The UK's Royal Academy of Engineering (the Academy) today announced the launch of the first Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation and called for entries from engineers connected with universities and research institutions in sub-Saharan African countries.
In 2012 Dr Margaret Anne Craig won the Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Foundation Entrepreneurship Award for the development of a pioneering system to improve the drug discovery process.
In March 2014 the Royal Academy of Engineering will launch the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, targeted to motivate, recognise and reward innovation and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa. 27 Jan 2014
Sonobex founder and Enterprise Fellow Daniel Elford contributed to this report for The Times on the importance of bridging academia and entrepreneurship.
