[3] The winner is awarded £25,000, with the second, third and fourth runners-up gaining £10,000 each.

[1] The award was introduced in January 2014 by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom.

Kimani had developed a method of identifying diseases in crops using image analysis.

[4] Sixteen competitors are selected and they are given any support they need during the competition and beyond to deliver their projects.

These competitors receive training and support and they get the opportunity to improve their networking.