The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

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.

£60,000

of prize money awarded annually

71%

of Africa Prize alumni are now generating revenue

118

businesses supported since launch

$14 million

raised by alumni in grants and equity

One innovator can change a community. A network can transform a continent.

2022 Africa Prize winner

Norah Magero won the 2022 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation with a portable, solar-powered fridge to store and transport medicines.

First Kenyan wins Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation for portable vaccine fridge

2021 Africa Prize winner

Chemical engineer Noël N’guessan won the 2021 Africa Prize with a biowaste equipment innovation for smallholder farmers in west Africa to efficiently manage and generate income from biowaste.

Apply to the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation

How to apply

Full details on how to apply, eligibility and FAQs.