Call for Applications for Innovate Ghana Challenge 2025 Innovation Challenge, The global energy landscape is undergoing a rapid transformation. As climate change accelerates and energy demands surge, nations across the globe are grappling with how to build cleaner, more resilient, and equitable energy systems. Both Germany and Ghana—despite their vastly different infrastructure and economic contexts—face urgent and overlapping challenges: integrating renewables into national grids, improving energy efficiency in homes and industries, expanding clean cooking access, and ensuring equitable access to modern energy services.

Germany, a global leader in renewable energy, faces growing complexity in managing decentralized energy flows and ensuring grid stability. Ghana, on the other hand, continues to navigate energy access gaps, unreliable grids, and a heavy reliance on fossil fuels and biomass. These shared challenges call for bold, locally grounded, and globally scalable innovations. This innovation challenge invites Ghanaian thinkers, makers, and entrepreneurs to imagine and prototype energy solutions that work for both Ghanaian and German futures.

Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the full details and submit their applications before the specified deadline to seize this grant opportunity.

Last Date of Submission: 15^th October 2025

Focus Areas

(Call for Applications for Innovate Ghana Challenge 2025 Innovation Challenge)

Innovators are invited to submit ideas in the following areas:

1. Decentralized Renewable Energy Systems

• Offgrid solar, microgrids, hybrid systems
• Community or cooperative energy models

2. Energy Storage & Grid Resilience

• Affordable, locally sourced battery solutions
• Smart grid systems for urban and rural contexts

3. Sustainable Cooking Technologies

• Electric, solar, or biogas-based alternatives to biomass

4. Energy Efficiency in Buildings and Industry

• Passive cooling, low-cost insulation, smart devices
• Circular materials for construction

5. Green Mobility and EV Infrastructure

• Low-cost electric mobility for urban/rural areas
• Innovative EV charging models

6. Waste to Energy Solutions

• Thermochemical solutions include incineration (combustion), gasification

(using controlled oxygen), and pyrolysis (heating without oxygen).

• Biochemical e.g. anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
• Landfill gas recovery captures naturally occurring methane from decomposing waste in landfills.

Eligibility

(Call for Applications for Innovate Ghana Challenge 2025 Innovation Challenge)

The challenge is open to:

• Ghanaian individuals, startups, student teams, academics, researchers, and early stage businesses.
• Teams must be based in Ghana but may collaborate with international partners. Maximum 3 participants per team.
• Participants must have a bachelor’s degree or TVET certificate to validate experience in the area of innovation.
• All finalists must be willing to relocate to Germany to develop their ideas further in collaboration with the University of Koblenz and affiliated partners.
• Preference will be given to ideas that demonstrate feasibility, impact, and potential for replication in both Ghana and Germany.

Challenge Timelines

• Oct 15 – Nov 15: Open call for submissions (concept notes or prototypes)
• Oct 21 – Kick-Off workshop in Accra (hybrid)
• Nov 15 – Dec 15: Mentorship & prototype development phase (bootcamp sessions, technical support)
• Jan Ending: Final pitch event + announcement of winners Awards & Support

Finalists will receive:

• Mentorship from leading energy experts, engineers, and business coaches in Ghana and Germany.
• Technical support to develop and test prototypes from University of Koblenz and Innovate Labs.

• A chance to enter the EXIST Startup Grant Program in Germany. Winners will be fast-tracked to apply for the EXIST Business Startup Grant, which supports early-stage startups emerging from academic environments with funding (up to 10,000 Euros, stipend), mentoring, and startup infrastructure in Germany for 1 year.

How to apply?

(Call for Applications for Innovate Ghana Challenge 2025 Innovation Challenge)

The applications for the Challenge may be submitted through this link.

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