Back to programs

Greenovate Challenge 2026

Key Information

Organisation

UN-Habitat & Partners

Status

Open

Application Deadline

15 Aug 2026

Program Type

Challenge

Amount

USD 10,000

About this Program

A youth-led challenge seeking innovative solutions for climate adaptation in urban Africa.

Benefits & What You Get

Funding for pilot implementation; technical assistance; global platform at World Urban Forum.

Eligibility

Youth groups or startups (under 35) in Africa.

Startups That Could Apply

See all

mPharma Ghana Reimagining African pharmacy

Ampersand Rwanda African electric moto pioneer

Kiira Motors Corporation East Africa's first solar bus

Union54 Zambia's fintech unicorn story

Zeepay Ghana Mobile money remittances for Africa

Hubtel Ghana Ghana's digital commerce pioneer

Related News

See all

The eNaira Was Never Going to Work, and Ghana Should Not Repeat Its Mistakes Less than 0.5 percent of Nigerians had used the eNaira by late 2023. By 2025, approximately 13 milli...

Stop Calling Them Neobanks: The Pan-African Retail Bank Has Arrived Kuda is now a nationally licensed Nigerian bank. FairMoney is a licensed microfinance bank with curr...

Why Nigeria's Open Banking Framework Will Underperform Its Promise Nigeria became the first African country to go live with formal open banking on 1 August 2025. The C...

Clean Cooking in Africa 2026: The 900 Million Access Gap and the Slow Transition From Wood to Clean Fuels Approximately 900 million Africans lack access to clean cooking fuels, relying on wood, charcoal, ke...