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Applications are now open for the D-Prize Challenge 2025. This initiative is designed to support organizations working to end extreme poverty in low or middle-income countries. It offers startup grants of up to $20,000 to social entrepreneurs who are launching new organizations—whether they be charities, NGOs or for-profit ventures –that exist to tackle poverty.

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The D-Prize Challenge is built to drive solutions in health, water, agriculture, livelihoods, energy, public services, and education. Social enterprises seeking seed funding to roll out poverty-alleviation solutions in these areas are welcome to enter the D-Prize Challenge.

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Benefits

The winning startups will benefit from this challenge in the following ways:

Receive up to $20,000 in seed funding
Get global exposure and coverage
Get the support they need to set up and roll out their solutions

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Eligibility

This program is open to new social impact organizations, including first-time entrepreneurs who have not launched or previously raised funding. Intending participants from low-income or middle-income countries are encouraged to apply. Applications remain open until November 24, 2024. If you would like to apply for this opportunity, you can do so HERE.

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This article was first published on 11th September 2024

ikenna-nwachukwu

Ikenna Nwachukwu holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He loves to look at the world through multiple lenses- economic, political, religious and philosophical- and to write about what he observes in a witty, yet reflective style.