Senegalese Sanoussi Diakité (inventor of the sheller fonio) among the ten nominees for the Innovation Prize for Africa in 2013, according to a statement from the press service of the organizing committee made public on 24 April 2013 in Cape Town ( South Africa).
Ten African innovators have developed practical solutions to some of the most intractable problems of the continent. Among them, the Senegalese Sanoussi Diakité, inventor of the sheller fonio. According to the statement of the press service of PIA, initially, there were 900 nominations from 45 countries. The winners of the 2013 PIA will be announced May 7, 2013 in Cape Town, South Africa, during a Gala Dinner organized by the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town and the Sekunjalo Development Foundation. The winner will receive $ 100 000 for the best innovation in terms of merchantability, originality, scalability, social impact and visible commercial potential. A second prize of $ 25,000 will be awarded to innovation with the greatest commercial potential, and another finalist will receive U.S. $ 25 000 under the special award for social innovation. From Tunisia to South Africa finalists 2013 PIA are leaders in the fields of agriculture, environment, health, ICT and production. They include:
The sheller fonio (Senegal). The innovative Sanoussi Diakité has developed an electric machine and heat that dissects five kilograms of fonio (a West African cereal) in just 8 minutes. The wind converter without blades (Tunisia). Innovative Hassine Labaied and Anis Aouini of Saphon Energy, a start-up Tunisian R & D, developed a wind turbine without blades not running - it uses an inspired technology sailboats to create a profitable energy through movement back and forth in 3D. SavvyLoo (South Africa). The innovator Dr. Dudley Jackson has developed dry toilets in rural areas and temporary camps that separate liquids and solids to improve the environmental impact, reduce the risk of disease, reduce odors and better élimination.Le Tbag water filter (South Africa). The innovative Prof. Eugene Cloete has created a water filter that uses a hardware-shaped tea bag electrospun to ensure that even the most polluted drinking water is totally. The diagnostic kit for Malaria pf / PAN (pLDH) (South Africa). Innovative Ashley Uys has created a new test for malaria which indicates 30 minutes if a treatment is effective. This diagnostic kit is one of nine to be developed in the world and is the only test of its kind to be wholly owned by an African society.
The construction system Novatech (Cameroon). The innovative Njokikang Faustinus created an effective process of construction. Its flagship product is a manual press brick factory with ease 3000 interlocking bricks per day. Mobenzi (South Africa). Innovator Andi Friedman and his team have developed a software solution that provides mobile data collection and field studies to deploy sophisticated search facilities across Africa by through the Internet or mobile phones. The solar from mimosa (Nigeria) energy. The innovative Justus Nwaoga has developed a new way to collect solar renewable energy using the root of Mimosa pudica, an African medicinal plant. The model farm agroforestry (Sudan). The innovative Majoud Mahoamed Muna Ahmed created a model farm agroforestry in Khartoum that generates innovative sources of income from the leaves and seeds of moringa and jatropha seeds. AgriProtein (South Africa) - A team of innovative researchers AgriProtien Technologies has developed a new source of protein for animal feed which reduces the cost of power for African farmers and producers. The award encourages Africans to develop creative solutions to meet the challenges of everyday life. The selection committee is composed of PIA private equity investors, donors, investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and leaders of development for new ideas that advance Africa. The Innovation Prize for Africa (PIA) is an award created by the African Foundation for Innovation and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.
HAROUNA FALL
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