Innovation Prize for Africa

The Innovation Prize for Africa is a joint UN-ECA/African Innovation Foundation initiative. More...

Digitizing Information for African Institution

The Goal of this project is Digitizing Information for Institutions in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.  More...

Pre-Feasibility Study into Solar Energy Rollout to Namibia

This project was implemented by PinPoint Energy Nambia, and the goal of this project is to do a pre-feasibility study to investigate the feasibility of large scale concentrated solar plants More...

AfroVumbua: Linking African Innovators with Investors around the World

AfroVumbua is a social and professional network bringing together high quality African innovators with investors from around the world on a single online platform. More...

Other Supported Initiatives

  1. Maker Faire Africa More...
25. April 2013

Innovation Prize for Africa Announces 2013 Finalists

Innovation Prize for Africa Announces 2013 Finalists Experts from across Africa develop market-oriented solutions to address sanitation, malaria, energy and other challenges while driving economic growth on the continent CAPE...More...

25. October 2012

Innovation Prize for Africa Announces Deadline Extension to Promote African-Led Innovation

DAKAR, Senegal, 25 October 2012 - Due to the high demand from African innovators, The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) announced the extension of the deadline for...More...

01. October 2012

AIF Founder and Board Member Jean Claude Bastos de Morais in an interview with Technology Banker

Technology Banker talked with AIF Founder and Board Member Jean Claude Bastos de Morais, to find out more about Innovation Prize of Africa improving African Economy through Innovation and how the banking industry can help...More...

08. August 2012

AIF Founder and Board Member Jean Claude Bastos in an interview with AllAfrican, Nairobi

Africa Innovation Prize to Reward Aspiring Entrepreneurs  Nairobi — 'Innovation' - promoted as a way to find solutions to social and economic challenges - has joined 'entrepreneurship' as a focus of philanthropies,...More...

04. July 2012

Innovation Prize for Africa 2013 to Recognize Innovations that Unlock African Potential

Prize will award $150,000 USD to winners who deliver market-oriented solutions for African-led development Addis Ababa, 2 July 2012 (ECA) - The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation...More...

27. March 2012

African Ingenuity Celebrated at the Awards Ceremony of the Innovation Prize for Africa 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 (ECA) – Mr. Mohammed Sanad, professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt has won the inaugural Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2012. The announcement was made during a...More...

12. March 2012

The First Innovation Prize for Africa to be Awarded in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

(Zurich/Addis Ababa, March 12, 2012) The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Innovation Foundation (AIF) are delighted to announce the establishment of the African Innovation Prize worth USD...More...

14. October 2011

Interview with José Filomeno de Santo

José Filomeno de Santos: Interview in Angola about the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA)More...

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