The African Innovation Foundation (AIF) has announced its Seventh edition of the Innovation Africa Awards themed “Investing in Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem“.
“We are pleased to launch IPA 2018 and are confident that this edition will prove bigger and better in terms of participation and quality of submissions. With each edition, IPA has gone from strength to strength attracting innovators across disciplines and with outstanding solutions to African challenges. For this seventh edition, we also look forward to expanding our ever-growing network of innovators, enablers, and partners in order to join hands and build stronger, more sustainable innovation ecosystems that will propel the continent forward.” Pauline Mujawamariya Koelbl, the IPA Director said.
The submissions will be judged on the backdrop of IPA’s themes supporting social and economic innovation in the following five categories: manufacturing and service industry; health and well-being; agriculture and agri-business; environment, energy and water; and ICT showcasing ground-breaking innovations.
IPA 2018 winners will be announced at an annual ceremony in July 2018 (exact dates and country to be confirmed). The Award is the leading innovation event on the African calendar, bringing together some of Africa’s most inspiring innovators and entrepreneurs, leaders of hubs and accelerators, angel and venture capital investors, development institutions, government leaders, media practitioners and other game changers.
The Previous AIP was won by Dr. Aly El-Shafei. Application Submissions deadline is set on January 10, 2018, there Startups and innovators still have time to Think through before Applying.
