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Nigerien engineer Mamane Kabirou Ousseini wins 2026 innovation prize

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Nigerien engineer Mamane Kabirou Ousseini has won the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2026 for an innovation related to medical technology. The international award recognises African engineering, reports Journal du Niger.

Nigerien engineer Mamane Kabirou Ousseini has won the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2026 for Likita Care, a remote medical monitoring device. The continental award, established in 2014 by the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering, recognises a technology that transmits patients’ vital signs to healthcare teams in real time, reports Journal du Niger.

Likita Care combines vital-sign sensors with an artificial intelligence algorithm. The tool aims to make it easier to monitor patients remotely, the Nigerien media outlet says.

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