Two Kenyans among 10 global entrepreneurs eyeing Sh7.6m innovation prize

A battery swapping and charging station at Dunga Beach in Kisumu, which was established by E-Safiri, an e-mobiity that is looking at tapping the unexploited electric transport sector in the Lake Region. [James Wanzala, Standard]

Two Kenyans Elly Savatia and Carol Ofafa are among four Africans who made it to the 16 global finalist entrepreneurs eyeing to win £50,000 (Sh7.6 million).

The four innovators and entrepreneurs, including two from Ghana and Uganda, will compete for the 2025 Africa Prize, which is run by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering and partly funded by the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.