Youth-led Adaptation Solutions

Young business leaders in Africa are bringing the innovation and action needed to address the climate crisis. Here are examples of youth-led businesses that are leading the response to the climate emergency, empowered to scale their adaptation businesses as part of the African Youth Adaptation Solutions Challenge (YouthADAPT Challenge).

Zero Waste Champions: How YouthADAPT Entrepreneurs are Building Resilience

29 March 2024

Gloria Gowal, Aramide Abe, Kouassi Emmanuel Kouadio, and Xianfu Lu

Investing in Women: Eight Women-led Businesses Pioneering Climate Adaptation Innovation in Africa

8 March 2024

Celine Novenario, Aramide Abe and Edith Ofwona Adera

YouthADAPT Challenge Winner Ecobarter: Transforming Waste into Value to Combat Urban Flooding in Nigeria

23 January 2024

Shirlyn Kimani

Water Security: How one YouthADAPT winner is driving sustainable water, energy and irrigation technologies in Malawi 

6 November 2023

Sara Diaz

Empowering Farmers with Data: AgriTech Analytics’ Impact on Smallholder Agriculture

31 October 2023

Shirlyn Kimani

Innovation Verte au Sahel : Comment l’Entreprise IPREN, Dirigée par un Jeune, est à l’Origine d’une Révolution Agricole Numérique

31 October 2023

Elena Draganov

Green Innovation in the Sahel: How Youth-led Enterprise IPREN is Driving a Digital Agriculture Revolution 

31 October 2023

Elena Draganov

This Youth-led Social Enterprise is Making Management and Finance Accessible to Zambia’s Smallholder Farmers

5 October 2023

Sorcha Fitzpatrick

Tackling food insecurity through education: How one YouthAdapt winner is empowering Ghanian farmers to embrace sustainable agriculture practices

23 June 2023

Sorcha Fitzpatrick and Tom Perryman

Youth-led Enterprise uses AI to Build Climate Resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

31 May 2023

Thomas Chakrabarti

Climate Resilient Agriculture and Community Empowerment in the Central African Republic: The Inspiring Story of Initiative Noah

31 May 2023

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

How One Young Entrepreneur Uses Compost to Tackle Climate Change in Benin: An Interview with INNOV Tech’s CEO

31 May 2023

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

Farming Communities Embrace Climate-smart Agricultural Solutions to Maximize Yields in Kenya

24 April 2023

Tom Perryman

How One Nigerian Enterprise is Tackling the Global Plastic Plague, One Shoe at a Time

21 April 2023

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

Equipping Nigerian Farmers with Drought-Resistant Technology – A Woman-Led Approach

10 February 2023

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

Empowering Women in Agriculture: Nigerian Company uses Hydroponics to Revolutionize Food Growth and Distribution

1 February 2023

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

Woman-led Cameroon Startup tackles Climate Change through Sustainable Agriculture

30 January 2023

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni

Spotlight on a YouthADAPT Winner: How a Waste Management Company in Cameroon Uses Drones to Reduce Flood Risk

11 January 2023

“As a microenterprise, winning the YouthADAPT challenge means a lot to us”: Kimplanter’s Carolyne Mwangi reveals how YouthADAPT helped her company grow

24 October 2022

Gabriela Díaz Musmanni