Applications open for 2026 Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award

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UK-based clean energy firm Octopus Energy has opened applications for the second edition of its Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award, which offers grant funding, mentorship and support to early-stage startups expanding clean power access across the continent. Run in partnership with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), and this year also supported by Nigerian solar company Salpha Energy, the Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award will select three winners to receive a grant to scale product development and deployment, as well as access to a mentorship programme and resources and visibility aimed at helping them unlock follow-on funding.

Applications open for 2026 Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award 0 By Tom Jackson on October 14, 2026 Events UK-based clean energy firm Octopus Energy has opened applications for the second edition of its Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award, which offers grant funding, mentorship and support to early-stage startups expanding clean power access across the continent. Run in partnership with the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), and this year also supported by Nigerian solar company Salpha [...] The post Applications open for 2026 Africa Energy Entrepreneurship Award appeared first on Disrupt Africa . The programme is open to startups based in Sub-Saharan Africa that are no more than five years old and have fewer than 20 full-time employees.