Africa Prize Finalists - Nairobi Mixer

Africa Prize Finalists - Nairobi Mixer
Come help and learn from some of Africa's top engineers, tackling African challenges

The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation from the Royal Academy of Engineering UK aims to stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. All 12 shortlisted entrants are receiving six months of training and mentorship, and this week they're all here in Nairobi!

Please come join us on Wednesday evening at 5:30pm - drinks and nibbles provided.

The finalists:

Chura:: multi-network mobile phone services and airtime exchange
Samuel Njugana Wangui, University of Nairobi, Kenya

Adaptable safety: removable window burglar-bar system
Captain Abubakar Surajo, Nigerian Army Transformation and Innovation Centre, Nigeria

Next-generation mobile payment platform
Tolulupe Ajuwape, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
 
Mechanical system to prepare clear banana juice
Dr Oscar Kibazohi, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania & Makerere University, Uganda
 
Real-time quality control for fluids manufacturing
Dr Reinhardt Kotzé, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), South Africa

Low-cost sustainable water filter system
Dr Askwar Hilonga, The Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology, Tanzania

Environmentally-friendly precision fertiliser applicator
Musenga Silwawa, Zambia Agriculture Research Institute, Zambia

Latrine systems to improve urban sanitation
Samuel Malinga, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Protable, small-scale crushing machine for sustainable gold mining
Rujeko Masike, Harare Institute of Technology, Zimbabwe
 
Early warning system: precise fence security alarm system
Ernst Pretorius, University of Pretoria, South Africa
 
Mobile phone application to teach children their local language
Ian Mutamiri, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
 
Low cost biodegradable degreaser for mining, agriculture and manufacturing
Chinenye Justin Nwaogwugwu, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria

You can learn more about the engineers and their technologies at: http://www.raeng.org.uk/grants-and-prizes/international-research-and-collaborations/africa-prize/current-and-recent-awards