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Advancing Africa’s Digital Economy: A Prize in FinTech to Advance Financial Inclusion
Approximately 350 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to essential financial services, trapping them in a cycle of...
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Featured
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Advancing Africa’s Digital Economy: A Prize in FinTech to Advance Financial Inclusion
Approximately 350 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to essential financial services, trapping them in a cycle of...
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Report
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Innovation Prize Programs
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Milken–Motsepe Innovation Prize Program
The Milken-Motsepe Innovation Prize Program is a bold partnership between the Milken Institute and the Motsepe Foundation to...
Competition Cycle
Through its exceptional research capacity, convening power, and global network of experts and investors, the Milken Institute is well-positioned to execute each competition cycle stage.
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Innovation Prize Programs
Highlights
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Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy Finalist: Milken-Motsepe Prize Finalist: Smart Agri-Centres
“The long-term impact of Smart Agri-Centers is a massive increase in incomes for farmers in rural communities. They are now able to operate their businesses for much longer hours. They're able to access energy that they couldn't access...Read Article -
Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy Finalist: Milken-Motsepe Prize Finalist: Newdigit Technologies
“We're the first start-up in Nigeria that is manufacturing green hydrogen and fuel cell technology. This innovation, Just Add Water, has been tested and deployed in real communities and is a game changer for many communities in Africa.” —...Read Article -
Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy Finalist: Milken-Motsepe Prize Finalist: GEG Group of Companies
“We went into this because it looks scalable and viable. There's lots of great technologies that are expensive. But we are attracted to this because the costs per kilowatt hour are quite competitive. We would not have developed a technology...Read Article -
Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy Finalist: Milken-Motsepe Prize Runner-Up: OMNIVAT
“OMNIVAT was basically born out of ideas and previous work that all of these co-founders had worked on with the hopes that one day, someone somewhere will see Africans’ potential to our own problem-solving and the very real impact that we...Read Article -
Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy Finalist: Milken-Motsepe Prize Grand Prize Winner: Aftrak
“Suddenly, we had a viable system, and we complete the economic circle to make our microgrid sustainable in the long term. [Before the prize], this did not exist. With the prize, we have slingshotted this into reality. We ended up with...Read Article -
Bonus-Prize Winner: Kuronga
"Advancing in a thriving world is not only a theme, but it is also a promise. And it is our mission to make good on that promise." — Tendai Chitapi, Co-Founder and CEO of Kuronga Kuronga, based in South Africa, took the bonus prize winning...Read Article -
Third-place Winner: IRRI-Africa Rice
"Our vision is to reduce hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and fight climate change. Already, we have several innovations to address these challenges, but for this competition, we chose to tackle food tolerance in rice." — Venuprasad Ramaiah...Read Article -
Second-place Winner: Karpolax
"Our test right now is to create enormous value for our customers and also create a chance for every fruit to be enjoyed." — Sandra Namboozo, CEO of Karpolax The $300,000 award for second place was presented to Karpolax, a Uganda-based...Read Article -
$1 Million Grand Prize Winner: NovFeed
"Imagine a future where we can solve food security issues and promote sustainable agriculture. That future is here—it’s NovFeed." — Otaigo Elisha, Founder and Chief Operations Officer of NovFeed The Tanzania-based company, NovFeed, was...Read Article