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Two organizations have been named laureates of the US$1million 2020 cycle of the Al-Sumait Prize in the field of education. Ubongo Learning and Molteno Institute for Language and Literacy are recognized for their dedication and outstanding innovative achievements in the field of education in Africa.
Members of the Board of Trustees of the Al Sumait Prize for African Development also attended the meeting on November 9th in Kuwait virtually.
Africa Rice and Pan African Bean Research Alliance receive the 2019 Al Sumait Prize in the food security category from His Highness the Crown Prince at a special ceremony at the Bayan Palace in Kuwait.
Kuwait City, January 15, 2020– Kuwait today invited nominations for Al-Sumait Prize for Education in Africa, the Sixth in the series of its annual prizes to be awarded for significant advances in the areas of food security, health and education in Africa. Open to individuals or institutions, the closing date for entries for the one million dollars Al-Sumait Prize for Education is June 30, 20
Al-Sumait Prize Board of Trustees announced joint winners for the US$1million prestigious award in the 2019 cycle in the field of food security in recognition of their exemplary work in agriculture development in the African continent. The Two winners are The Africa Rice Center (Based in Cote d’ivoire) and Pan Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) (Nairobi).
Daniel Gustafson Deputy Director Genral of the United Nations Food and Agrigulture Organization has been officially invited to join the Al Sumait Prize for African Development Board of Trustees. In addition the Board of Trustees has approved an exstention to the nomination period for this $1million prize to the end of May 2019.
The 2018 Laureates were Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim, Director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa who received half a million dollars. The second half of the prize shared equally by Professor Sheila K. West Vice Chair Research Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Rakai Health Sciences Program.
The Million Dollar Prize will be split between Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim, Director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research (CAPRISA) who will recieve half and Professor Sheila K. West Vice Chair for Research Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Rakai Health Sciences Program, based in Rakai, Uganda sharing equally the other half million dollars.
Kuwait has announced the opening of the nomination period of the 2019 US1Million Al-Sumait Prize - for Food Security in Africa . The 2019 cycle of the prize is focussed on Food Security on the African Continent and nominations for Individuals and or Non Government Organizations have been requested by the Prizes Board of Trustees.
Al Sumait Prize for African Development announced today in Kuwait that the recently closed nominations cycle for the US$1Million health category of the prize has recieved almost double the amount of qualified submisions than the last prize. 108 nominations were recieved from over 35 countries for Organizations and Individuals working to improve health across the continent of Africa.
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) has announced that almost 50 nominations from around the world have been received for the US$1Million 2018 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development in the Health Category, which closes for entries at the end of June 2018.
Al-Sumait Prize for African Development announces the opening of the nomination period for the 2018 Health Cycle of the Prize. Nominations for pioneers in health; research, projects or initiaitves that have or will positively impact Africa as a whole or partly are kindly requested to be sent on or before the 30th June 2018.
Kuwait City, Kuwait, December11, 2017 – The recipient of Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development award for the Education category will be handed out at a prestigious awards ceremony on December 13 in Kuwait City.The 2017 Al-Sumait Education category award will be presented, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah the Amir of Kuwait, to the Forum for Af
Laureate for the 2017 cycle of Al-Sumait Prize for African Development in the field of Education has been endorsed by the Prize’s Board of Trustees for its exemplary work in Education development in Africa. The recipient organization of the US$1million prize of this prestigious award is The African Women Educationalists (FAWE), Nairobi, Kenya.
Oxford Professor Kevin Marsh has donated his entire one million dollar prize winnings from the Al-Sumait Prize for African Development to the furthering of Science and Research development in Africa. The Professor was awarded the prize for his work in Malaria research, at the African Arab Summit in November 2016 in Malabo.
Kuwait City, August 1, 2017 – The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) has announced that over 50 nominations from around the world have been received for the 2017 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development in its Education Category, which closed for nominations yesterday (31st August 2017).
The nomination period for Kuwait’s $1 Million Al-Sumait Prize for African Development has been extended the to the end of July 2017 for the education prize. The Education Prize is open to individuals and organizations delivering pioneering contributions in education anywhere in Africa.
Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development has extended the deadline for nominations for its 2017 award for education to June 2017. The Education Prize is open to individuals and organizations delivering pioneering contributions across the education spectrum in Africa
Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development has called for nominations for its 2017 award for education. The Education Prize is open to individuals and organizations delivering pioneering contributions across the education spectrum in Africa
Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development said today it will open its 2017 award for education for nominations during December 2016.
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