ASME Announces 2025 ISHOW Africa Winners
ASME Announces 2025 ISHOW Africa Winners
ASME has announced the winners of its 2025 Innovation Showcase (ISHOW) Africa, an engineering accelerator dedicated to advancing hardware-led solutions for critical challenges in agriculture, energy, and healthcare.
Out of eight African ventures, three were selected to join the 2025 ISHOW cohort. Their innovations demonstrate how mechanical engineering can solve real-world problems:
Learn more: https://www.asmeishow.org
Out of eight African ventures, three were selected to join the 2025 ISHOW cohort. Their innovations demonstrate how mechanical engineering can solve real-world problems:
- CIST East Africa Industries (Kenya) – Developed a bioethanol micro-distillery that turns agricultural waste into clean-burning fuel for cooking and transportation.
- I-Dress (Uganda) – Created an affordable, sterile wound dressing infused with honey and olive oil to accelerate healing in post-cesarean care in low-resource hospitals.
- MariTest Africa (Uganda) – Introduced a portable, AI-powered malaria diagnostic device to support frontline health workers in remote areas lacking lab infrastructure.
Learn more: https://www.asmeishow.org
