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Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
Africa’s biggest engineering-innovation prize: a funded accelerator for 16 innovators and £85,000 in prizes.
- Deadline
- 8 Sept 2026
- Value
- £50,000 top prize
- Who can apply
- Citizens and residents of sub-Saharan African countries
- Level
- Engineers & innovators
- Host
- Royal Academy of Engineering, Sub-Saharan Africa
The Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, run by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering, supports ambitious African engineers whose innovations address local problems.
Up to 16 shortlisted innovators join an eight-month business acceleration programme. Finalists then compete for £85,000 in prize money.