Category: Press Releases

AltMet has been selected as a top 4 finalist for the prestigious Africa Prize competition! The Africa Prize is the continent’s biggest prize dedicated to developing the entrepreneurial skills of engineers. “All four of our finalists have found novel ways to address critical challenges in their home countries – in fact, problems that are faced all over the world,” said Africa Prize judge, Rebecca Enonchong. “We’re proud to be part of the development of world-class African technologies, and to support emerging African entrepreneurs.” AltMet is working to commercialize a low cost, green, low energy consuming process for recovering platinum, palladium and …

AltMet was nominated for participation in the prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering innovation Africa Prize competition. The Africa Prize encourages ambitious and talented sub-Saharan African engineers from all disciplines to apply their skills to develop scalable solutions to local challenges, highlighting the importance of engineering as an enabler of improved quality of life and economic development. Crucial commercialisation support is awarded to a shortlist of innovative applicants through a six-month period of training and mentoring. Following this period of mentor ship, finalists are invited to 1 week immersions in South Africa, London and Kenya, culminating in a presentation where a …