Based on the belief that impact entrepreneurship is a valuable investment and a powerful instrument for positive change, the Global Innovator Programme supports innovators through a combination of grants, innovation challenges and knowledge-sharing.
13,000+ APPLICATIONS
FROM 186 COUNTRIES
Inviting innovative solutions to pressing challenges that help improve people’s lives or preserve the planet.
191 GLOBAL INNOVATORS
FROM 92 COUNTRIES
Creating a positive impact for over 5.8 million people worldwide. To learn about our impact to date, download our Impact Report.
MEET OUR GLOBAL INNOVATORS
Supporting novel solutions that address pressing challenges and backing projects that improve people’s lives or preserve the planet.
- Agriculture
- Community Development
- Construction / Housing / Smart Cities
- Education
- Employment
- Energy
- Environment
- Financial Technology
- Health Care
- Information Communication Technology
- Tourism / Lifestyle
- Transport Logistics
- Waste
- Water
- Chort 1
- Chort 2
- Chort 3
- Chort 4
- Chort 5
- Chort 6
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- French Polynesia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Global
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Korea South
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Peru
- Philippines
- Phillipines
- Portugal
- Republic of Korea
- Russia
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
- Zimbabwe
APPLICATIONS
The Global innovators programme is suitable for:
- Social enterprises or startups with a social, environmental, or humanitarian mission
- Prototype stage or beyond
- Registered legal entities (not single-founder organizations)
- Operating in or targeting the Global South
