The answer to humanity’s greatest challenges - the cure for cancer, the solution to climate change, the next energy revolution - is sitting in the mind of a young African today, perhaps somewhere in a rural village no one has ever heard of.

Reimagine Africa Foundation exists to accelerate innovation in Africa by incentivising innovators to tackle the continent’s greatest, most pressing challenges with bold ideas that can exponentially transform the continent’s fortune over the short and long term.

It’s perhaps the world’s worst kept secret that Africa holds untapped potential for transformative breakthroughs in some of humanity’s greatest problems in technology, sustainability, and social impact.

The Remimaging Prize is our flagship program to enable visionaries, builders, and innovators to create tangible, audacious solutions that 100X progress in critical areas such as energy, health, education, climate & sustainability, food and water resilience for Africa.

Our Vision

Reimagine Africa is our name, our mission, and our vision.

We envision a future where Africa is not only a participant in the global order but a hub for innovation in every field, driven by a new generation of problem-solvers, creators, and visionaries solving humanity’s greatest challenges.

We Believe

Bold Ideas Ignite Change: the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Talent is Evenly Distributed: The solutions to humanity's greatest challenges—energy, climate, health, and more—lie within African brains, waiting to be unleashed.

Action Needs Incentive: Big ideas only matter when they're brought to life. Turning bold visions into scalable, actionable solutions that deliver exponential impact requires the right incentives.

Our Focus

Prize Challenges: Design and host competitions that incentivize bold, transformative solutions by focusing on systemic problems and rewarding innovative ideas, prototypes, and scalable outcomes.

Youth Academic Competitions: Organize scholastic contests that engage young minds and nurture academic excellence across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.

Funding Education, Engineering, Research & Innovation: Provide scholarships, grants, and financial support to empower education initiatives, engineering projects, research endeavors, and innovative ventures throughout Africa.

The Reimagine Prize - Flagship

The Reimagine Prize is the Foundation’s premier initiative, offering high-impact monetary awards to innovators who present bold, scalable ideas. Through annual competitions, participants across Africa are challenged to develop solutions in energy, health, education, climate resilience, and beyond. Winners receive funding, mentorship, and partnership opportunities to pilot and expand their projects, turning visionary concepts into real-world impact.

The Reimagine Prize is inspired by our belief in African ingenuity. Prizes like the historic Orteig Prize, Darpa Grand Challenges, and the Ansari X-PRIZE have consistently proven that bold thinking, combined with the right incentives, can turn the impossible into reality.

The Reimagine Prize aims to build on this legacy by unleashing Africa’s ingenuity to solve challenges not just for the continent, but for humanity. By tackling problems in energy, education, health, agriculture, and the environment, we aim to position Africa as the world’s leading source of innovation and progress.

Join Us

Our entire raison d’etre is in our name – Reimagine Africa. We are looking for collaborators – donors, advisors, mentors, connectors, and mentors – to help us shape the future. We're looking for passionate, mission-driven people who believe in Africa's potential to change the world.