Energy Week 2025
Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition
Register to watch the final round of the competition!
Graduate students across the globe are currently working on developing business models for a bitcoin mining firm enabling energy access in rural Africa.
🌍 7 countries represented
🏛️ 44 universities participating
👥 57 teams registered
🙌 245 participants in total
The Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition, now in its 13th year, is sponsored by the Duke Fuqua MBA Energy Club and the James E. Rogers Energy Access Project at Duke University. The competition is part of Energy Week at Duke which brings industry experts, community organizers, and government officials, and students to discuss the energy-climate nexus and explore the ways in which energy both contributes to climate change and can be a major solution.
Register to watch the Final Round!
Support our finalists as they present their business models promoting off-grid energy access solutions — and enjoy a networking lunch with the judges.
Join the finalist teams and expert judges from the energy industry, academia and Gridless (this year’s contest partner) for the Final Round of the competition on November 4th from 9 a.m. – 2:30 pm at The Fuqua School of Business. Lunch will be provided! Spots are limited for the networking lunch—register to save your spot!
The contest connects students, academia, and industry in pursuit of unconventional business-based solutions that expose unrecognized opportunities with positive social and environmental impact. Student teams will tackle a real-world energy business challenge, with a total of $15,000 in prizes awarded to the winning student teams.
This year, we are partnering with Gridless, an African company that is helping mini-grids become viable off-grid energy access solutions using bitcoin mining. In addition to the chance to win almost $15,000 in prize money, participants will gain practical experience developing business models for future growth plans while tackling the challenge of stranded power in mini-grids in developing countries.
Round 2 teams have been selected, and judges are currently scoring to determine the finalists.
- Logistical questions can be directed to casecompetition@duke.edu.
Case Competition Schedule
August 26 - September 10, 2025
Case Registration Opens
September 12, 2025
Case Released to All Registered Teams
September 24, 2025
Round 1 Closes
October 5, 2025
Round 1 Results Released, Round 2 Information Released
October 17, 2025
Round 2 Closes
October 26, 2025
Round 3 Finalists Announced
November 4, 2025
Final Round Presentation During Energy Week
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Questions?
casecompetition@duke.edu