Contest Winners
Contest 2010
Grand Prize 2010:
Increasing Small Scale Rural Maize Producers’ Revenues by Promoting Maize Value Addition and Collective Marketing in Kyegegwa and Kyenjojo Districts of Western Uganda
Round 4
Round 4 ended November 15, 2010.
Winners:
- Community Charging Stations: Improving Connectivity
- Microcredit for Underprivileged Farmers and Small Entrepreneurs
Round 3
Round 3 ended September 15, 2010.
Winners:
- Solar Sister: Empowering African Women Through Enterprise with Solar Technology
- Charcoal Briquettes from Agricultural Wastes on Super Stoves, Carbon Microcredits from Cellphones
Round 2
Round 2 ended on July 15, 2010.
A Togolese Beekeeper at work
Winners:
- Strengthening Food Security and Economic Status Among Widows and Orphans in Rachuonyo District, Nyanza Province in Kenya through Crossbreed Chicken Farming Project
- Touni Dé Timiri - Honey Work - Le Travail du Miel
Round 1
Round 1 ended on May 15, 2010.
Winners:
- Africa's Fair Share of Fair Trade
- Achieving Rural Literacy through Innovative Web 2.0 ICT Use in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
Contest 2009
Grand Prize 2009:
The Ndekero Challenge: A Systems Approach to Rabbit Keeping by a Rural Community in Partnership with a Commercial Rabbit Farm
Round 4
Round 4 ended on November 15, 2009.
Rabbit Houses in Kenyan school (Photo Courtesy of globetree.org)
2nd Place: Bamboo Lota: The Dream for a Sustainable Malawi
3rd Place: Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Tanzania
4th: Re-Designing Africa's Ox-Powered Farm Tools
5th: CreditSMS: The Future of Microfinance
7th: Open Educational Resources On Rural Development Via Mobile
8th: Drought Index Insurance For Farmers In Africa
9th: Village Power - The Community Charging Station
10th: Reducing Reliance On Maize In Kenya
Round 3
Round 3 ended October 15, 2009.
Kenyan farmers working in arid lands (Photo Courtesy of oneclimate.net)
1st place: Electronic Agriculture in Kenya’s Arid and Semi–Arid Lands (ASAL) Schools
2nd Place: Dehydration of Vegetable Products
3rd Place: Irrigation is the Key for Africa to Take on Drought
4th: Rainwater Harvesting in Rural Tanzania
5th: Bamboo Lota: The Dream for a Sustainable Malawi
7th: Re-Designing Africa's Ox-Powered Farm Tools
8th: CreditSMS: The Future of Microfinance (www.creditsms.org)
10th:Open Educational Resources on Rural Development via Mobile
Round 2
Round 2 ended September 15, 2009.
Ghanaian Cocoa Farmer (Photo courtesy of treehugger.com)
1st Place: Self-Supported Ghanaian Subsistence Farmers Consortiums
2nd Place: The Acceleration of Innovation
3rd Place: Project Irrigation Initiative- Region Kedougou, Senegal
4th:Redesigning Africa's Ox-Powered Farm Tools
5th: CreditSMS: The Future of Microfinance (www.creditsms.org)
7th:Open Educational Resources on Rural Development via Mobile
8th:Village Power- The Community Charging Station
10th: Solar-Powered, Eco-Friendly Ovens
Round 1
The first round ended August 15, 2009.
Photo courtesy of zittnet.net
1st Place: Zittnet- harnessing information to make rural markets work better
2nd Place: Create a Solar Powered Energy Revolution across West Africa
3rd Place: Soymilk Production Expansion
4th:CreditSMS: The Future of Microfinance (www.creditsms.org)
5th:Solar-powered, Eco-friendly ovens
7th:SELF-SUPPORTED GHANAIAN SUBSISTENT FARMERS CONSORTIUMS
8th: Portable Drinking Water Filtration System
10th: SELF-SUPPORTED SUBSISTENT FARMERS CONSORTIUM INITIATIVE
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Mwaniki Eunice is working to get her bachelors for special education at Kenyatta University in Kenya. She is heavily involved in posting ideas on ARC including an idea for income-generation for women living with HIV/AIDS and orphans. Read More
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