LEAP Africa, a trailblazer in youth management and social innovation, has introduced the twelfth version of its flagship Social Innovators Programme and Awards (SIPA), scheduled for November 25, 2025, at 4 Factors by Sheraton, Victoria Island,
Lagos.
The 2025 convening, themed “Africa as THE Sector: Maximising Prospects via Know-how, Finance, and Coverage,” will carry collectively over 200 innovators, policymakers, buyers, and personal sector companions from throughout the continent. SIPA 2025 goals to advance
youth-led innovation, foster cross-sector collaboration, and place Africa as a world hub for sustainable growth options.
The theme seeks to reimagine Africa not as an rising market however as a sector of innovation, progress, and risk. By exploring the intersections of expertise, finance, and coverage, SIPA
2025 will problem stakeholders to speed up programs change, unlock new pathways for inclusive prosperity, and amplify African ingenuity on the worldwide stage. The convening will focus
on driving tangible outcomes from funding in innovation ecosystems to stronger partnerships and coverage affect that allow youth-led transformation.
Talking on the importance of the theme, Kehinde Ayeni, Govt Director of LEAP Africa, famous, “Africa is just not a peripheral participant; it’s the sector of alternative, creativity, and transformation.
“At LEAP Africa, we’re intentional about positioning younger African innovators as architects of a redefined world order. Greater than a convening, SIPA is a motion that’s challenges us to imagine that Africa’s ingenuity can and should set the agenda for the longer term.”
Since its inception in 2013, SIPA has introduced stakeholders collectively on impression investing and moved the dialog from Hype to Influence.
“Subsequently, SIPA 2025 guarantees an immersive expertise, together with a Pre-Convention Mixer connecting funders, innovators, and ecosystem
leaders; a Accomplice Breakfast Dialogue designed to spark collaboration; and an Interactive Answer Lab centered on unlocking alternatives via expertise, finance, and coverage
innovation.
This yr’s convention will function distinguished audio system, together with Elhadji Malick SOUMARE, Deputy Chief of Occasion, Entrepreneuriat & Investissement, Senegal; Ms Naomi Emeka Nwokolo,
Govt Director, UN World Compact Community Nigeria; Ruby Igwe, Nation Director, ALX Africa; Abimbola Ogundare, Chief Working Officer, Deloitte Africa Consulting; and Karina Karunwi/Awa Daffe, Regional Head, ANDE West Africa and Francophone.
Over the previous decade, SIPA convenings have served as a platform for collaboration, connecting younger changemakers with mentors, buyers, and enablers who proceed to form Africa’s innovation panorama. To date, the Social Innovators Programme has supported over 290 social
innovators, remodeling greater than 4 million lives throughout 15 African nations and producing over $6 million in funding and income.
The SIPA Awards Ceremony will shut the convening by celebrating excellence via classes such because the Excellent Innovator Award, the Social Influence Award, the Seyi
Bickersteth Award, and the Harmless Chukwuma Prize.
LEAP Africa invitations company organisations, growth businesses, and authorities establishments
to associate on SIPA 2025 by sponsoring the occasion, facilitating Answer Labs, and championing youth-led transformation throughout the continent.
