Zim Man Named Among Top 50 African Innovators

The Africa Innovation Summit announced innovators who will exhibit their solutions at their forum. The forum will take place between 6 and 8 June in Kigali, Rwanda.

Zimbabwesn Simbarashe Mhuriro will exhibit at Africa Innovation Summit (AIS) after being chosen as one of Africa’s top innovators. The 32-year-old founder and managing director of Oxygen Energy Private Limited Mhuriro was selected as one of the 50 from more than 600 applications.

His company, Oxygen Energy Private Limited, is a an independent power producer.

AIS director Mr Olugbenga Adesida said,

“It is heart-warming to see so many Africans engaged in trying to find solutions to the pressing challenges facing the continent. The hope which we have is to build the AIS into a platform that will support innovators, refine the ideas and scale them up across Africa and the world. Also important, we need all Africans, especially those with the power to act, to actively engage in building innovation driven societies in Africa.”