Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation
{{Short description|Royal Academy of Engineering award}}
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| awarded_for = Exceptional contributions to engineering
| sponsor = Royal Academy of Engineering
| date = 2014
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| reward = £25,000
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| website = [https://africaprize.raeng.org.uk africaprize.raeng.org.uk]
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The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation is an award for excellence in engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa.{{Cite web |title=Africa Prize |url=https://africaprize.raeng.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=africaprize.raeng.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-22 |title=Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2022 in Sub-Saharan Africa (£25,000 Prize) – Opportunities For Africans |url=https://www.opportunitiesforafricans.com/africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation-2022-in-sub-saharan-africa/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |language=fr-FR}} Eight months are set aside to help the contestants. The winner is awarded £25,000, with the second, third and fourth runners-up gaining £10,000 each.
History
The award was introduced in January 2014 by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom. Competitor engineers must be from Sub-Saharan Africa.
In 2024 Esther Kimani was the winner of the prize and, because it was the award's tenth year, she was awarded £50,000. She was second winner from Kenya. Kimani had developed a method of identifying diseases in crops using image analysis.{{Cite news |date=11 July 2024 |title=Esther Kimani, 2022 Youth Adapt Winner Awarded 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation |url=https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/esther-kimani-2022-youth-adapt-winner-awarded-2024-africa-prize-engineering-innovation-72563 |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=African Dev Bank}}
Benefits
Sixteen competitors are selected and they are given any support they need during the competition and beyond to deliver their projects. These competitors receive training and support and they get the opportunity to improve their networking. The winner receives £25,000 and the second, third and fourth places are awarded £10,000.{{Cite news |title=LAUNCHED THE 2021 EDITION OF THE AFRICA PRIZE FOR ENGINEERING INNOVATION |url=https://www.ideassonline.org/public/pdf/AfricaPrizeEngineeringInnovation-ENG.pdf |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=ideassonline.org}}
Award recipients
- 2015 Dr. Askwar Hilonga and team of Tanzania{{Cite web |title=Awardees |url=https://africaprize.raeng.org.uk/awardees |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=africaprize.raeng.org.uk |language=en}}
- 2016 Arthur Zang of Cameroon{{Cite news |date=2016-05-27 |title=Cameroon's Cardiopad inventor wins African engineering award |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-36397164 |access-date=2024-11-10 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
- 2017 Godwin Benson of Nigeria{{Cite web |date=2017-05-26 |title=Nigeria's Tuteria wins Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation – Old Disrupt Africa |url=https://old.disruptafrica.com/2017/05/26/nigerias-tuteria-wins-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |language=en-GB}}
- 2018 Brian Gitta and his team from Uganda{{Cite web |date=2018-06-20 |title=Brian Gitta Wins Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize |url=https://www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk/brian-gitta-wins-royal-academy-of-engineerings-africa-prize/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=African Leadership Magazine |language=en}}
- 2019 Neo Hutiri from South Africa{{Cite web |date=2019-06-06 |title=SA's Neo Hutiri wins £25k in 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation |url=https://ventureburn.com/2019/06/neo-hutiri-africa-prize-engineering/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=Ventureburn |language=en-ZA}}{{Cite web |title=First South African Innovation Wins The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation – Africa.com |url=https://www.africa.com/first-south-african-innovation-wins-the-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=www.africa.com}}
- 2020 Charlette N'Guessan from Ghana{{Cite web |last=Salaudeen |first=Aisha |date=2020-09-07 |title=A 26-year-old is first woman to win the Royal Academy of Engineering's Africa Prize |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/07/africa/africa-engineering-prize-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}
- 2021 Noël N'guessan from Ivory Coast{{Cite web |last=Engineering |first=Royal Academy of |date=2021-07-08 |title=First Ivorian-based innovation wins the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation |url=https://www.fenews.co.uk/resources/first-ivorian-based-innovation-wins-the-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=FE News |language=en-GB}}
- 2022 Norah Magero from Kenya{{Cite web |title=Ms. Norah Magero |url=https://www.ivecf.org/speakers/ms-norah-magero/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=IVECF |language=en-US}}
- 2023 Anatoli Kirigwajjo from Uganda
- 2023 Edmund Wessels from South Africa{{Cite web |title=Winners |url=https://africaprize.raeng.org.uk/awardees/winners |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=africaprize.raeng.org.uk |language=en}}
- 2024 Esther Kimani, Kenya{{Cite news |date=11 July 2024 |title=Esther Kimani, 2022 Youth Adapt Winner Awarded 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation |url=https://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/esther-kimani-2022-youth-adapt-winner-awarded-2024-africa-prize-engineering-innovation-72563 |access-date=10 November 2024 |work=African Dev Bank}}