London CNN —A South African entrepreneur who designed a smart locker system that improves access to healthcare has won a major award for African engineering.
In June, the usual iteration of the Africa Prize will also go ahead, during which four finalists will battle it out for a £25,000 ($31,600) prize.
“There isn’t enough funding available for African startups,” she tells CNN.
“We don’t want all the funding to come in the form of grants, as we see in the Africa Prize.
We want investors to start to believe that they can also make money by investing in African startups.
Persons:
Pelebox, King Charles III’s, Anne, James Oatway, Royal Academy of Engineering Hutiri, ’, ”, Aisha Raheem, Farmz2U, Samuel Njuguna, Rebecca Enonchong, It’s, That’s, “
Organizations:
London CNN, UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering, Africa, Engineering Innovation, Academy, SMS, Royal Academy of Engineering, “, CNN, Chura, The Academy
Locations:
African, London, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Africa, Nigerian, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt