African Climate Innovation Challenge

Objectives

Helping African communities build resilience and adapt to the adverse effects of climate change locally.

Empowering youth and local communities in Africa by providing  skills, and tools and knowledge they need to create local impact.

Integrational knowledge sharing: bringing together local traditional practices with scientific or modern methodologies.

Addressing and solving climate challenges through entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa.

Eligibility

Before applying, make sure your team is willing and able to commit to the requirements of ACIC.

Your startup should be a team of at least 2 people. Applications from startups with less than 2 people will not be considered.

Although not required, we specifically want to encourage female-led teams and teams with 40% – 50% female participants to apply.

All the members of your team must be of African descent and based in Africa.

Your startup must be focused around climate change mitigation and/or climate change adaptation.

Your start-up should be atleast at the prototype or MVP stage. We will not consider projects still at the early or ideation stage

All members of your team must be between 18 and 35 years old.

All members of the team must have a good mastery of either English or French

Benefits

Up to USD 10,000 in prize money for winning startups to directly implement their innovative start-up ideas in their communities.

Tailor-made curriculum for all participants to further develop their startups.

Pitch your startup and solutions at a gathering of major climate stakeholders and an international audience.

Join the young Africans creating impact in their communities.

Apply now