Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation

The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation is an award for excellence in engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa.^[1][2] Eight months are set aside to help the contestants.^[3] The winner is awarded £25,000, with the second, third and fourth runners-up gaining £10,000 each.^[1]

Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation
Awarded for	Exceptional contributions to engineering
Sponsored by	Royal Academy of Engineering
Date	2014
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	Royal Academy of Engineering
Reward(s)	£25,000
Website	africaprize.raeng.org.uk

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.^[4]

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.^[5][6]

Award recipients

• 2015 Dr. Askwar Hilonga and team of Tanzania^[7]
• 2016 Arthur Zang of Cameroon^[8]
• 2017 Godwin Benson of Nigeria^[6]
• 2018 Brian Gitta and his team from Uganda^[9]
• 2019 Neo Hutiri from South Africa^[10][3]
• 2020 Charlette N'Guessan from Ghana^[11]
• 2021 Noël N'guessan from Ivory Coast^[12]
• 2022 Norah Magero from Kenya^[13]
• 2023 Anatoli Kirigwajjo from Uganda^[14]
• 2023 Edmund Wessels from South Africa^[14]
• 2024 Esther Kimani, Kenya^[4]