A youth platform built inside the rooms that move energy.
Powered by Africa Energy Technology Centre, AEYF is the dedicated youth, enterprise and policy platform of AETC 2027. It connects emerging African energy leaders with the institutions, markets and decision-makers that can accelerate their work.
2027 · Dates to be announced
Accra, Ghana
Close the distance between talent and opportunity.
Africa does not lack young people with ideas. The harder gap sits between a technically sound solution and the capital, procurement access, policy clarity and operating relationships required to scale it.
AEYF is structured around that gap. It brings selected youth-led ventures into a dedicated Innovation & Youth Pavilion, prepares them for serious investor conversations, connects them with established energy companies, and gives youth delegates a formal route into continental policy discussion.
Africa Energy Technology Centre is the organisation behind the Africa Energy Technology Conference and powers AEYF as its dedicated youth-facing platform. The forum therefore operates alongside AETC’s ministerial dialogues, executive sessions and deal-making environment. That proximity is intentional: youth participation should not sit at the edge of Africa’s energy conversation.
Discover Africa Energy Technology CentreA young continent. An investment gap. A practical opening.
These figures establish the context for AEYF; they are not claims of event impact.
Outcomes that survive the closing plenary.
Stronger enterprises
Founders leave with sharper financial models, credible ESG narratives and clearer market-entry decisions.
Real relationships
Introductions are structured around investment, procurement, technical partnership and mentorship, not networking for its own sake.
Youth-informed policy
Delegates convert lived experience and regional priorities into recommendations leaders can debate and act on.
Visible pathways
Students and early-career professionals see where energy careers are growing and what capabilities the industry needs.
Bring your work into the forum.
Choose the path that fits your role: innovator, youth delegate, speaker, exhibitor or strategic partner.