Microgrants Seed Global‑South Tech Talent

Small, targeted philanthropic awards (travel grants, training programs, early research funding) are establishing research and technical capacity across Africa and the Caribbean in areas from AI and robotics to bioengineering and energy policy. These microgrants function as low‑cost talent bets that can create locally rooted technical leaders, research networks, and policy expertise over a decade. — If this funding model scales, it will reshape where technical expertise and innovation capacity are located, altering migration pressures, national tech strategies, and global competition for talent.