Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2016
To stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in SSA
The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. Crucial commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants through a six-month period of training and mentoring. Following this period of mentorship, finalists will be invited to present at an event held in Africa and a winner will be selected to receive £25,000 along with runners-up, who will each be awarded £10,000.
Please review eligibility criteria and APPLY HERE.
Overview
| Organizer | Royal Academy of Engineering |
| Website | Visit website |
| Targets | Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Sectors | Agribusiness, Clean technology, Computer hardware, Computer software, EdTech, Healthcare, HealthTech, Telecom, Waste management and recycling, Water, sanitation and hygiene |