- Grant Amount – up to €20,000
- Deadline – June 15, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The RES4Africa Foundation and Strathmore University, with the Enel Foundation, have launched the Open Call for the €20,000 inaugural edition of wAtt-boost – Youth Power Start Up in Africa.
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This initiative includes both pre-acceleration and acceleration programs tailored for startups and entrepreneurs in the renewable energy sector in Africa.
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wAtt-boost aims to nurture and expand renewable energy-focused businesses within Africa’s startup ecosystem. They support both emerging and established entrepreneurs in the African renewable energy sector, helping them develop and grow their enterprises.
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Categories
- Pre-Accelerator Program:
- The Pre-Accelerator program is meant for aspiring entrepreneurs and startups in the early stages of developing a business idea, aiming to craft and validate their business plan, create a minimum viable product (MVP), and establish functional market access.
- Accelerator Program:
- The Accelerator program is meant for entrepreneurs and startups seeking market validation and business expansion, aiming to develop a bankable product, finalise a robust team, build an expansive business network, and solidify a recurring clientele.
Modules
The Training is composed of two modules:
- Specific lectures from the NewGen Renewable Energy Accelerator, a program owned and carried out by IRENA with the support of EF, scheduled between June and July 2025;
- An ad-hoc training module run by RES4Africa addressing the peculiarities of the evolving African electricity markets.
Funding Information
- As a key component of the wAtt-boost program, participants will have the possibility to compete for two awards of 10,000.00 euros each.
- The final award of up to 20,0000,00 €, with 10,000,00 € for each of the two Winners, is contingent upon the full completion of the wAtt-boost program and acceptance of the provisions set forth in this document, as well as the Application Form, which forms an integral part of it.
Eligibility:
Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Entrepreneurs must be between 18 and 35 years old
- The solution should address the African market
- Ownership: either the entrepreneur must possess African citizenship or the startup must be registered in Africa
- The startup must be registered for at least 1 year and operate in the renewable energy and electrification realm (among the others, potential domains may include, but are not limited to, artificial intelligence (AI), grids and infrastructure, climate adaptation and mitigation, clean cooking, electric mobility, agrivoltaics,)
- The entrepreneur must have proficiency in English, demonstrated by either being a native speaker, holding a CAE (Certificate in Advanced English), or having a degree completely taught in English
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