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Fighting Hunger with Innovation: Kofi Annan Award for Africa
The second presentation of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa has now taken place at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. The award recognizes digital and technological solutions to improve food security and the fight against hunger in Africa. In this edition, the focus was on SDG 2 - “No Hunger”.
At the presentation of the Kofi Annan Award, Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler emphasized how important it is to promote innovation in order to find sustainable solutions for the future. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Christopher Dunker
Over 700 start-ups from 49 African countries applied for the 750,000 euro prize—the three winners - Amini from Kenya, ChipChip.Social from Ethiopia and FRESH Networks from Kenya - were recognized for their innovative agricultural technology solutions. Amini develops technologies to solve data deficiencies in agriculture using Artificial Intelligence and satellite data to maximize crop…
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