FALLING WALLS KENYA 2020 [Webinar]

Falling Walls Lab is an international forum for the next generation of early career innovators, trailblazers, creators and visionaries. It aims to promote exceptional ideas and connect promising scientists and entrepreneurs from all fields on a global level.

Participants, also known as Labsters, were given the opportunity to present their research, business model, or initiative of peers to a high calibre jury from academia and business, and the general public –in just 3 minutes

Recording

Falling Walls in partnership with NACOSTI and TCC Africa hosted Falling Walls Lab, Nairobi, which, took place via Facebook Live on 25 September at 10:00AM EAT.

Running order

	Name	Institute	Town	Field of Study	Slides
1	Mr. Caleb Wafula	University of Nairobi	Nairobi	Peace and Conflict Management
2	Timothy Kinoti	Jomo Kenyatta University Agriculture and Technology & Voice4Ed	Nairobi	Development Studies
3	Mutembei Kariuki	Kobe Institute of Computing & Fastegger Inc	Nairobi	Computing & Information Science
4	Johanssen Obanda	Egerton University	Kisumu	Biochemistry	http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4062319
5	Joseph Kimwomi	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Nairobi	Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics
6	Daisy Isiaho	Multimedia University of Kenya	Nairobi	Mathematics and Computer Science
7	Antony Okungu	Heriot Watt University & Emerging Markets Insurance	Nairobi	Actuarial Science and Management
8	Bonface Jiveri	Kaimosi Friends University College	Kaimosi	Microbiology
9	Dr Remmy Shiundu	University of Dar-Es-Salaam	Kisumu	Cultural Studies, Philosophy & Languages
10	Dr Annette Busula	Kaimosi Friends University College	Kakamega	Medical Entomology
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11	Ms. Winny Joan Okoth	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Nairobi	Construction Management
12	Mr. James Mwangi Kariuki	Kenyatta University & Last Mile Med	Nairobi	Health Care & Medical Sciences
13	Ms. Caroline Nyaga	Science Squad Africa & Kenyatta University	Nairobi	Education
14	Mr. Hesbon Ayub	Kenyatta University	Nairobi	Renewable Energy
15	Dr Daniel Korir	University of Melbourne & ILRI	Nairobi	Agriculture
16	Mr. James Kimani	Egerton University & Mother Goose Kenya	Nairobi	Maternal &Infancy Health
17	Ms.Susan Njuki	Kisii University & ILRI	Kisii	Bioniformatics
18	Lydia Ogonda	University of Nairobi & Universite De Nantes	Kakamega	Biochemistry
19	Weldon Tonui	Murang'a University of Technology	Murang'a	Technology Eductaion
20	John Gift	Kenya Technical Trainers College	Nairobi	Technical Teacher Education

Nominations were accepted in any of the ten categories:
(1) Life Sciences,
(2) Physical Sciences,
(3) Engineering and Technology,
(4) Social Sciences and the Humanities,
(5) Science in the Arts,
(6) Digital Education,
(7) Science and Innovation Management
(8) Emerging Talents
(9) Science Start-ups
(10) Science Engagement

ABOUT THE FALLING WALLS LAB
The goal of the Falling Walls Lab is to advance scientific and entrepreneurial visions, and to initiate and promote exchange between outstanding talents and innovative thinkers across disciplines. Over the last years, 90 top-ranked institutions such as the ETH Zurich, Stanford University, and Seoul National University have hosted international Falling Walls Labs. The Falling Walls Foundation is organised by the Falling Walls Foundation and generously funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Berlin-Senate, the Bayer Foundations, Huawei, and Sartorius. It is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)