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Start Up Energy Transition

SET Award 2027, Start Up Energy Transition

A global competition for energy and climate tech startups with €10,000 in equity-free prize money, a place on the SET List 2027 and a funded finalist trip to Berlin for the jury meeting.

Eligibility: Energy and climate tech startups driving the global energy transition, open worldwide

Deadline

November 30, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

The award page invites startups to compete for €10,000 in equity-free prize money, and the circulating card records a €10K equity-free prize for each category winner.

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

OPEC Award for Research 2027: EUR 10,000 for an Outstanding Oil and Energy Researcher

The OPEC Secretariat has opened nominations for the 2027 OPEC Award for Research, a prize of EUR 10,000 plus a memento for an individual researcher whose work has advanced knowledge of the petroleum industry and oil related issues. Individuals, institutions and organizations anywhere in the world may nominate a candidate. Only nominations received by 30 November 2026 are considered, and the award is presented at the 10th OPEC International Seminar in Vienna on 7 and 8 July 2027.

Eligibility: The nominee must be an individual researcher, well known in the energy industry and/or academia

Deadline

November 30, 2026

Location

Africa

Funding or benefit

The winner receives a monetary prize of EUR 10,000 and an appropriately prestigious memento, presented at the 10th OPEC International Seminar in Vienna on 7 and 8 July 2027. There is no fee to submit a nomination.

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UNDP Nigeria, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation

Young Africa Innovates Cohort 2, UNDP Nigeria and Mastercard Foundation

A free, sector-agnostic youth innovation programme run by UNDP Nigeria with the Mastercard Foundation across seven states for 2026 and 2027: Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Katsina, Niger, Plateau and Taraba. If you are aged 18 to 35 and live in one of those seven states, you can take your solution through Bootcamp, Incubation and Market Access, the same pathway that moved 1,348 solutions through Bootcamp and incubated 205 ventures in Cohort 1. Applications opened on 1 September 2026 and close on 18 November 2026.

Eligibility: You are aged 18 to 35 at the time of application

Deadline

November 18, 2026

Location

Nigeria

Funding or benefit

No application fee. Support comes as in-state Bootcamp training, hands-on incubation, mentorship and connection to markets, capital and partners.

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