The 2018 EDF Pulse Africa Awards

EDF is exporting its Innovations Awards in Africa with the ambition to support and assist African innovators, those really playing a role in energy development.

In an often difficult and challenging context, the innovation culture has emerged and is bringing out some useful energy solutions to Africans. EDF wants to rely on this powerful local resource to improve electricity access and build with, the future of energy in Africa. This is the reason why the company launches the first edition of « EDF Pulse Africa ».

For this edition, there will be awarded 3 prizes for the best innovative projects submitted by participants (African strat-up, micro companies and SME) , and applicables to the following areas:

• Off-grid eletricity production: any innovation that produces and/or stores electricity off grid
• Electricity services and usages: any service that enables to expand electrification and any innovative product with low power consumption; recoverable by users of electricity services
• Water access: any innovative solution that improves access to water through electricity ( agriculture, drinking water)