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Africa Prize Shortlist 2024
The innovations shortlisted in 2024 tackle challenges central to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, including zero hunger, clean water and sanitation, sustainable cities and communities, clean energy, good health and wellbeing, and quality education.
The shortlist
WINNER
Early crop pest and disease detection device
Esther Kimani
Kenya
A solar-powered tool using AI- and machine learning-enabled cameras to detect and identify agricultural pests and diseases.
FINALIST
Eco Tiles
Kevin Maina
Kenya
Environmentally friendly roofing material made from recycled plastic. A dual solution to plastic pollution and high building costs.
FINALIST
La Ruche Health
Rory Assandey
Côte d’Ivoire
A smart healthcare platform providing communities in remote areas with easy access to healthcare support in the form of advice via text and voice.
FINALIST
Yo-Waste
Martin Tumusime
Uganda
A location-based mobile application connecting homes and businesses to independent agents for efficient on-demand rubbish collection and disposal service.
ONE TO WATCH WINNER
Myco-Substitutes
Zarouk Imoro
Ghana
An eco-friendly sewage treatment using viruses, bacteria, and fungi to treat faecal waste and produce yarns and a leather substitute.
Biomass Briquettes
Ludo Ntshiwa
Botswana
An environmentally-friendly clean fuel harnessing biowaste to produce a renewable energy substitute for charcoal, with little to no smoke emissions.
Kiri EV
Christopher Maara
Kenya
Designs and assembles end-to-end affordable, clean-energy mobility products and services, from electric scooters and tuktuks to battery charging infrastructure.
Kuza Freezer
Purity Gakuo
Kenya
Kuza Freezer is a durable, low-cost, solar-powered fridge freezer made from recycled plastic waste.
MakSol Cooker
Paul Soddo
Uganda
The MakSol Cooker is a low-cost solar-induction oven and hob designed for safe, zero-emissions indoor cooking by people in off-grid communities.
MAVUNOLAB Solar Dryer
Evodius Rutta
Tanzania
A low-cost solar-powered dryer to help small-scale fish processors and farmers in off-grid locations avoid post-harvest food losses.
Microfuse Stick Computer
Ivan Karugaba
Uganda
A compact and affordable device that plugs in to any screen, projector or monitor to transform it into a Wi-Fi-connected computer.
Beba-Beggie
Charles ‘Prince’ Oduk
Kenya
An IoT automated locker technology offering affordable, accessible, secure and convenient short-term storage.
PenKeep
Adaeze Akpagbula
Nigeria
A climate-smart remote sensing device that monitors and controls environmental conditions in poultry farms, optimising health and productivity of chickens.
Second-life batteries: Battery-as-a-service
Leandre Berwa
Rwanda
Packs of retired electric vehicle batteries repurposed and assembled as a back-up power supply for telecom towers and mini electricity grids.
The Kitchen Box and Biotank
Tunde Adeyemi
Nigeria
Affordable biogas digester technologies used in homes and on farms; turn any type of organic waste into animal feed, organic fertiliser and clean energy for electricity and cooking.
