2023 IEEE CTU Challenge Prize Winners
View all the winning proposal presentations on on the Whova platform
Best Overall
Best Overall Proof of Concept
Developing wireless infrastructure using mesh network technology within villages at ultra-low cost, digitizing & putting rural areas online, &enabling farmers to access a variety of digital services
Presenter
Carlos Oba
Award: USD 10,000
Sponsored by: VMware
Best Overall Concept
Transcend Computer labs
Presenter
Kimmie Weeks
Award: USD 8,000
Sponsored by: Internet Society
Best Overall Gender Inclusion #1
Increasing internet access to the underconnected refugee and asylum-seeker girls of 18-34 years through community enablement approach via of digital literacy skill training and accessibility programs in Dzaleka Camp, Malawi
Presenter
Lusambya Milemo
Award: USD 20,000
Sponsored by: USAID
Best Overall Gender Inclusion #2
KOÓLEL KANÁANT LE KUXTAL, YÓOKÓL KAAB (Connecting Women that take care of mother earth)
Presenter
Joaquin Wray
Award: USD 17,000
Sponsored by: USAID
Best Overall Gender Inclusion Runner-up
Empowering Women in Mathare Valley: Bridging the Gender Digital Divide through Community Enablement in Kenya
Presenter
George Musumba
Award: USD 10,000
Sponsored by: USAID
Best Overall from Canada
In-Network Technology To Connect People With Vision Disability
Presenter
Kim Khoa Nguyen
Award: USD 10,000
Sponsored by: Mitacs
Special Gender Inclusion
Social ISPs for digital transformation
Presenter
Oleg Missikoff
Award: USD 8,000
Sponsored by: USAID
FIRST PLACE
Technical Proof of Concept 1st Place
Excuela
Presenter
Gonzalo Yrigoyen
Award: USD 7,000
Technical Concept 1st Place
In-Network Technology To Connect People With Vision Disability
Presenter
Kim Khoa Nguyen
Award: USD 5,000
Technical Concept 1st Place
Affordable Connectivity for Empowering Women Micro Entrepreneurship: The Role of NTN
Presenter
Navrati Saxena
Award: USD 5,000
Community Enablement
Proof of Concept 1st Place
IT& Internet -Job opportunities for People with disabilities and disadvantaged groups
Presenter
Ming Ngo
Award: USD 7,000
Community Enablement Concept 1st Place
Girl Connect
Presenter
Augustina Okpechi
Award: USD 5,000
Award: USD 2,000 (Special Gender Prize)
Business Model
Proof of Concept 1st Place
iAfrika – African Knowledge in African Languages
Presenter
Grant McNulty
Award: USD 7,000
Business Model Concept 1st Place
Empower360
Presenter
Jeremiah Ater
Award: USD 5,000
Second Place
Technical Proof of Concept 2nd Place
The Jara Unit – Connectivity through Off-Grid Charging Education Devices
Presenter
Soraya Fouladi
Award: USD 3,000
Community Enablement
Proof of Concept 2nd Place
KOÓLEL KANÁANT LE KUXTAL, YÓOKÓL KAAB (Connecting Women that take care of mother earth)
Presenter
Joaquin Wray
Award: USD 3,000
Community Enablement Concept 2nd Place
Maternal and Child Health Interpersonal Support System
Presenter
Abhimanyu Panday
Award: USD 2,000
Award: USD 1,000 (Special Gender Prize)
Business Model
Proof of Concept 2nd Place
Empowering Africa’s Digital Revolution: AHADI’s Game-Changing Solution for Unlimited Affordable Internet Access
Presenter
Tao Zhou
Award: USD 3,000
Business Model Concept 2nd Place
Social ISPs for digital transformation
Presenter
Oleg Missikoff
Award: USD 2,000