The Motsepe Foundation, owned by Patrice Motsepe, has awarded a green energy company from Malawi a prize of $1 million.All semi-finalists of this leg of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy will receive $20 000 to test and work on their energy solutions.
A South African company, OMNIVAT, celebrated the prize of $250 000 as the first runner-up. OMNIVAT works to supply containerized electricity generation and storage systems, which provide clean water, clean energy, and WiFi that is powered by virtual reality support for remote communities across the continent.
This leg of the Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy is the second in the Milken–Motsepe Innovation Prize Program, a series of multiyear, multimillion-dollar global innovation competitions and awards aimed at advancing technological progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals . “Each of the teams underwent a rigorous, independent judging process, which assessed their innovation’s potential to deliver 60 kilowatt hours of off-grid electricity in a 24-hour period using only sustainable sources,” the foundation explains of the judging stage in an announcement sent to Hypertext.