Media Corner 2023/24

Press releases: Kofi Annan Award 2023/24 (SDG 2)

• 24 October 2024
  • "Ensuring Food Security in Africa: Challenges and Innovations towards 2030 – Special Event on the margins of the UN HLPF 2024" am 16. Juli 2024 in New York (Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens), in German
• 9 September 2024
  • Fighting Hunger with Innovation: Kofi Annan Award for Africa (Vindobona Vienna International News)
• 4 September 2024
  • Video: High-Level Award Ceremony (Livestream)
  • Verleihung des 2. "Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa" (OTS), in German
  • Photo service of the Austrian Federal Chancellery: "Kofi Annan Award 2024 for Innovation in Africa"
  • ​​​​​​​The winners of the 2024 Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa (Kofi Annan Foundation)
  • ​​​​​​​Ghada Waly, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna; Opening remarks at the Award Ceremony of the Kofi Annan Awards for Innovation in Africa​​​​​​​
• 3 September 2024
  • Meet the nine innovations blazing a trail for zero hunger in Africa (Kofi Annan Foundation)

• 2 September 2024
  • AVISO: Vergabe des zweiten Kofi Annan Awards in der Hofburg (OTS), in German
• 27 May 2024
  • How we create meaningful learning bootcamps for innovators (Medium)
• 12 May 2024
  • Nine innovations blazing a trail for zero hunger in Africa (Medium)
• 6 May 2024
  • How we received 832 applications for the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa (Medium)
• 28 March 2024
  • Kofi Annan Award 2.0: Agritechs für Afrika, in German​​​​​​​
• 18 Januar 2024:
  • Mit Technologie gegen Hunger in Afrika, Press release from Austrian Development Agency, in German

Documents

• Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa 2023/24:
  • Factsheet English (PDF, 250 KB)
• One Pager KAAIA 2023/24 (PDF, 208 KB)
• KAAIA 2023/24 Call for Applications (non barrierer-free) (PDF, 668 KB)
• KAAIA 2023/24 FAQ Call for Applications (non barrierer-free) (PDF, 661 KB)

Download

• Infographics: Benefits for finalists, Programme phases (ZIP, 115 KB)
• Infographie : Avantages pour les finalistes, Phases (ZIP, 122 KB)
• Infografiken: Benefits für Finalistinnen/Finalisten, Programm-Meilensteine (ZIP, 120 KB)
• Kofi Annan Award Logo package (ZIP, 857 KB) 

Videos

What is the background of the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa?

What is the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa seeking to accomplish?

What makes the Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa unique?