For the first time ever, we brought The Earthshot Prize to Africa!
Taking place across five days of landmark events, Earthshot Week 2024 spotlighted groundbreaking environmental solutions. It brought together world-leading innovators, investors and philanthropists to drive forward the restoration and protection of our planet.
Earthshot Week centred around The Earthshot Prize Awards in Cape Town on 6 November where we celebrated the work of this year’s fifteen extraordinary Finalists and unveiled the Winners of The Earthshot Prize 2024.
Hosted by Billy Porter and Bonang Matheba, and featuring incredible performances from Lebo M, the Ndolvu Choir, and more, our fourth annual Awards show spotlighted climate innovators working on game-changing solutions across Africa. Their stories were made heard by millions across the planet.
Hosted by Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award winner Billy Porter and award-winning television presenter Bonang Matheba, the Awards featured some of the world’s biggest musicians, artists, athletes, and advocates.
And, for the first time, the Green Carpet pre-show was livestreamed on YouTube, hosted by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Nomuzi Mabena (AKA Moozlie).
Big ideas. Bold ambitions. Brilliant minds.
Meet the five incredible innovators who became Winners of The Earthshot Prize Awards 2024 in Cape Town.
Learn more about their game-changing solutions.
For all the best bits from the Awards Ceremony plus exclusive interviews from the Green Carpet, head to our YouTube Channel.
If you’re in the UK, The Awards is also available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
While Africa contributes the least to climate change, it feels its effects more than any other region.
There’s no shortage in Africa of the innovation needed to tackle these challenges – but there is a shortage of investment and opportunities to grow.
We have worked for over three years with our partners to build a collaborative platform that helps African innovators and storytellers scale. To date, we have received over 500 nominations from 38 different African countries, with over 750 nominees in total delivering positive impact on the continent. If every proven solution discovered so far were scaled or replicated, the environmental and human impact would be transformative, not only across Africa, but globally.
The demographics are clear. Africa is home to the fastest-growing young population in the world, meaning its youth will shape our future. We want to empower them with the accelerators, tools, education, support and funding to unlock their creativity and repair the planet.
So with all eyes on Africa during Earthshot Week, let’s rally global investment so that the pioneering solutions we see can speed to scale.
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We are hugely grateful to our partners, including our Founding Partners, without whom the Awards and activities around Earthshot Prize Cape Town 2024 could not take place.
