.org/rd-fund/kenya-cold-chain-accelerator/