{"id":3269,"date":"2023-06-30T04:44:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T04:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/2023\/06\/30\/2023-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation-finalists-announced\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T04:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T04:44:40","slug":"2023-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation-finalists-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/2023\/06\/30\/2023-africa-prize-for-engineering-innovation-finalists-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Selected from a shortlist of 15 African innovators, four finalists for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 have been announced.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The winner will be announced in Accra, Ghana, on 6 July, and will be awarded \u00a325,000, with the other three finalists receiving \u00a310,000 each. This year\u2019s finalists are from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kContentImage \">\n<p>2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation finalists<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>2023 finalists<\/h2>\n<p>Chukwuemeka Eze, a Nigerian electrical engineer, developed the Revive Kit, a modular e-mobility service used to convert gas-powered three-wheeled motorbikes to run on rechargeable lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Edmund Wessels, a South African biomedical engineer, has developed FlexiGyn, a battery-powered portable handheld device enabling gynaecologists to diagnose and treat a woman\u2019s uterus without anaesthetic or expensive equipment, increasing women\u2019s access to reproductive healthcare, particularly in remote areas.<\/p>\n<p><!--AD CONTENTBODY --><\/p>\n<p>Gibson Kawago, a Tanzanian electrical engineer, developed the Waga Pawa Pack, a rechargeable power source created from recycled laptop lithium-ion batteries, providing a reliable and affordable electricity source.<\/p>\n<p>Anatoli Kirigwajjo, a Ugandan software engineer, developed Yunga, a local digital security network that connects neighbours to each other and police within a 20km radius via a physical device, smartphone app or SMS service, providing security at a low cost.<\/p>\n<p>The finalists were chosen by the Royal Academy of Engineering, which founded the Africa Prize in 2014, after receiving support over eight months to help them accelerate their businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>One-to-Watch Award<\/h2>\n<p>The remaining 11 candidates from the 2023 Africa Prize shortlist are now eligible for the One-to-Watch Award worth \u00a35,000, for which they will compete for the public\u2019s vote at the Africa Prize final. The 11 One-to-Watch Award candidates are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Affordable AMD Solution, Boitumelo Nkatlo, South Africa &#8211; A technology to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) using industrial waste to recycle contaminated water for human consumption.<\/li>\n<li>Aquaset, Obed Zar, Ghana \u2013 A smart water management system that monitors water levels in boreholes and water tanks, regulating the rate at which water is pumped and preventing pump breakdowns and water waste.<\/li>\n<li>Arobot, Cristov\u00e3o Cacombe, Angola \u2013 A robotics learning tool for children that must be assembled and programmed to perform specific tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Aquaponics, Flavien Kouatcha Simo, Cameroon \u2013 A portable fish farm that uses fish waste as a fertiliser to produce organic vegetables, enabling small-scale farmers to increase production.<\/li>\n<li>MedBox, Emmanuel Ofori Devi, Ghana \u2013 A healthcare monitoring system that records a patient\u2019s vital signs and transmits them to doctors who then provide remote medical advice.<\/li>\n<li>Multi-Purpose Earth Brick Machine, Fikru Gebre Dikumbab, Ethiopia \u2013 A manually-operated portable machine to make interlocking compressed earth bricks using 90-95% soil and 5-10% cement.<\/li>\n<li>ProbiGal, Dr Deon Neveling, South Africa \u2013 A host-specific multi-strain probiotic designed to promote gut health and prevent bacterial infections in chickens, reducing the need for antibiotics.<\/li>\n<li>Smart Green Stove, Margaret Yainkain Mansaray, Sierra Leone \u2013 An efficient non-electric cooking device designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and health risks, slashing energy use by 70%.<\/li>\n<li>Smart Water Tech, Allen Chafa, Zimbabwe \u2013 A real-time water quality monitoring and control system to address water-borne diseases.<\/li>\n<li>ThinkBikes CoolMax, Tolulope Olukokun, Nigeria \u2013 An electric cargo bike with a battery powered fridge to help Nigeria\u2019s smallholder farmers get fresh food crops to market.<\/li>\n<li>Waste-to-Wealth Enhancer, Cletus Ekpoh, Nigeria \u2013 A four-part recycling system to help informal waste collectors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is now open for entries. The deadline for entries is 25 July 2023 (4pm BST). For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/africaprize.raeng.org.uk\/about-the-prize\/how-to-apply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected from a shortlist of 15 African innovators, four finalists for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 have been announced. The winner will be announced in Accra, Ghana, on 6 July, and will be awarded \u00a325,000, with the other three finalists receiving \u00a310,000 each. This year\u2019s finalists are from Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[24,73],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","tag-construction","tag-engineering"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3271,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions\/3271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstprime.org\/construction\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}