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Al-Sumait Prize for African Development Awards For Health And Food Security To Be Handed Over To The Winners At Africa-Arab Summit in Equatorial Guinea On November 22
Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 14, 2016 – The recipients of Kuwait’s Al-Sumait Prize for African Development awards for the Health and Food Security categories will receive their awards at a glittering ceremony on November 22 during the Fourth Africa-Arab Summit in Equatorial Guinea’s capital Malabo.
His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah the Amir of Kuwait will present the 2015 Al-Sumait Health category award to Professor Kevin Marsh of the University of Oxford and African Academy of Sciences, Kenya, for his sustained efforts to control and eradicate malaria, which affects the health of tens of millions of African children.
The 2016 Al-Sumait Food Security category award will be handed over to representatives of the two winners, the SweetPotato-for-Nutrition-Team at the International Potato Centre (CIP), Lima, Peru and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria.
Al-Sumait Prize for African Development is designed to spur development in Africa by rewarding innovative, exciting and inspiring initiatives and research by individuals and organizations that address the challenges facing the African continent.
The award, announced by His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait at the 3rd African Arab Summit in 2013, , seeks to recognize and honor individuals or institutions who help advance economic and social development, human resources development and infrastructure in Africa
For more information, please visit www.alsumaitprize.org or contact the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) at:
P. (+965) 22270465
Or in Equatorial Guinea, contact: Julian Clarke-Jervoise, Al-Sumait Prize media onsite representative, + 240 222 185224
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Kuwait's Al-Sumait Prizes are a set of annual awards designed to honor significant advances in the fields of food security, health and education in Africa. Administered by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) and a Board of Trustees, the awards celebrate the work and accomplishments of Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait, a Kuwaiti physician who spent his lifetime helping the poor in Africa in the field of health and education. The objective of the prizes is to recognize best studies, scientific projects, applied research, and innovative initiatives that have a significant impact and lasting influence on advancing progress to economic and social development in Africa. www.alsumaitprize.org
