Cadence Design Systems Professor and Electrical Engineering Professor Challenge. As a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at Stanford University - Professor Olukotun discovered low-power multicore processors for server systems with chip multiprocessor technology. Solution. His research focus is in computer architecture, parallel programming environments, scalable parallel systems, domain-specific languages, and high-level compilers. He leads the Sta

Co-Founder, Easysolar.org Born in Ghana and raised in South Africa, I am a Pan-African at heart who is passionate about building homegrown solutions to the continent’s most pressing development challenges” Says Nthabiseng Mosia – who was inspired to pursue a Masters in Energy Finance and Policy at Columbia University in 2014, where she then met her co-founders for Easy Solar. Her travels in Africa and her own personal experiences from childhood of multiple power outages, prov

CEO and Co-Founder, Quantum Surgical Challenge. Bertin, entrepreneur in surgical robotics, came together with his associates and conducted research that showed 8 000 new cases of liver cancer arise in France alone in each year, and 800 000 globally. The company began to explore the potential of minimally-invasive surgical robotics for the treatment of such cancer. Solutions. Quantum Surgical aimed to conceive an innovative solution that resulted in minimally invasive the

Chief Scientist and Master Inventor (IBM Research - Africa Labs) Challenge. Dr. Weldemariam's interests lie in advancing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain for the purposes of solving Africa’s grand challenges, some of which comprise of trade logistics, and supply chain management in food ecosystems. Solutions. AI systems to combat ever-increasing complexity and scale of global problems in the areas of health and healthcare Decision platform for small-scale farming,