Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation


The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation is an award for excellence in engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa. 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.
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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.

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.

Award recipients