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Orbit health team members computer code unit Addis Abeba Ethiopia February 03 2021
Addis Abeba, February 18/2021 – Ethiopian national Pazion Cherinet, who developed Orbit Health, a digital health platform which manages and stores patient data, including appointments, diagnoses, tests, doctors’ notes and prescriptions, became the first innovator from Ethiopia to ever be selected for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation.
Pazion is one of 16 entrepreneurs who have been shortlisted for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (APEI) – UK Royal Academy of Engineering, according to a statement sent to
Addis Standard by the organizers. The 2021 shortlist represents nine countries including, for the first time, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Ethiopia and the Gambia. Six of the 16-strong shortlist are female innovators.