Call For Applications: Climate Launchpad Green Business Ideas Competition 2025 For African Entrepreneurs
ClimateLaunchpad is the world’s largest competition for green business ideas. Innovation and invention can lead the way to a clean future.
The Climate Launchpad competition is your ticket to global success. Provided you have a green business idea and have what it takes to become an entrepreneur. Your idea can be an innovation in renewable energy, a sustainable transition in the food chain, a mind shift in urban mobility, or any other way to tackle climate change.
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Themes
The selected themes for this year:
- Adaptation & Resilience
- Blue Economy
- Circular Economies
- Clean Energy
- Food Systems
- Sustainable Mobility
- Urban Solutions
- The Next Big Thing
Requirements
- Anyone with a promising cleantech idea who dreams of becoming an entrepreneur should join. You can be a new start-up, SME, researcher, student, public organization, consultant, engineer, a combination of the above or something that doesn’t fit a job title.
- have not yet started a business or you started it less than two years ago;
- have no substantial revenue;
- you have attracted no more than €200,000 in investment;
Benefits
- The number one winner from each National Final and the Top-2 in each Regional Final will be awarded with a trip to Vienna, Austria for our Global Grand Final event.*
Program Details
Step 0: Mini-race
After your application teams are automatically invited first for participation in a CLP Mini-course to help National Leads to make a better selection or to prepare you for the Boot Camp.
Step 1: Boot Camp
The top teams chosen by our National Leads take part in the ClimateLaunchpad National program which kicks off with a multi-day digital Boot Camp. Our trainers will teach you all you need to know about jump-starting your business.
Step 2: Intensive coaching and National Finals
The Boot Camp is followed by a period of intensive coaching. You’ll perfect your pitch, value proposition and business model. After that, you’re ready to rock your National Final where you’ll pitch digitally for a National Jury.
Step 3: Regional Finals (online)
The top teams from each country go to the Regional Finals where they pitch in front of the region’s best and brightest.
The big prize? A bunch of new acquired skills & knowledge and networking opportunities to get your business thriving.
Step 4: Global Grand Final in Vienna, Austria (physical)
The top teams from each region process to the Global Grand Final to pitch it out in front of an expert panel.
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How it works
- To enter the competition, submit your idea or innovation with environmental impact. They’ll help you fast track that idea into a business and bypass all possible pitfalls along the way. You’ll learn how to get your idea funded and launched.
- Once you are selected to join ClimateLaunchpad, the Boot Camp and coaching sessions will help you develop your idea to a rock-solid plan. You will pitch this during the National Final and the Regional Finals.
- All entries will be reviewed and ideas that fit the bill of our competition get invited to join.
Timeline Application
Angola
- Deadline: July 7th 2025
- Boot Camp: July 21st 2025 – August 1st 2025
- National Final: August 22nd 2025
Green Carp
- Deadline: June 30th 2025
- Boot Camp: July 24th 2025 -July 26th 2025
- National Final: August 23rd 2025
Egypt:
- Deadline: April 30th 2025 app
- Boot Camp: May 22nd 2025 – May 24th 2025
- National FinalAugust 14th 2025
Ghana
- Deadline: April 30th 2025 app
- Boot Camp: May 20th 2025 – May 22nd 2025
- National Fina: July 17th 2025
Kenya
- Deadline: May 31st, 2025
- Boot Camp Group A: June 17th, 2025 – June 19th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group B: June 24t,h 2025 – June 26th, 2025
- National Final: August 14t,h 2025
Morocco
- Deadline appMay 31st 2025
- Boot Camp: To be determined
- National Final: To be determined
Mozambique–
- Deadline: April 27th, 2025
- Boot Camp May 14th 2025 – May 16th 2025
- National Final: July 12th, 2025
Namibia
- Deadline: July 7th 2025 app
- Boot Camp: July 21st, 2025 – August 1st 2025
- National Final: August 22nd, 2025
Nigeria
- Deadline: May 30th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group A: To be determined- June
- Boot Camp Group B: To be determined- June
- National Final: August 22nd, 2025
South Africa
- Deadline: April 11th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group A: May 6th, 2025 – May 8th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group B: May 14th, 2025 – May 16th, 2025
- National Final: July 23rd, 2025
Tanzania
- Deadline: May 31st, 2025
- Boot Camp Group A: June 17th, 2025 – June 19th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group B: June 24th, 2025 – June 26th, 2025
- National Final: July 30th, 2025
Uganda
- Deadline: May 16th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group B: June 2nd, 2025 – June 4th, 2025
- Boot Camp Group June 26th, 2025 – June 28th, 2025
- National Final: July 31st, 2025