BACKGROUND
Call it the Ugandan Nobel Prize because Innovation Consortium is recognizing and rewarding outstanding local excellence in ideation and creation through the prestigious MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE.
In a world where TikTokers and ribaldrous online characters are more famous than philosophers, Innovation Consortium is realigning recognition to where it is due by celebrating and rewarding exceptional thinkers and ideators through the Medal of Excellence Award. This medal is awarded annually to someone or a team that exhibits excellence in ideation and creation in solving a specially chosen real-life related challenge.
Influenced by societal challenges, the boundlessly experienced Innovation Consortium team chooses a different challenge every year and the best submitted solution to that challenge wins the Medal of Excellence Award for that specific year. Each of these challenges is aimed at inspiring simple yet practical out-of-the-box solutions to everyday challenges. Each year’s challenge is named and themed after a local laudable innovator or creator. This medal is open to the general public without limitations on race, country, continent, age, gender, profession or background because we believe there is an innovator in each of us.
The award was started in 2022 by the innovation Consortium which is a duly registered group of companies and individuals with different, highly specialized skill sets and backgrounds, but all with a common goal of solving emerging world challenges through innovation. The Medal is designed and crafted locally by us and it is accompanied by an ever growing cash prize
Medal Award Criteria
The medal is awarded according to the following procedure
Technical Judging Criteria
All submissions are judged according to the five (5) principles below
MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE 2023
This year’s Medal of Excellence SEMI-PERMANENT SHELTER Challenge was concluded during the 2nd week of December 2023, with an insightful ceremony where all six finalists presented their ideas.
Impartial assessment was done and the winning idea came from Architecture student Nankabirwa Anointed, whose pivotal shelter design was inspired by center anchor pole walling and roofing. She took home the prestigious innovatively designed and locally made Medal award plus a cash prize of USD 500.
The first runners up was a team of two students, Walusimbi Joseph (3rd year Electrical engineering) and Tumwesigye Robinah (3rd Year Architecture). These won a cash prize of USD 150 and a special physical token of appreciation from Innovation Consortium.
The second runners up was a team of four students from Kyambogo university (Aturinde Nuwe, Musiitwa Isaac, Kibirige Jethro and Mugoya Raymond). These took home a USD 100 cash prize and a special physical token of appreciation from Innovation Consortium.
The Medal of Excellence is awarded annually and each year it takes on a different socially relatable theme and is named after different reward-worthy local ideators. The inaugural medal was named after Zikusooka Nyonyintono, the man responsible for designing Jinja city. This year’s medal patron was the late Dr. Moses. K. Musaazi, the visionary behind MAKA pads and sustainable construction.
Thank you for being part of this immensely rewarding process and we look forward to making next year’s award even more exciting. Happy Holidays.
About the previous Medal of Excellence 2022
The inaugural challenge was to design a KIOSK (Mudaala) and it was themed
#Zikusooka Challenge named after Uganda’s first civil engineer James Mbuzi Nyonyintono Zikusooka, the man responsible for designing Jinja City.
Over 30 submissions were made and the top three (3) submissions were from
Musiitwa Isaac -567 votes (30%)
Gwoktcho Emmanuel -354 votes (19%)
Ahairwebyona Monica & Opio Jacob – (51%)
From which the overall winners were Ahairwebyona Monica and Opio Jacob, with Gwoktcho Emmanuel as the first runner up and Musiitwa Isaac the second runner up.
Catch the moments from the award ceremony from the video below.
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