The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, is Africa’s biggest prize dedicated to engineering innovation. The Prize awards commercialisation support to African innovators developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges. These innovations show the importance of engineering in improving quality of life and economic development.
Register to attend the 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Final
On Thursday 16 October, four finalists will pitch for the chance to win £50,000. The remaining 11 shortlist will pitch for the 'One to Watch' award. Who will win? Make sure you're one of the first to find out.
of prize money awarded annually
of Africa Prize alumni are now generating revenue
businesses supported since launch
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This year’s shortlist includes innovators from seven countries: Ghana, Nigeria, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Togo who will compete for a share of the £60,000 Africa Prize fund.
Esther Kimani was named winner of Africa’s biggest engineering prize in Nairobi on 13 June 2024.
Four innovators from Kenya, Ghana and Uganda have been selected from a shortlist of 16 to compete for the 2025 Africa Prize, worth £50,000 to the winner.
Five-year extension for Africa Innovation Fellowship announced
Join us as 15 African entrepreneurs pitch their innovations to a live audience and panel of expert judges, to take home the grand prize of £50,000. The 2025 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation Final will take place in Dakar, Senegal, on 16 October.