Innovation Week in Africa IWA 2022 / Event’s report

Event Organizer

OFEED Inc. / international organizing committee

Supporting international organization

International Federation of Inventors’ Associations (IFIA)

Program of the event

The event’s online program was available on the event’s website (www.iwa2023.com) on November 10th and included mainly:

• Virtual Awards ceremony video
• IWA 2022 best participants videos
• AI speakers’ educational videos

All videos were accessible at any time of the day and people have the possibility to watch all their desired videos without any restrictions for several weeks. This year, the online program was not broadcasted live because it cannot be convenient to everyone due to the time shift. Hence, by making videos available:

• people are free to choose what they want to watch, and
• people can follow the program depending on their availability and at their own pace.

Participating projects: 612 projects

Finalists: 55 projects, 24 countries / regions

Participating countries from Africa in previous editions:

• IWA 2019: 18,75% (6 from 32 countries / regions)
• IWA 2020: 12% (6 from 50 countries / regions)
• IWA 2021: 13,33% (2 from 15 countries / regions)

Issued Certifications: 324 award certificates including 143 Master of Innovation certificates

AI speakers’ sessions: 24 virtual experts, 76 Innovation Topics powered by Artificial Intelligence

New participating countries / regions in IWA 2022: Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, Tunisia, Malawi, Kenya, South Soudan.

IWA 2022 reached a total of 69 participating countries / regions since 2019:

1. Australia
2. Austria
3. Bahrein
4. Benin
5. Bosnia-Herzegovina
6. Brazil
7. Burkina Faso
8. Cambodia
9. Canada
10. Chile
11. China
12. Croatia
13. Czech
14. Egypt
15. Ethiopia
16. France
17. Germany
18. Great Britain
19. Guinea
20. Hong Kong SAR China
21. Hungary
22. India
23. Indonesia

24. Iran
25. Iraq
26. Italy
27. Kenya
28. Lebanon
29. Macao SAR China
30. Macedonia
31. Malawi
32. Malaysia
33. Moldova
34. Montenegro
35. Morocco
36. Netherland
37. Niger
38. Nigeria
39. Philippines
40. Poland
41. Portugal
42. Qatar
43. Romania
44. Rwanda
45. Senegal
46. Serbia

47. Sierra Leone
48. Singapore
49. South Korea
50. South Soudan
51. Spain
52. Sri Lanka
53. Sudan
54. Sweden
55. Switzerland
56. Syria
57. Taiwan, China
58. Tanzania
59. Thailand
60. Tunisia
61. Turkey
62. Uganda
63. Ukraine
64. United Arab Emirates
65. United Kingdom
66. United States
67. Vietnam
68. Yemen
69. Zambia

612 teams submitted their ideas, inventions, innovations or projects… they all received participation certificate without any awards except 55 projects that reached the finals (which meets at least minimum requirements in term of maturity level and IP / scientific evidences, video demonstration…).

After that, Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal were attributed, based on provided information from participants, by Artificial Intelligence Engine and confirmed by International Jury of experts.

Among the novelties of this edition, the Best Global Innovator 2022 award was delivered to 100 participants. It is an award given after global assessment of all participants’ projects and only participants that have the highest scores in the event can have it.

As a reminder:

• “Master of Innovation” is a certificate that rewards the innovative skills of each participant. So, all participants who got a good score for at least one project (Silver or Gold medal for example) can have it.
• other awards (Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc.) are more related mainly to the idea or innovation itself, not the person behind it.

All certificates were sent by email to participants and awards packages were sent by post mail to the winners.

Also, certificates’ authenticity can be verified online, using a unique reference number, at http://ofeed.ma/verify-certificates/

Educational videos were produced using content generated by Artificial Intelligence and all speakers are Artificial Intelligence robots which are able to act like humans in the recorded videos. Around 30 new AI speakers’ educational videos were added this year to reach 76 total videos: