Build your skills. Find your community. Put your ideas to work.
YEEP connects young energy graduates with practical training, mentorship and industry attachment through Eenovators Limited.
Each cohort’s journey culminates at the World Energy Day Conference. Every year, YEEP finalists graduate on stage and present their energy projects to compete for the Energy Professional Awards — turning months of training and real facility work into national recognition.
It’s a tradition that has already produced award-winning work — including YEEP’s Innovative Energy Project of the Year at the AEE 2023 International Awards.
55 trainees · Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda
Commenced June 2024 and scaled to three countries. 77 youth were shortlisted; a hybrid 3-month Energy Management Training with examinations preceded industrial attachment from September 2024. 55 finalists are undergoing internship placement.
Full details →35 trainees · Kenya, Uganda
Commenced March 2022 with 35 young people from Kenya and Uganda. Rolled out in two phases — online coursework followed by industrial attachment at selected host facilities.
Full details →10 trainees · Kenya
Launched 19 January 2021 in partnership with GIZ under the Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) initiative. Ten young energy professionals assessed the energy footprint of nine agri-food facilities in Kenya and delivered efficiency recommendations.
Full details →YEEP fills the huge unemployment gap in the energy sector with practical, job-ready training.
University curricula leave graduates needing practical skills for specific energy jobs. YEEP supplies them.
High-value certifications (CEM, CEA) are expensive. YEEP offers upskilling at no cost to the youth.
Capacity building through training, workshops and attachment creates pathways to employment and entrepreneurship.
“YEEP gave me the opportunity to learn electrical engineering. Applying what I was taught in class on the sites, and looking for measures to improve energy savings and efficiency, is exciting. The session on emotional intelligence has largely impacted my life.”
— Cindy, YEEP Trainee
“YEEP has taught me practical skills different from what we were taught in campus. Essential skills have been of impact — now I know how to write great application letters and CVs, and I communicate and interact with people better. It is an amazing experience.”
— Nelson, YEEP Trainee
The Youth in Energy Empowerment Programme is an internship programme run by Eenovators Limited that equips energy graduates aged 21–30 with practical skills, training and industry attachment — to position them for employment and to drive behavioural change in the energy industry.
Nothing. YEEP is offered at no cost to the youth. It exists precisely because the high-value training most beneficial to young energy professionals is otherwise expensive and out of reach.
Young energy professionals and graduates aged 21–30 across Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Each cohort runs a hybrid training phase followed by a 6-month industrial attachment.
Organisations can host YEEP interns, benefiting from fresh talent, reduced energy costs, and a graduate pipeline. See the "Host a Site" page.
Apply to the next cohort, or partner with us to host interns and build your talent pipeline.
