Route 360 Solutions Initiative has been shortlisted for the 2023 Young Innovators Award by the World Summit Awards. With the World Summit Awards focusing on local digital innovation with a positive impact on society, the World Summit Award Young Innovators Award recognizes young people below the age of 26 years, employing Information Community Technologies to promote the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The shortlist comprises 29 projects from 20 different countries, including the Route 360 Solutions Initiative from Sierra Leone and 28 other projects from Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania, India, Lebanon, Nepal, Peru, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Austria, Bangladesh, the Czech Republic, and Germany, among others.
Our team is very proud to have represented Sierra Leone and the African continent in this prestigious international award. This achievement is a testament to our commitment to employing innovation to address some of the most pressing challenges our country and continent face in the 21st Century. We are looking forward to making it to the next stage of the 2023 World Summit Awards Young Innovators Award.
We thank and appreciate all our supporters and funders in our journey of combating plastic waste pollution, CO2 emissions, flooding, and youth and women’s unemployment in Sierra Leone and Africa. With their assistance, reaching this level would not have been possible.