What is Initiate!

Initiate! is the beating heart of innovation and the very essence of Enlit Africa.

As a feature of Enlit Africa, Initiate! is a hub for bright minds, start-ups, innovators, utility professionals and students of the future to gather, discuss, share and pilot ideas with the more established professionals from the industry.

With the utility industry transforming, comes the opportunity for the next generation tech and young talent to play a major role in facilitating innovation and change. Initiate! is hosted during Africa’s most valuable end-to-end energy, power and water event, namely Enlit Africa. 

Initiate! is dedicated to accelerating change and boosting growth within the global power and energy industry.

Our purpose is to foster innovation by empowering and connecting the next generation of tech and talent. Together we stand for a just and fair energy transition.

Young Talent Challenge

We all know that the energy sector must fast-forward innovation – and that is the core purpose of Initiate!

It is a global movement that breeds talent, empowers next-gen energy entrepreneurs and creates impactful programs to move our industry forward. Founded in 2014, Initiate! brings together start-up’s, students, corporate executives, public sector innovators and investors around the world.