FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge 2026 – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2026

Applications are open for the FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge 2026. Westerwelle Startup Haus Mombasa and InexperiencedCape, in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF), invite innovators and entrepreneurs with economically viable inexperienced financial system options to enter the 2026 FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge. This thrilling Afri version expands the unique GreenPitch Challenge, operating yearly since 2017 in South Africa, into Southern and East Africa.

Enter your pre-development (registered, buying and selling and gross sales-producing – in search of funding) inexperienced enterprise answer to face an opportunity of pitching to a panel of esteemed judges and buyers at “shark tank-style” networking occasions, to be hosted in Kenya (Nairobi) and South Africa (Cape Town) in September 2026.

Prizes

The winner and finalists of the 2026 FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge will likely be awarded a variety of money and in-type prizes to the worth of ~$20,000. These will embody however aren’t restricted to:

• Cash prize (Winner)
• A full-day workshop to all finalists on funding methods hosted by RMB Ventures (All finalists).
• Mentoring assist 
• Access to a community of potential funders to speed up what you are promoting thought.

Eligibility

• Your inexperienced financial system answer ought to be positioned in one of many following inexperienced financial system sectors: Circular financial system and waste, renewable power, sustainable agriculture, sustainable mobility, water and wastewater.
• Your inexperienced financial system answer must be in no less than the pre-development (registered, buying and selling and gross sales-producing – in search of funding) section.
• Your enterprise will be primarily based inside the following nations: 
  • Botswana
  • eSwatini
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Namibia
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania

Application

Applications will shut on June 30, 2026. Finalists will likely be introduced on July 15, 2026.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to FNF Afri GreenPitch Challenge.