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The Royal Academy of Engineering has opened applications for the 2024 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation as the programme approaches its 10th anniversary. The Africa Prize supports ambitious entrepreneurs and innovators developing local and scalable solutions to everyday challenges on the continent. The Africa Prize will welcome its tenth cohort…

Africa is trailing behind the world in developing a knowledge-based, digital economy but governments can change this by supporting tech start-ups through incentives and investment in workforce skills, says the World Economic Forum.