5 May 2014. Abuja, Nigeria. As global leaders gathered for the 2014 World Economic Forum on Africa to
discuss approaches to inclusive growth and job creation, the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA 2014) innovators demonstrated that the best way to achieve equitable economic growth
for all Africans is to invest in local innovation and entrepreneurship.
Selected from about 700 applications from 42 countries the IPA has awarded its 2014 prize to Dr Nicolaas Duneas and Nuno Peres, from South Africa for their an innovative product for the treatment of bone injuries. The IPA 2014 also recognized two runners up for their contributions to African innovation.
Daniel Gitau Thairu (Kenya)
Logou Minsob (Togo) - Foufoumix
Sulaiman Bolarinde Famro (Nigeria) - Farmking Mobile Multi-crop
Processor
- In the business potential category, Logou Minsob (Togo) received USD 25,000 for his Foufou Mix, a food processor designed to replace the mortar and pestles used to prepare Foufou, a popular dish in West Africa.
- In the social impact category, Melesse Temesgen (Ethiopia) received USD 25 000 for developing the Aybar Broad Based Furrow Maker (BBM), a low-cost farming device that is used to easily drain excess water from waterlogged fields.
From South Africa to Niger,
the IPA 2014 finalists - in the field of agriculture - were:
Domestic Waste Biogas System
The Domestic Waste Biogas
System is a new type of biogas digester which utilizes any material capable of
decomposing instead of relying on animal dung to generate gas. Materials that
can be used include dirty water, leftover food, spoiled grain, and vegetable
and fruit peelings. This makes biogas usable even by households that cannot
afford animals.
Elise Rasel Cloete (South Africa) - GMP Traceability Management
Software CC
This software is programmed
to capture, store and trace data about livestock and enables data to be
captured in real-time. The data is then stored in an ear tag placed on
livestock and backed up on a remote server.
This is a device designed to
replace the mortar and pestles used in preparing the popular West African dish,
foufou. The “FOUFOUMIX " is a small electrical food processor that allows
generates discreet, quick and hygienic foufou in 8 minutes, substantially
reducing the amount of time needed to prepare the dish, while also enhancing
the hygienic conditions during production.
AUDIO SUR LE SUJET + Video at the bottom of this blog post
Maman Abdou Kane (Niger) - Horticultural tele
irrigation
The "Horticultural
Tele-Irrigation system is a technological process that allows growers to
remotely control their market garden irrigation system through a mobile or
landline regardless of geographic location.
Melesse Temesgen (Ethiopia) - Aybar BBM
The Aybar BBM is a low-cost
farming device that can be used by farmers to plough fields that are usually
waterlogged and helps them easily drain the water. This turns soils or fields
that were otherwise unavailable for farming into high yielding fields.
The innovation uses
centrifugal forces to process cassava, sweet potatoes, soy, she-nuts, grains
and cereals. It helps to separate the tubers from liquid, particles and
impurities/toxic elements. The extractor is designed to replace the present
crude fermentation and pressing technology which is extremely slow and wasteful
and offers limited output and profitability. The extractor reduces a process
that normally takes 3 - 4 days into a 5 minute process offering higher quality
product outputs.
IPA 2014 Best Social Innovation
Melesse Temesgen
IPA 2014 Runner Up
Logou Minsob
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