African Climate Innovators Invited to Apply for The Earthshot Prize 2025 – How To Apply
The Earthshot Prize (TEP) has officially opened entries for its 2025 cohort with MultiChoice once again being an official Africa nominator for TEP.
This follows a landmark year of record-breaking nominations and the first-ever awards ceremony held the African continent.
TEP seeks innovative solutions across five critical Earthshots: Protect and Restore Nature; Clean Our Air; Revive Our Oceans; Build a Waste-Free World; and Fix Our Climate.
This year’s cycle saw an unprecedented surge in nominations, with over 2,000 entries received from 139 countries, demonstrating a growing global momentum for environmental innovation.
The star-studded awards ceremony, held in Cape Town, South Africa was broadcast live to millions of people across the continent by MultiChoice, the official African broadcast partner of TEP. The ceremony celebrated several African-led initiatives, including the Green Africa Youth Organisation (GAYO) (Ghana) who was the winner of the Clean Our Air Earthshot, GAYO is tackling air pollution with its innovative “Zero Waste Model”.
Keep IT Cool (Kenya) was also the winner of the Build a Waste-Free World Earthshot, Keep IT Cool is revolutionising food preservation for small-scale farmers and fishers with its sustainable refrigeration systems.
These winners, along with all other TEP recipients, exemplify the power of local solutions to address global challenges and contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Each winner receives £1 million in prize money to scale their impactful solutions.
TEP is inviting individuals, communities, businesses, and organisations across Africa and beyond to submit their ideas and technologies that can accelerate the transition to a sustainable future.
The Prize seeks solutions that are: Impactful: Demonstrating tangible positive effects on the environment, Inspiring: Motivating others to act and join the global movement for change and Inclusive: Benefitting communities and promoting equitable access to resources.
TEP said in a statement that it’s a beacon of hope in the face of the climate crisis, searching for the next generation of environmental pioneers who are developing innovative solutions to repair the planet.
At the heart of TEP’s mission is a determination to bring environmental solutions to scale as fast as possible, to reach the goal of protecting and restoring the planet by 2030.
The deadline for The Earthshot Prize 2025 entries is 4 December 2024. Applications can be done here.
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