Maya Chouikrat, Algeria, to support training for an international olympiad of informatics team.
Mercy Muwanguzi and Kwesiga Pather, Uganda, for sanitation robotics to be used in medical centers.
Johan Fourie, South Africa, Professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University, to write a graphics novel on classical liberalism in a South African context.
Ken Opalo, Associate Professor, Georgetown University, for blogging on African economic development.
Katharine Patterson, Botswana, to support graduate internship in robotics research at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Cyril Narh, Ghana, for general career development.
Jon Ortega, travel grant to Silicon Valley.
Alex Kyabarongo, Uganda, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Makerere University, to pursue graduate school in the USA for biosecurity.
Joshua Regrello, Trinidad and Tobago, first Steelpannist to perform on the Great Wall of China, Guinness Record Holder for longest steelpan performance, for general career development.
Liam O’Dea, London/Argentina, data science research into parliamentary records of the Caribbean for the last 200 years.
Joshua Payne, undergrad at University of Chicago, for research into mRNA vaccine optimisation, and career development.
Abdoulaye Faye, Senegal, developing Catyu, a firm that designs remotely operated robots.
Deveron Bruce, Barbados, PhD candidate at UWI, to support research in political reform in the Caribbean.
Tony Odhiambo, Kenya, undergrad at MIT, for enhanced training of top performers in mathematics olympiads in Kenya.
Sebastian Naranjo, Panama, PhD candidate at Renmin University of China, to support research on the diplomatic relations of China in Central America.
Ivoine Strachan, Bahamas, for research into designing and developing a VR bodysuit
Phumiani Majozi, South Africa, to establish a think tank promoting classical liberalism in South Africa
Pearl Karungi, Rwanda, for research into redesigning menstrual products.
Emmanuel Nnadi, Nigeria, Microbiologist, to support visiting research at the University of Waterloo in phage therapies.
Youhana Nassif, Egypt, to support an animation and arts showcase in Cairo.
Frida Andalu, Tanzania, to support visiting research in petroleum engineering at the University of Aberdeen.
Rupert Tawiah-Quashie, Ghana, to support his research internship at Harvard University concerning symbolic reasoning in AI models.
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