Ghana hosts GAYO-DYEC 2026 as youth innovators drive Africa's green transition

Ghana hosts GAYO-DYEC 2026 as youth innovators drive Africa's green transition. The Green Africa Youth Organisation's Eco-Club Campus Chapters have launched initiatives to tackle unemployment, poverty, and ecological deterioration through a green entrepreneurship conference. The Developing Youth Ecopreneurs Conference (DYEC) has engendered innovations from young people in Africa to take action in addressing climate change and waste concerns through entrepreneurship.

The conference served as a transformative platform where young people from Ghana and other countries showcased their innovative projects aimed at solving some of the pressing concerns of climate change and waste management. The second edition of the conference was held at KNUST under the theme "Bridge, Build, Bankable: An Intergenerational Dealroom for Youth-Led Climate Enterprises for Africa's Green Transition." It drew over 600 in-person participants who engaged in keynote speeches, panel discussions, and interactive sessions. Baliqees Salaudeen-Ibrahim, Climate Director at GAYO, said ecopreneurship is unfolding in a rapidly changing world where challenges are growing more complex and that tackling these issues requires bold, innovative solutions.

Baliqees Salaudeen-Ibrahim explained that the theme frames DYEC 2026 as a platform to connect young climate innovators with investors and mentors, strengthen their capacity to scale, and prepare their ventures for investment to advance Africa's green transition. Kwame Nsiah-Apau, known professionally as Okyeame Kwame, said that climate change is not a doomsday prophecy but a chance for young people to drive solutions and build internationally competitive businesses. He added that global markets are already prepared to support such ventures.