ICTs: AI, Mobile and Web

Information and Communication Technologies form the nervous system of modern society, shaping how people connect, transact, and participate. For Africa's innovators, they are not just tools but gateway to opportunity. At the ClubHouse, we welcome innovations that make ICTs more accessible and trustworthy—spanning from seamless trade to personal accounting and government services. We support work that empowers citizens to take part in decision-making, while advancing the algorithms and infrastructures that strengthen system

Ed-Tech

Learning is the seedbed of every innovation, and education is most powerful when it sparks curiosity. At the ClubHouse, we welcome innovations that make education more engaging, inclusive, and adaptive to Africa’s diverse realities. From classroom tools that simplify STEM learning to digital platforms that expand access in underserved schools, we champion solutions that widen opportunity and ignite imagination.

Through our STEM Inspiration Program for Kids and Teens, we see firsthand how young learners flourish when given the tools to experiment, explore, and create. We therefore support EdTech that equips students, teachers, and communities with pathways to discovery—empowering creativity, critical thinking, and lifelong participation in the knowledge economy.

Power, Electrification and Lighting

Power is the lifeblood of innovation and development. From lighting a child’s study desk in a rural village to powering the machines of industry, electrification is the foundation upon which futures are built. At the ClubHouse, we look beyond wires and grids to welcome bold innovations that reimagine how energy is harnessed, shared, and lived.

We invite solutions that make energy not only accessible, but also intelligent, resilient, and liberating. For us, every breakthrough in storage, distribution, and generation is more than technology—it is the unlocking of human potential, the widening of possibility, and the illumination of tomorrow— and maybe usher in new sources and systems altogether. In particular, we seek out for innovations that would accelerate the continent towards 100% electrification and contemporary lighting.

Ecosystem

Our civilisations can only run within our environments - whether on Planet Earth or beyond—these are the stage upon which every act of human progress unfolds. From fertile soils that anchor agriculture, to waters that nourish communities, to forests and landscapes that shelter countless forms of life—the environment is our oldest inheritance and our most enduring partner. To engage the environmental ecosystem is to acknowledge that human ingenuity and natural resilience belong to the same story.

At the ClubHouse, we welcome innovations that deepen harmony between people and the natural systems that sustain life. We encourage work that preserves vitality and enables communities to thrive in concert with it. Here, innovation is not about extraction or depletion, but about reciprocity, and the widening of possibility for both people and place.

Health

Health is civilisation’s most intimate frontier—the measure of how well a people can dream, work, and flourish. At the ClubHouse, we see health not only as the absence of illness but as the presence of vitality, dignity, and possibility. To innovate in health is to affirm life itself: that every body matters, every breath counts, and every breakthrough is an investment in humanity’s capacity to endure, to create, and to thrive.

We welcome innovations that strengthen care at every level—from community clinics to advanced medical research, from tools that make diagnosis simpler to systems that make treatment more accessible. We encourage technologies and approaches that empower caregivers, extend healing to the underserved, and restore agency to patients in their own wellbeing.

Moreover, we give special attention to eye-care, reconstructive surgery, rehabilitation, maternity and paediatrics.

Water & Sanitation

We must love water. It is more than a resource—it is life’s first medium, civilisation’s oldest companion, and humanity’s most enduring inheritance. At the ClubHouse, we celebrate water in all its forms: the springs and rivers that nourish us, the bodies that carry our journeys, and the countless ways it sustains life and possibility.

To innovate in water and sanitation is to affirm abundance where others see shortage, and to secure dignity where it has been denied. Water is not merely a commodity; it is the flow of life itself, and we seek discoveries that honour and extend its gift.

Yet we also confront the truth that scarcity has left many communities water-poor. We therefore welcome innovations that expand access and stewardship: from affordable recycling, reclamation, and harvesting, to new methods of purification and distribution that can be scaled up or down as needed. We ask bold questions—can oceans be unlocked in new ways? Can wastewaters be transformed into sources of renewal?

Art & Culture

Art and culture are not ornaments of society—they are its pulse, its memory, and its prophecy. At the ClubHouse, we embrace them as vital dimensions of innovation, where imagination finds expression and communities discover their voice. To innovate in art and culture is to recognise that progress is not only measured in machines and markets, but also in meaning. It is here that identity is shaped, solidarity is forged, and humanity remembers what it is striving for.

We welcome work that preserves heritage while daring to create the new: from traditional crafts reimagined for modern contexts, to digital platforms that carry local stories across borders, to performances and expressions that spark dialogue and belonging.

Enterprise

Enterprise is the engine through which ideas take form and futures are built. To innovate in enterprise is to affirm the dignity of work and the creativity of commerce. It is to empower people not merely to survive but to prosper, to shape their own destinies, and to weave their contributions into the shared fabric of civilisation.

At the ClubHouse, we welcome innovations that reimagine how people create, trade, and thrive—whether in bustling cities or rural marketplaces. We encourage ventures that lower barriers for small and growing businesses, open new avenues for trade, and equip entrepreneurs with tools to scale their impact. From digital marketplaces to novel business models, from community-based cooperatives to global-facing startups, we believe enterprise is where ingenuity meets opportunity.