Ghanaian social entrepreneurs Gregory Rockson, Bright Simons and Selorm Branttie are to be honoured with the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship 2019, on April 10 for their works to end counterfeit pharmaceuticals and goods by leveraging emerging technologies.
Rockson’s mPharma electronic prescription drug software solution, and mPedigree – the sms food & goods authentication system to help doctors and consumers avoid purchasing counterfeit goods in real time by Simons and Branttie – have been named along with three others as winners of the prestigious global award which celebrates social entrepreneurs whose innovations have already had significant, proven impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Awardee organizations receive $1.5 million in core support investments to scale up their work and increase their impact, while the social entrepreneurs also gain leverage through their long-term participation in a global community of visionary leaders and innovators dedicated to solving some of the biggest global challenges of our time, according to the award organisers.
The awards ceremony is slated for Wednesday, April 10 at the New Theatre in Oxford, England as part of the 2019 Skoll World Forum.
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