MTN-WWF Africa PachiPanda Challenge 2026 for youth-led SMEs (5,000 USD prize)

The MTN-WWF Africa PachiPanda Challenge 2026 is a contest open to youth-led SMEs across Sub-Saharan Africa. It aims to support innovative and sustainable solutions addressing environmental challenges, with a USD 5,000 prize for winners and a boot camp/pitch day as part of the programme. The initiative is a collaboration between MTN and WWF and forms part of MTN’s climate entrepreneurship initiative and WWF’s Africa Strategy.

USD 5,000 prize for winners; boot camp and pitch day event as part of the programme.

Open to youth-led SMEs across Sub-Saharan Africa; beneficiaries are typically young entrepreneurs with innovative environmental solutions.

Submit an online application via the MTN-WWF Africa PachiPanda Challenge portal.