The entrepreneurs were selected from over 150 entries worldwide in this year’s ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) run by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Four Kenyans are among eight regional finalists that will defend their innovations in a global competition for ventures focusing on hardware.
The entrepreneurs were selected from over 150 entries worldwide in this year’s ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) run by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The eight will present their innovative design prototypes in Nairobi on May 10.
The Sh50 million ($500,000) ISHOW targets individuals and organisations with existing products in the market that have the potential for social impact.
“ASME originally created ISHOW after our research showed an urgent need to support hardware innovators seeking to enter global markets and make a societal impact,” said Charla Wise, president of ASME.
“We believe this year’s entries all have the potential to address some of the most vexing issues faced by humankind”.
Ishmael Hezekiah founder Bentos Fuels was shortlisted for producing smokeless charcoal briquettes through recycling harvested water hyacinth and mixing it with paper sludge and charred waste biomass
Majik Water’s Anastasia Kaschenko made it to the list for use of hydrophilic material to capture water from the atmosphere to provide communities in arid parts of the world with affordable, safe and accessible drinking water.
Samuel Castro’s biogas milk chiller enables off-grid dairy farmers to store, deliver, and sell the highest possible quantity of milk.
George Chege founded Smart Brooder, an environmental controller that assists farmers by ensuring the conditions within the chicken brooding space are kept within optimal levels.
A panel of judges will choose three hardware designs per country as grand prize winners for their innovative hardware-led solutions to the market.
The winners selected in Nairobi and two other ISHOW events in Bengaluru, India (April 5), and Washington, D.C. (June 21), will share $500,000 in seed grants, technical assistance, design and engineering reviews and access to ISHOW’s partnership network.
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