Marcel Prax

Elhadji Malick Sagne is addressing the issue of land degradation in Senegalese agriculture, exacerbated by poor practices and climatic variability. His proposed solution involves an agroecological farm that harnesses cacti for energy and organic fertilizer, utilising a biodigester to produce methane and transform it into electrical energy, ensuring the production…

This is a podcast where I get to talk with various people (Africans) in the STEM field. They talk passionately about the research and projects and how it is contributing to society. Also, I allow them to provide me with a back story of who they are and why they…

This intelligent project will monitor health status, enhance self-management and predict worsening of health and alert for action; thus, improve health outcomes, independence, morbidity and mortality.   Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Med-Tech, Mobile Health.

The nominating institution Creative Destruction Lab on the breakthrough: CDL operates 9 sites located in top-tier institutions that translate regional excellence in research and innovation into entrepreneurial and commercial success. The CDL program employs an objectives-based mentoring process to enhance the performance of technical founders who learn from the insights…

How to Debunk Myths About the Public Sector and Achieve More Inclusive Growth  How many times do we hear that to increase innovation and competitiveness, we need more market and less state? This commonplace position ignores history: the IT, biotech, nanotech and emerging ‘green’ revolutions have all been initiated by a courageous…

The nominating institution Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on the breakthrough: The Molecular Foundry provides visiting researchers (“users”) with access to leading-edge scientific instruments. In an innovative twist on the traditional user facility model, users also gain access to world-renowned scientists who devote their expertise to the users’ research goals in…

Altering Medicine by Cell and Gene Therapy – Falling Walls Circle Plenary Table 2023 The creation of innovative medicines using cells and genes as therapeutic agents greatly profits from the ongoing technological progress. Innovation happens across academia and industry and collaboration in manufacturing, clinical validation and market entry is crucial…

Between March 1st and 22nd, nearly 10% of all college-aged users placed pandemic anxiety as the number one concern in life, outstripping other stresses such as heartbreak and job anxiety three-to-one. An unprecedented spike in depression, anxiety and loneliness is paired with a drop in healthier interests, such as physical…

Our project is aimed to train kids aged (8-14) years coding, so they can be able to program their own programs and games. Also training kids how to design simple educational projects using robots and electronic circuits. We have a cooperation with Iraqi private schools to introduce our courses to…

The nominating institution Nanyang Technological University on the breakthrough: E-waste is a growing global problem owing to its toxicity and environmental impact. Pioneering “waste-for-waste” approach demonstrated to tackle both food waste and electronics waste towards circular economy of zero waste in which resources are used for long as possible. Unique,…