This week's openings
Opportunities, klawed first.
A weekly dispatch of real openings for builders — jobs, grants, hackathons, visas and the free tools worth having.
81 open opportunities · none filed today · 7 closing this week
Closing soon— under seven days.
7 open · 0 filed this weekHarambeans Africa
Harambeans · grants · africa · filed 12 Oct
Harambeans' application page states a regular admission deadline of 31 Oct 2026 (early admission was 30 Sept 2026). The alliance pairs African founders with seed funding and follow-on capital.
Y Combinator — Winter 2027 Batch
Y Combinator · accelerators · global · filed 12 Oct
YC is accepting applications for the Winter 2027 batch (Jan–Mar, San Francisco), with an on-time deadline of 2 Nov 2026. Standard deal terms apply.
Vaultline Security Audit Grants for Colosseum Projects
Vaultline (Superteam Earn) · grants · global · filed 12 Oct
Vaultline is funding security audits of up to 4,000 USDC each for Colosseum projects, with a deadline of 31 Oct 2026 on Superteam Earn.
AWS Communication Developer Services Agentic AI Partner Hackathon
Amazon Web Services (Devpost) · hackathons · global · filed 12 Oct
AWS hackathon on agentic AI built on its communication developer services, $40,000 in prizes, closing 28 Oct 2026.
Qloo Agentic Hackathon
Qloo (Devpost) · hackathons · global · filed 12 Oct
Agentic-AI hackathon with $25,000 in prizes, open until 30 Oct 2026.
OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS
OpenCV / AWS (Devpost) · hackathons · global · filed 12 Oct
Computer-vision competition with $20,250 in prizes, submissions closing 27 Oct 2026.
Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon
Nebius / NVIDIA (Devpost) · hackathons · global · filed 12 Oct
Global online AI hackathon with $50,000 in prizes, submissions closing 30 Oct 2026. Listed as open on Devpost.
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Newest first inside each region · Nigeria → Africa → Global15:42
Superhack — Campus Hackathon for Solana Builders
Superhack (Superteam Nigeria)·hackathons·filed 15:42
A rolling campus hackathon platform for Nigerian university students building on Solana, paying school-fee contributions to the top two builders per cohort. Cohort hackathons are listed on the site's hackathons page.
15:42
Wema Hackaholics 2026 — Hackathon Track
Wema Bank·hackathons·filed 15:42
Wema Bank's Hackaholics 2026 is accepting applications across three tracks (hackathon, startup pitch, social impact) with funding and mentorship for winners. The hackathon track page is live and shows an Apply Now flow; no published closing date on the page.
15:42
Growth Analyst
Cowrywise·jobs·filed 15:42
Cowrywise is hiring a Growth Analyst in Lagos, published 2026-09-28 on its Breezy HR board.
15:42
Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)
Kuda Technologies·jobs·filed 15:42
Test engineering role on Kuda's platform team. Listed on Kuda's Workable board.
15:42
Senior iOS Engineer
Kuda Technologies·jobs·filed 15:42
Mobile engineering role on Kuda's banking app team, based in Lagos.
15:42
Senior Software Engineer
Kuda Technologies·jobs·filed 15:42
Kuda is hiring a Senior Software Engineer in Lagos on its Workable board. Live now.
15:42
Head of Engineering, Payment Gateway
Moniepoint·jobs·filed 15:42
Moniepoint is hiring a Head of Engineering for its payment gateway. Nigeria-remote option listed.
15:42
Staff Product Designer
Moniepoint·jobs·filed 15:42
Design role on Moniepoint's product design team, open on a remote Nigeria basis.
15:42
Mobile Architect
Moniepoint·jobs·filed 15:42
Moniepoint's engineering pool is hiring a Mobile Architect, with a Nigeria-remote option listed.
15:42
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Moniepoint·jobs·filed 15:42
Site reliability engineering role on Moniepoint's infrastructure team, remote in Nigeria.
15:42
Application Security Engineer
Moniepoint·jobs·filed 15:42
Moniepoint MFB is hiring an Application Security Engineer on a Nigeria-remote basis. Live on Moniepoint's own careers portal.
15:42
Senior Product Manager - Processing
Paystack·jobs·filed 15:42
Paystack is hiring a Senior Product Manager for its processing product line. Listed on the company careers site.
15:42
Senior QA Engineer
Paystack·jobs·filed 15:42
Quality engineering role on Paystack's engineering team, based in Nigeria.
15:42
Product Manager
Flutterwave·jobs·filed 15:42
Flutterwave is hiring a Product Manager in Lagos. Listed on the company's BambooHR careers board.
15:42
Data Scientist, Risk
Flutterwave·jobs·filed 15:42
Risk-focused data science role on Flutterwave's fraud and risk team. Open now.
15:42
Backend Engineer, C#
Flutterwave·jobs·filed 15:42
Flutterwave lists a C# backend engineering role on its payments platform. Live on the company's own ATS.
15:42
Senior Database Administrator
Paystack·jobs·filed 15:42
Database administration role on Paystack's engineering team. Open now.
15:42
Senior Platform Security Engineer
Paystack·jobs·filed 15:42
Paystack is hiring a Senior Platform Security Engineer across three African markets. Hybrid, live on Paystack's Teamtailor board.
15:37
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at ALU
African Leadership University / Mastercard Foundation·scholarships·filed 15:37
ALU's Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program page is live with an Apply Now flow. Each Mastercard Foundation partner university sets its own application deadline.
15:36
Flat6Labs
Flat6Labs·accelerators·filed 15:36
Flat6Labs runs seed programmes across the Middle East and Africa with a rolling apply-now intake. Individual programme pages carry their own cohort deadlines.
15:36
Ingressive Capital
Ingressive Capital·accelerators·filed 15:36
Ingressive Capital's application page is live for African early-stage startups seeking institutional investment.
15:36
Microtraction
Microtraction·accelerators·filed 15:36
Microtraction invests pre-seed capital in African technology entrepreneurs and keeps a live Typeform application open for founder submissions.
15:36
Harambeans Africa
Harambeans·grants·filed 15:36
Harambeans' application page states a regular admission deadline of 31 Oct 2026 (early admission was 30 Sept 2026). The alliance pairs African founders with seed funding and follow-on capital.
15:36
Hackathon 2026 Challenge
TechHub Africa LLC (DoraHacks)·hackathons·filed 15:36
A virtual Africa-focused hackathon on DoraHacks with a submission deadline of 18 Dec 2026 and a pre-recorded demo plus GitHub repository required.
15:43
Junior Product Manager
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Junior product management role at Canonical, home-based in EMEA (a region that includes Nigeria).
15:43
Graduate Sales Development Representative
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Graduate go-to-market role at Canonical, open worldwide and home-based. Paid full-time position.
15:43
Ubuntu Sales Engineer (Entry-Level)
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Entry-level technical role combining Linux engineering and sales, open worldwide and home-based.
15:43
Graduate Customer Success Manager
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Graduate-level customer success role at Canonical, open worldwide and home-based. Paid full-time position.
15:43
Junior Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Junior kernel engineering role on Ubuntu, home-based worldwide. Listed as open on Canonical's ATS.
15:43
Junior Ubuntu Software Engineer
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Entry-level software engineering role on Ubuntu, open worldwide and home-based. Paid full-time position.
15:43
Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux (Ubuntu)
Canonical·internships·filed 15:43
Canonical's graduate software engineering programme works on Ubuntu and open source, home-based worldwide. Open on Canonical's Greenhouse board.
15:42
Senior Backend Developer (Python)
Proxify·remote·filed 15:42
Proxify is recruiting senior Python backend contractors on a worldwide-remote basis. Listing is on We Work Remotely with the employer's own apply flow.
15:42
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Toggl·remote·filed 15:42
Toggl's remote-first engineering team is hiring a Senior Full Stack engineer with a worldwide location tag. Posted on Toggl's own Ashby board.
15:42
Associate Linux Support Engineer
Canonical·remote·filed 15:42
Entry-level support engineering role at Canonical, open worldwide and home-based.
15:42
Distributed Systems Engineer
Canonical·remote·filed 15:42
Canonical is hiring a Distributed Systems Engineer on a worldwide home-based contract.
15:42
Developer Relations Engineer
Canonical·remote·filed 15:42
Developer relations role at Canonical, home-based in EMEA (a region Nigerian applicants fall inside).
15:42
Community Engineer
Canonical·remote·filed 15:42
Canonical is hiring Community Engineers at several seniority levels, worldwide home-based.
15:42
Cloud Support Engineer
Canonical·remote·filed 15:42
Worldwide home-based support engineering role at Canonical. Live on the company's ATS.
15:42
Cloud Field Engineer
Canonical·remote·filed 15:42
Canonical hires worldwide-remote and lists Cloud Field Engineer as a home-based role. Open on Canonical's Greenhouse board.
15:37
StudentOffers.co directory
StudentOffers.co·student-deals·filed 15:37
StudentOffers.co indexes several hundred student discounts by category (AI and machine learning, cloud and hosting, development tools, productivity, design), each with a claim link.
15:37
Microsoft 365 Education
Microsoft·student-deals·filed 15:37
Microsoft's education page covers free Office/Microsoft 365 access for students at qualifying schools, with availability set by the institution's licence.
15:37
Autodesk Education
Autodesk·student-deals·filed 15:37
Autodesk provides free education access to its design and engineering software for students and educators, renewable while enrolled.
15:37
Cursor for Students
Cursor·student-deals·filed 15:37
Cursor offers students free access to its AI code editor through a dedicated students page.
15:37
Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors
Microsoft·student-deals·filed 15:37
Microsoft's Student Ambassadors programme gives accepted students access to Azure credits, Microsoft 365 and certification vouchers, plus community resources.
15:37
MongoDB Student Pack
MongoDB·student-deals·filed 15:37
MongoDB's Student Pack bundles Atlas database credits, free certification exams and learning paths for verified students.
15:37
OpenAI Researcher Access Program
OpenAI·ai-credits·filed 15:37
OpenAI's Researcher Access Program application form is live and offers API credits to researchers using its products for study and evaluation work.
15:37
GitHub Copilot Free
GitHub·ai-credits·filed 15:37
GitHub Copilot's plans page documents the free tier and the free student tier available to verified students via GitHub Education.
15:37
Google AI Pro / AI Plus for students
Google·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Google's student offer gives free access to its premium AI plans for 12 months, with a stated redeem-by date of 31 December 2026 on the offer page.
15:37
Nebius for Startups
Nebius·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Nebius runs a startup programme providing GPU cloud capacity for AI startups, with an open application page.
15:37
Vercel for Startups
Vercel·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Vercel's startup programme offers platform credits and support for early-stage teams, with an open application page.
15:37
DigitalOcean Hatch
DigitalOcean·ai-credits·filed 15:37
DigitalOcean's Hatch programme gives eligible startups cloud credits and technical support. Applications require a registered team account with a company email.
15:37
Cloudflare Startup Program
Cloudflare·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Cloudflare's startup programme provides up to $350,000 in credits for a year across its developer platform and network, with an Apply now flow.
15:37
Neon Credits for Startups
Neon·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Neon offers startup credits usable across Neon and Databricks, with an open Apply Now page.
15:37
Modal startup credits
Modal·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Modal's startup programme offers free GPU credits, technical support and community access through an open Apply Now form.
15:37
Claude for Startups
Anthropic·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Anthropic's Claude for Startups programme has an open Apply now flow and includes API credit provisioning plus office hours with its Applied AI team.
15:37
Microsoft for Startups
Microsoft·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Microsoft for Startups provides Azure credits and access to Microsoft AI services for eligible startups. Applications are open year-round.
15:37
Google for Startups Cloud Program
Google Cloud·ai-credits·filed 15:37
Google's startup programme provides Google Cloud and Firebase credits — $2,000 for early MVPs and up to $350,000 for AI-first startups — with a rolling Apply now flow.
15:37
Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM)
European Commission / EACEA·scholarships·filed 15:37
The official Erasmus Mundus catalogue lists funded joint master's programmes, each setting its own application deadline (most open in autumn for the following September intake). Applications go to the individual programme consortia.
15:37
UAE Golden Visa
UAE Government (ICP)·visas·filed 15:37
The UAE Government's official portal explains the Golden Visa categories, including specialised talent and entrepreneur tracks, and how to apply.
15:37
Japan Digital Nomad Visa (Designated Activities)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan·visas·filed 15:37
Japan's MOFA page sets out the "Designated Activities" digital nomad status: a six-month, non-extendable stay for remote workers meeting the income and insurance conditions.
15:37
Netherlands Start-up Visa
Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)·visas·filed 15:37
The IND's official page covers the one-year Dutch residence permit for start-up founders working under a recognised facilitator.
15:37
Spain Digital Nomad Visa (Telework)
Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs·visas·filed 15:37
Spain's official consular page sets out the residence visa for teleworking: remote work for non-Spanish companies, with a degree or three years' experience. Applications are made at the Spanish consulate covering the applicant's residence.
15:36
Portugal Digital Nomad Visa (D8)
Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs·visas·filed 15:36
Portugal's official visa portal documents the temporary-stay and residence visas for remote work ("digital nomads"), including the income test of four Portuguese minimum wages. Requirements are listed on the MFA visa site.
15:36
Germany Opportunity Card (Chancenkarte)
German Federal Foreign Office·visas·filed 15:36
Germany's Opportunity Card is applied for through the Federal Foreign Office Auslandsportal, the official online visa portal. The page loads as the Auslandsportal entry point for the Chancenkarte.
15:36
UK Innovator Founder Visa
UK Home Office·visas·filed 15:36
The Innovator Founder route is the UK's founder visa for endorsed business ideas, with no minimum investment requirement. Official GOV.UK guidance page.
15:36
XRPL Program by Brinc
Brinc / XRP Ledger·accelerators·filed 15:36
Brinc's XRPL accelerator programme is open for applications and links a live Airtable application form. Focus areas include DeFi, real-world asset tokenisation and payments.
15:36
Techstars
Techstars·accelerators·filed 15:36
Techstars' global application portal is open and accepts applications across its accelerator network year-round, with per-programme cohort dates.
15:36
Y Combinator — Winter 2027 Batch
Y Combinator·accelerators·filed 15:36
YC is accepting applications for the Winter 2027 batch (Jan–Mar, San Francisco), with an on-time deadline of 2 Nov 2026. Standard deal terms apply.
15:36
Vaultline Security Audit Grants for Colosseum Projects
Vaultline (Superteam Earn)·grants·filed 15:36
Vaultline is funding security audits of up to 4,000 USDC each for Colosseum projects, with a deadline of 31 Oct 2026 on Superteam Earn.
15:36
Ethereum Foundation Ecosystem Support Program (ESP)
Ethereum Foundation·grants·filed 15:36
ESP funds open-source work that strengthens Ethereum's foundations, with a rolling application process plus office hours and RFPs. Applications are submitted through the ESP portal.
15:36
Arbitrum Foundation Grants
Arbitrum Foundation·grants·filed 15:36
Arbitrum Foundation grant applications are open and approved on a rolling basis, currently accepting dApps and infrastructure/tools. Applications run through Questbook.
15:36
Solana Foundation Grants
Solana Foundation·grants·filed 15:36
Solana Foundation grant applications are reviewed on a rolling basis for developer tooling, payments and infrastructure. The page links the live Airtable application form.
15:36
Stellar Community Fund — SCF #46
Stellar Development Foundation·grants·filed 15:36
The Stellar Community Fund awards up to $150,000 in XLM to teams building on Stellar. Round SCF #46 has a submission deadline of 8 Nov 2026.
15:36
AlgoBharat Regional Hackathons
Algorand (DoraHacks)·hackathons·filed 15:36
Algorand's regional hackathon series on DoraHacks has a 31 Dec 2026 submission deadline and virtual submissions.
15:36
Code for Humanity
Code for Humanity (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
Long-running social-impact build challenge with submissions open until 15 Jan 2027.
15:36
DSH Hacks V2
DSH (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
Online hackathon advertising over $100,000 in prizes, submissions open until 15 Nov 2026.
15:36
AWS Communication Developer Services Agentic AI Partner Hackathon
Amazon Web Services (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
AWS hackathon on agentic AI built on its communication developer services, $40,000 in prizes, closing 28 Oct 2026.
15:36
Qloo Agentic Hackathon
Qloo (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
Agentic-AI hackathon with $25,000 in prizes, open until 30 Oct 2026.
15:36
OpenCV AI Competition 2026, powered by AWS
OpenCV / AWS (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
Computer-vision competition with $20,250 in prizes, submissions closing 27 Oct 2026.
15:36
PayPal AI Hackathon
PayPal (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
PayPal's online AI hackathon runs to 12 Nov 2026 with $67,500 in prizes. Open on Devpost.
15:36
Nebius x NVIDIA Global AI Hackathon
Nebius / NVIDIA (Devpost)·hackathons·filed 15:36
Global online AI hackathon with $50,000 in prizes, submissions closing 30 Oct 2026. Listed as open on Devpost.
Filed and closed — kept in the archive
- Build, Ship, Shape: Amazon Developer HackathonClosed 23 Oct
- University of the People (tuition-free degrees)Closed 22 Oct
- UnivaBioClosed 20 Oct
- Commonwealth Master's Scholarships (2027/28)Closed 20 Oct
- Arc Microgrants (Circle)Closed 14 Oct
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship (2027/8 entry)Closed 14 Oct
- Mandela Washington Fellowship 2027 (YALI)Closed 13 Oct
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