THE JURY
Meet Our Judges
Andrew Ochono
Development Consultant
Cristianne Wendler
Founder and CEO, Vanhu Tech
The Sustaining Impact Prize celebrates African social innovators and impact focused organizations that are working to sustain meaningful social and environmental impact over time.
Rather than recognizing innovation alone, the prize highlights organizations that are finding practical ways to resource, strengthen, and continue their impact work, especially in contexts where external support may be limited or uncertain.
Early-stage African impact-focused organizations (0-8 years in operation), including:
Applicants should demonstrate a clear commitment to sustaining their impact over time.
CEO, El Pletoral Vocational Academy
Founder, ECOACT Tanzania Ltd.
CEO, Mobi Designs
CEO, Initiative for Gender Empowerment & Creativity
CEO, Angel Smile Initiative
Founder, Happi Creative Enterprises
Development Consultant
Founder and CEO, Vanhu Tech
All top winners will gain exclusive access to the following benefits:
Demonstrate how your initiative contributes to one or more of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Show how your work is currently sustained, or how you plan to sustain your impact over time.
Explain how your organization intends to strengthen its income, resource base, partnerships, or internal capacity to continue delivering impact over time.
Applications will progress through five stages:
Submission and initial review of applications.
Screening of applications and invitation to the next stage.
Interviews with shortlisted applicants.
Selected finalists present to summit judges and plenary participants.
Winners are selected, recognized, and supported after the summit.
Applications Open
Application Deadline
Shortlisting & Interviews
Finalists Announced
Final Presentations at SIS
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