Awards

Co-inventor on three PCT patent applications covering novel Direct Air Capture system methods, developed at Octavia Carbon. Filed during the $3.1M Series A period.

Awarded to 1 student paper out of 13 submissions. Received the award for the paper titled "Improving Small Pest Bird Detection in YOLOv5s for Autonomous Bird Deterrent Systems."

Built an AI-powered climate solution at Qualislabs that won IBM's Call for Code — one of the world's largest open-source development competitions, drawing 180,000+ developers across 165 nations. Won the Middle East and Africa regional round, then the global title.

Awarded to 1 team in Kenya for creativity and innovativeness in using gamified artificial intelligence for early detection and diagnosis of eye cataracts in children.