Students
Active student participation turned the Festival into a space for learning, shared experience, responsibility and contact with real challenges.
ELEFANTES BAY
2026 partnership report
PT
Gold Sponsor · Academic Partner
To the university that brought knowledge into the field
Thank you,UPRA.
Thank you for believing in a new platform for youth, education and the future.
The first chapter
2026 was the beginning.
The Festival was born.Young people responded.Elefantes Bay found a new energy.Now the next chapter begins.
The partnership
The university left the classroom and entered the Festival
UPRA was connected to the first edition from the moment the vision needed trust, knowledge and mobilisation capacity. The partnership gave the Festival a tangible academic dimension and brought students closer to a real-world experience.
More than an institutional presence, there was real human involvement: students, lecturers, technicians and staff helped build a platform dedicated to youth, culture, sport, health, technology and territory.
Health & care
Support from health and emergency teams helped protect participants, teams and the community throughout the first edition.
Operations & logistics
The availability of the UPRA community strengthened essential operational areas before, during and after the Festival.
Communication
Collaboration in communication brought the project closer to the academic community and increased youth participation.
Technology
Technical knowledge and responsiveness contributed to the digital and technological resources required to deliver the event.
Team spirit
Lecturers, technicians, staff and students responded with closeness, initiative and commitment at a founding moment.
The academic community in motion
From the journey to the experience
Travelling to Elefantes Bay was part of the learning process. The journey, shared experience and work in the field turned student participation into a memory shared by the UPRA community.
Student record
A journey with purpose
A record of the mobilisation, enthusiasm and closeness that marked the academic community's participation in the first edition.
Shared vision
Education meeting the territory
The partnership brought knowledge and action closer together, reinforcing the role of young people in building solutions for Angola.
Identity in the field
Ready to take part
Volunteer equipment carried UPRA's identity across teams and operational areas, making a partnership built on people and work visible.
Visual memory
Learn, serve and celebrate
A first edition shaped by education, sport, youth, culture and commitment to the territory.
Youth
Participation is also learning
Education
Knowledge close to the community
Connection
New memories at the Bay
Sport
Energy in motion
Responsibility
Caring for those who take part
Culture
A platform for creativity
Legacy & social responsibility
Education also means transformation
The partnership between the Festival and UPRA showed the potential of a university fully present in society: able to mobilise knowledge, people and energy to create local impact and new role models for young people.
Learning
Turn the territory and the Festival into a space for practical experience.
Youth
Give responsibility, visibility and opportunity to a new generation.
Knowledge
Connect education, culture, health, technology and community participation.
Territory
Contribute to a sustainable vision for Elefantes Bay and Benguela.
A partnership with a future
Young people were at the Festival. UPRA helped us build it.
To the Rectorate, lecturers, technicians, staff and students of the Universidade Privada de Angola, our sincere thanks for being part of this first edition. We hope this is only the beginning of a lasting relationship with Elefantes Bay.
The Organising Committee · September 2026