By Nneka Nwogwugwu
Impact pioneers leadership programme on climate Tech entrepreneurship is open for its 2025 applications.
The programme gives tech enthusiasts opportunity to exchange experiences with an international network of peers and gain firsthand insights and experience from Sweden’s most successful Climate Tech entrepreneurship leaders and environments.
Impact Pioneers ’25 is a leadership programme that sets out to convene leaders and enablers working in organisations and networks seeking to promote the nurture and growth of local entrepreneurship and innovation.
The programme runs across 8 weeks, mixing weekly online sessions with a one-week onsite summit in Stockholm in October 2025.
Applicants from the following countries can apply :
AFRICA: Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia
ASIA: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
EUROPE: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, Türkiye
MENA: Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Ukrainian applicants who reside outside of Ukraine are also eligible to apply.
Objectives
The short-term programme objective of the programme is to strengthen capacity among leaders and enablers working in organisations and networks seeking to promote the nurture and growth of local Climate Tech entrepreneurship.
A central component of the programme is also networking across an international cohort of peers and with the Swedish ecosystem.
The longterm programme objective is connected the SDG 8, target 8.3, which includes promotion of activities and policies that support entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation to encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and mediumsized enterprises, ultimately contributing to job creation and sustainable economic, social and environmental development.
Benefits
Impact Pioneers’25 offers participants the opportunity to:
• Grow from the exchange of experiences with an international community of peers.
• Be supported and inspired by new insights from the Climate Tech Entrepreneurship and Innovation forefront, such as practical cases, tools and frameworks.
• Get first-hand experience of the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in Stockholm and Sweden, recognised as one of the leading ecosystems in the impact entrepreneurship domain.
• Build long-term relations with Swedish foreign missions as well as Swedish entrepreneurs and organisations that seek to expand international reach, growth and impact.
Eligibility Criteria
• The application is open to startups, tech and innovation hub founders and managers, University accelerator/incubator managers and public sector employees involved in work that supports Climate Tech entrepreneurship
• Be a citizen and resident of one of the 26 programme countries
• Work in an organisation or business systematically working to nurture and grow entrepreneurs.
• Have the mandate to develop new international partnerships for your organisation/business.
• Have a good working knowledge of both written and spoken English.
An applicant’s home organisation/business must also meet the following requirements:
• Be locally owned and based in one of the programme countries.
• Be somehow hosting/coaching (or be in the process of starting up hosting/coaching of) entrepreneurs with business ideas that are related to sustainability and green transition.
• Run the organization/business with focus on contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.
How to Apply
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The Impact Pioneers Leadership Programme on Climate Tech Entrepreneurship is accepting applications for 2025. This 8-week programme includes weekly online sessions and a one-week summit in Stockholm, providing tech enthusiasts an opportunity to engage with Sweden’s leading Climate Tech entrepreneurs and explore its innovation ecosystem. Open to applicants from select countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and MENA—particularly targeting leaders working in organizations that support local entrepreneurship and innovation—the programme aims to enhance leadership capacity and promote sustainable growth aligned with SDG 8.
Participants benefit from international networking, insights into Climate Tech scenarios, and exposure to Sweden’s entrepreneurship environment, fostering future collaboration with Swedish entrepreneurs and international growth. Eligibility criteria include being a startup founder, tech hub manager, or similar figures supporting Climate Tech entrepreneurship in the specified regions, with a good command of English. Organizations must be locally owned, focus on sustainability and support entrepreneurs related to green transitions. Applications can be submitted through the provided link.
