The Chief Executive Officer of a renewable energy firm, All On, Caroline Eboumbou has said the firm’s hackathon was aimed to inspire and empower next generation of clean energy innovators in Nigeria.
Speaking during the celebration of a ”Decade of Impact with All On at 10 Hackathon,” the CEO stated that for the past ten years, the firm had invested in people, businesses, and partnerships that have been expanding access to clean energy across the country.
She described the All On Partnerships for Energy Access, as a foremost impact investment company in Nigeria’s energy access sector, giving young innovators the opportunity to develop practical solutions that will help shape the future of the energy sector.
She said as they celebrate a decade of expanding energy access across Nigeria, the Hackathon reflects its belief that the next decade of impact will be shaped not only by the investments it makes, but also by the innovators it inspires.
According to her, they aimed to achieve this by creating opportunities for young people to develop practical solutions to real-world challenges, which All On is helping build the talent, ideas, and leadership that will drive Nigeria’s clean energy future.
She described All On Partnerships for Energy Access as an independent impact investing company, which was seeded by Shell to catalyze the growth of Nigeria’s off-grid energy market to provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy for low-income households and small businesses.
It also provides debt and equity funding, as well as non-financial support, to Nigerian energy companies that align with its mission of closing Nigeria’s access-to-energy gap through renewable energy solutions.
As part of the anniversary, the firm brought together students from the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Lagos State University (LASU), and Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) among others for practical innovation in clean energy sector.
Participants were organized into six multidisciplinary teams, combining diverse skills and perspectives to design and pitch innovative clean energy solutions addressing challenges across healthcare, education, agriculture, fisheries, cold-chain logistics, and productive use of energy.
The company said the practical innovation was designed to encourage innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.
They challenged participants to develop solutions that were not only technically sound, but also commercially viable, financially sustainable, digitally enabled, and capable of delivering meaningful social impact.
During the competition, the team named “Current Creators”, which comprised of participants from each of the schools, emerged as the winning team with their concept called ColdLink, an integrated digital platform designed to improve the efficiency of renewable-powered cold-chain logistics.
They combined real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, fleet management, and energy performance tracking, the solution demonstrated how digital innovation can strengthen cold-chain operations, reduce post-harvest losses, and improve the long-term sustainability of clean energy-powered infrastructure.
