The NEF 10th Africa Energy Innovation Challenge 2025 is now open for applications, providing African youth with an incredible platform to showcase innovative energy solutions.
Organised by the Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF), this highly competitive challenge empowers young professionals to design and pitch projects that address pressing energy and sustainability challenges across the continent.
With a strong focus on youth employment, agribusiness, green manufacturing, and mobility, the challenge will spotlight Africa’s brightest innovators at the NEF 2025 Forum, which will take place in Lagos (July 8, 2025) and virtually on November 20, 2025.
Who Can Apply?
The challenge is open to young African professionals aged 18–35. Applicants must apply in teams of at least three members. To ensure gender balance, each team must include both male and female members.
Innovation Tracks
Applicants are invited to submit proposals under one of the following four thematic tracks:
- Powering Youth Employment & Job Creation – Developing energy solutions that expand youth opportunities.
- Energizing Agribusiness & Social Development – Innovations linking energy to agriculture and community development.
- Greening Local Manufacturing & Value Addition – Enhancing energy efficiency in local industries and production chains.
- CNG for Transport & Electrified Mobility – Clean energy mobility solutions for African cities and communities.
Prizes and Benefits
Successful applicants stand to gain:
