Africa HousingForum InnovationAwards
Innovations Awards have ended
We are happy to announce the top 12 finalists for the 2022 Africa Housing Forum Innovation Awards and each category winner.
Winner
Franchise Model and affordable sustainable housing
Organisation:Earth Enable, Inc
Country: Rwanda
Finalists
The Transaction Support Centre
Organisation: 71point4 / Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa
Country: South Africa
Climate smart tech, planning & housing observatory
Organisation: Civic Forum on Housing and Habitat Zambia (CFHHZ)
Country: Zambia
Ikemeleng Temporary Residential Units
Organisation: South African Housing and Infrastructure Fund (SAHIF)
Country: South Africa
Winner
Mukuru Special Planning Area Program
Organisation: Muungano wa Wanavijiji, Akiba Mashinani Trust
Country: Kenya
Finalists
Housing for All Egyptians
Organisation: Social Housing and Mortgage Finance Fund (SHMFF)
Country: Egypt
MELHORIA PROJECT
Organisation: Fundo para o Fomento de Habitação, Fundo Público
Country: Mozambique
Lesotho National Housing Policy
Organisation: Ministry of Local Government and Chieftainship
Country: Lesotho
Winner
Green Building
Organisation: ECOACT TANZANIA
Country: Tanzania
Finalists
Cassava Concrete for Low-Cost Housing Delivery
Organisation: Kampala International University
Country: Uganda
Anix Building System
Organisation: AGLA Building Contractors
Country: Malawi
NYUMBA MKONONI
Organisation: NYUMBA MKONONI LTD
Country: Kenya
Within the framework of the Africa Housing Forum, the Innovation Awards seek to promote and celebrate innovative approaches to improve housing conditions for low-income households at scale. The Awards further seek to demonstrate the importance of strategic collaboration, specifically Multi-Sector People-Public-Private-Partnerships that foster innovations. The focus of the Awards will be on rewarding initiatives that address real needs and provide affordable, disaster-resilient, inclusive, and sustainable solutions with an added lens of post-pandemic considerations.
The entries for the Africa Housing Forum Innovation Awards 2022 are now closed.
Benefits to Finalists/ Winners of all Categories
Benefits
12 Finalists
- 12 finalists (4 from each category) will be invited to present their initiatives to a panel of judges and audience at the Africa Housing Forum on May 13, 2022.
3 Winners
- 3 big winners (1 from each category) will get a cash prize of US$ 5,000.
- Finalists and winners will benefit from Habitat for Humanity and its partners’ marketing and visibility efforts.
- Winners in each category will be invited to join the Habitat for Humanity delegation and attend the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland in June 2022, with paid travel and accommodation costs.
- And many other exciting prizes!
The initiatives to be applied in this contest must be active or in the process of being implemented, and must have started between 2018 and 2022, with the expected results already achieved and verifiable.
Find more information on the Innovation Awards in our contest guidelines.