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Commonwealth Innovation and Youth Awards winners

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2019
Innovation
Awards
Nigeria

Elizabeth Kperrun

Elizabeth Kperrun is the CEO of Zenafri who work with African children and young adults in creating mobile applications and video content that educate...
Chukwudi Anyanaso 2019
Innovation
Awards
Nigeria

Chukwudi Anyanaso

Chukwudi Anyanaso has a passion for addressing poverty and hunger issues, especially those that affect women. In 2013, at the age of 24 he established...
Rufino and researchers 2019
Innovation
Awards
Fiji

Rufino Varea

Fiji is an island nation of unparalleled natural beauty. However, its pristine coastal ecosystems are increasingly threatened by accumulating waste and...
2019
Innovation
Awards
Malaysia

Mohamad Shafie Taib

Mohamad Shafie Taib is an engineer at the Town Planning Department in Alor Gajah Municipal Council, Melaka, Malaysia where he has worked since September...
Franca Ma-ih Yong Salem 2019
Innovation
Awards
Cameroon

Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong

While studies link social media use with increased rates of anxiety and depression, Franca Ma-ih Sulem Yong started the DigCit SDG project to direct young...
Alfred Cook 2019
Innovation
Awards
New Zealand

Alfred Cook

Alfred Cook has spent a lifetime on the ocean and the last 17 years working in fisheries conservation and management. Since 2012, he has worked as the...
Jaydeep Mandal 2019
Innovation
Awards
India

Jaydeep Mandal

Jaydeep Mandal is the founder and managing director of Aakar Innovations, a hybrid social enterprise that enables women to produce and distribute affordable,...
Eritai Kateibwi 2019
Innovation
Awards
Kiribati

Eritai Kateibwi

Eritai Kateibwi has the ambitious goal of getting every family in Kiribati to grow their own plants and vegetables by using mineral rich water rather...
George Onyango 2019
Innovation
Awards
Kenya

George Onyango

Mr. Onyango is the Executive Director of Dandora Dumpsite Rehabilitation Group (DADREG). He holds a Diploma in Information Technology from Inoorero University;...
2019
Innovation
Awards
Bangladesh

Md Tofazzal Islam

Bangladesh had success in food and nutritional security over some yerasby the application of new techiques in agriculture. However, due to global climate...
Christopher Nesbitt 2019
Innovation
Awards
Belize

Christopher Nesbitt

Christopher Nesbitt is the director of Maya Mountain Research Farm, a former degraded citrus and cattle farm that is a registered NGO. Since 1988, applying...
Leilua Lino 2019
Innovation
Awards
Samoa

Leilua Lino

Leilua was raped by her own biological father at the age of nine and was placed in the Samoa Victim Support Group’s (SVSG) shelter and care in 2011....