People fixing.
People Fixing the world.
Welcome to People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service with me, Mayra Anubi with a program that travels the world for solutions.
And you might have noticed by now that I'm not in studio.
That's because this is a special program.
I'm coming to you from my home country, Kenya.
I'm in the capital city, Nairobi, for the final of the Africa Prize, which rewards the finest young innovators from across the continent who are trying to solve some of the world's most pressing problems.
Today, I'm at a fancy hotel where the good and the great have gathered from 19 countries across the continent to find out who is going to win this year's Innovation Prize.
Now, just a bit of context.
The Africa Prize is an annual event for engineering innovation that's run by the Royal Academy of Engineering and supported by the UK government.
And on today's program, we're going to meet each of the four finalists before they do their last pitch in front of the judges and then find out who takes away the prize, which is worth more than US$60,000.
Now we've got some really smart ideas that show there is a lot of exciting innovation happening in Africa.
The solutions we're going to hear, for example, today are about pest detection, access to healthcare, plastic recycling and waste disposal.
But before we meet the nervous and excited finalists, I'm here with one of the JuD, Dr.
Ibilola Amau.
Dr.
Amau, let me in on the secret.
What are you guys looking for?
So it's really tough.
We're looking for finalists and we're looking for awardees who have social impact, who are going to impact the African environment, create jobs, wealth locally, and bring engineering and innovative solutions to the world.