Home Call for Applications 2014 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for Sub-saharan Africa Engineers. ( £25,000 Prize)

2014 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for Sub-saharan Africa Engineers. ( £25,000 Prize)

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The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is now open for applications

Applications are invited from engineers affiliated with a university or research institute who have developed innovations that can provide scalable solutions to local challenges. Engineers from sub-Saharan Africa and from all engineering disciplines are eligible to enter.

What

The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation aims to stimulate, celebrate and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development.

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Crucial commercialisation support will be awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants, through a six month period of training and mentoring. Following this period of mentorship, finalists will be invited to present at an event held in Africa and a winner will be selected to receive £25,000.

The Africa Prize is generously supported by The Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund, Consolidated Contractors Company, ConocoPhillips and the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Application documents

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 

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