Esther Wanjiru Kimani

FARMER LIFELINE TECHNOLOGIES

• Working with 5110 farmers, who report 40% yield increase and 33% loss reduction;
• Gained official intellectual property protection through utility patents and a 145-year Exclusive Manufacturer’s Agreement;
• Partnered with FarmLink and FarmShare KALRO (Research Organization);
• Recognized with Presidential Honorary Medal conferred by Paul Kagame;
• Won Google’s trust with $30,000 Cloud credits;
• Received $50,000 (Sh6.85 million) from the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) and support from other bodies including the African Development Bank and Global Centre for Adaptation;
• Winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s 2024 Africa Prize fo Engineering;
• Winner of the Gian Marco Moratti Award 2023;
• Spoke at the Global Youth Climate Summit 2023 and at the FAO Science & Innovation Forum 2023;
• Won the 2022 AGRF’s Africa Food Prize Awards (US$50,000 grand prize), COMESA Innovation Award, 2022 African Agrihack, TotalStartUpper, 2022 GoGettaz competition and AWIEF African;
• Received a further award under the Youth Adapt category at the UN Conference of Parties (COP27) in Egypt in 2022, with support from GCA, AFDB, and CIF.