One Young World – Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Enterprising Futures Scholarship 2026 (Fully Funded to attend the One Young World 2026 Summit in Cape Town, South Africa)

Application Deadline: 9 March 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 One Young World – Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Enterprising Futures Scholarship. Entrepreneurs play an important position in strengthening native economies. By growing new services and products, rising progressive enterprise concepts, and increasing into new markets, they assist create extra resilient and dynamic enterprise environments. However, many younger entrepreneurs nonetheless face obstacles corresponding to restricted entry to networks, sources, and worldwide publicity.

To assist handle these challenges, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via the Dutch Enterprise Agency (RVO), companions with One Young World to provide an annual scholarship for younger entrepreneurs and enterprise leaders. The scholarship is designed to assist promising changemakers who’re constructing scalable options to sustainability challenges and are prepared to take their influence to the subsequent stage by connecting with a world group.

Scholarship recipients will attend the One Young World Summit 2026 in Cape Town, the place 2,000 younger leaders from over 190 international locations come collectively to share concepts, be taught from international specialists, and collaborate on options to immediately’s most urgent challenges. The Summit gives an inspiring setting to develop professionally, strengthen entrepreneurial abilities, and construct significant worldwide connections that may assist long-term success.

Requirements

Candidates have to be:

• Aged 18 – 35 by the date of the One Young World Summit 2026 in November.
• Leading or part of a scalable start-up or small to medium-sized enterprise (SME), with demonstratable social and/or environmental influence, both as an entrepreneur or related position.
• Nationals of and residents of one of the following international locations:
  • Ethiopia
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Mozambique
  • Uganda
  • Tunisia
  • Palestine
  • Egypt
  • Côte d’Ivoire
  • Kenya
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Benin
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Ghana
  • South Africa
  • Burundi
  • Iraq (together with Kurdistan area of Iraq)
  • Sudan
  • Mali
  • Algeria
• All candidates will probably be required to have a working understanding of English, as each the One Young World Summit and Enterprising Futures pre- and post-programmes will probably be held in English.
• Candidates have to be obtainable to be a part of the programme full time between 30 October – 7 November, in addition to pre- and post-programme dates.

Benefits

Enterprising Futures Scholars will obtain:

• Access to further occasions organised by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the pre-programme.
• Access to the One Young World Summit 2026, happening from 3 – 6 November in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Access to the One Young World Global Leadership Programme, Action Accelerator and lifelong membership to the One Young World Ambassador Community.
• Hotel lodging for the period of the pre-programme and Summit dates.
• One night time of resort lodging (if required) for the visa application course of.
• Return journey out of your nation of residence to Cape Town (flights in economic system).
• Domestic journey prices to the airport to take the worldwide flight.
• Visa prices, if relevant (together with visa application payment and required journey for visa appointment).
• Catering which incorporates breakfast, lunch and dinner all through the pre-programme and the Summit.
• Transport between the Summit lodging and the Summit venue.

Pre-Program

• Prior to the One Young World Summit, Enterprising Futures Scholars will attend an in-person pre-programme in Cape Town, South Africa.
• Over the course of two days, students will join with friends and strengthen their management and entrepreneurial abilities via workshops and different interactive actions, together with a pitching competitors.
• This will assist them additional scale their social influence and maximise their time at the Summit.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the One Young World – Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Enterprising Futures Scholarship