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About the
Challenge

The Africa50 Innovation Challenge is an initiative of Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform.

The first edition of the Challenge called for solutions to improve last-mile connectivity to increase access to reliable and affordable internet in underserved areas in Africa.

A worldwide search over five months yielded 673 proposals, with over 80% from Africa.

The winning solutions will receive cash prizes and/or will be considered for project development funding. Projects will be rolled-out in Rwanda as the pilot country, with the objective to scale to other countries in Africa.

The winning criteria

An Expert Committee comprised of academic, industry, public policy and finance professionals assessed the extent
to which participants met the following technical and business parameters:

Meet some of the most innovative Solutions of the Challenge

Expert

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Key Facts

673

Solutions received

27

Experts

13

Partners

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