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April 2026

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Youth Energy Summit 2025

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YES! Connect

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The YES! mission is to electrify a continent of one billion people, by engaging 10% in the conversation. YES! has taken on the mission to build a network of 100 million people by 2035, creating a community for job creation, grass roots participation and knowledge sharing for the energy sector so vastly untapped human resources across Africa can flourish.

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How Is YES! Helping?

Awarded £400,000+ so far in travel grants for African youth, to our Youth Energy Summit & Youth Energy Days

Exposed thousands of job opportunities on the continent from our partners & beyond, to our network of African graduates.

Facilitated 10,000+ connections between employers, young entrepreneurs & graduates through our events and on our YES! Connect platform.

Empowered our YES! grant beneficiaries to build their businesses and give back to their local communities.

Don't Take it From Us - Hear From Our YES! Grant Beneficiaries:

Granny Lesiamang

Founder of Clauseph BioFuels

Botswana

I made a lot of connections and built a robust network from attending the YES! in Kenya. I was very motivated to work harder, to be more visible and be more driven just from seeing a lot of young people who were platformed as speakers and the incredible achievements they already had. Since April 2023, we have reached 450 more customers, and been in 7 more communities, which is 4X more customers than we had prior to YES! I was and am still motivated to do more, have a wider reach and impact, and perform equal to or greater than the young people I encountered at the YES! 2023.

Rebecca Agadumo

Assistant Project Manager, UNIDO Global Cleantech Innovation Program (GCIP), Nigeria

Nigeria

Aspiring to shape energy policy and drive sustainable change, I currently work for the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme, funded by GEF and implemented by UNIDO. I am driven by a profound vision: to illuminate Africa without compromising our environment. My goals include contributing to energy policy-making, ensuring clean, affordable, and reliable electricity for every African home. YES! has been a transformative catalyst in my journey. Surrounded by like-minded young individuals, I found the community I craved. This platform granted me invaluable insights into the energy sectors of diverse African countries.

EXPLORE MORE STORIES OF HOW YES! HELPED OUR GRANT BENEFICIARIES

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The Challenge

The challenge is not a competition, the challenge is not who will succeed first – the challenge is to electrify a continent & create the conditions for economic empowerment.

Africa is the world’s youngest and fastest-growing continent. By 2035, more young Africans will enter the workforce each year than in the rest of the world combined. If well-supported, this rising generation can be the driving force behind Africa’s economic transformation.

But the opportunity is at risk. Most of Africa’s 420 million youth (aged 15–35) face unemployment, informal work, or job insecurity — a missed chance to leverage one of the continent’s greatest assets.

With over half the population lacking access to electricity, investing in energy presents a double win: job creation and the power to fuel Africa’s growth.