Dr. Khadija El-Bedweihy, Founder and CEO of PraxiLabs, the international leader in the field of virtual science labs which makes virtual labs accessible for educational institutions and schools, has been named the 2021 winner of Africa’s Business Heroes.
PraxiLabs provides 3D science labs for university students, not only to increase practice, but also to allow experiments that are usually not doable because of money, time, or safety constraints. We focus on the lack of STEM graduates and on how to enhance science education to have more scientists who can solve more problems facing the world today. We do that by allowing students to practice as much as possible in a safe environment which they can access anytime from anywhere until they learn the concepts at hand to improve their learning outcomes but also their motivation and retention.
Africa’s Business Heroes Prize
Africa’s Business Heroes Competition is an African initiative that is founded by the Jack Ma Foundation. It aims to identify, support, and inspire the next generation of African entrepreneurs who are making a difference in their local communities, working to solve the most pressing problems, and building a more sustainable and inclusive economy for the future.
The initiative aims to be as inclusive as possible. Applications are open in English and French to entrepreneurs from all African countries, all sectors, and all ages who operate businesses formally registered and headquartered in an African country and that have a 3 year-track record.
Every year, ten finalists are selected to compete in the ABH finale pitch competition and participate in a TV show that is broadcast online and across the continent. The finalists compete for a share of US $1.5 million in grant money.
They Said about PraxiLabs and Dr. Khadija
Strive Masiyiwa
“With her belief in adopting technology for improving education and enabling equal opportunities, Khadija founded and is currently managing PraxiLabs, which makes virtual science labs accessible for educational institutions and schools.”
Joh Tsai, Executive Vice Chairman of Alibaba, to announce the BIG news:
“A team of mostly women, very passionate to spread the STEM education not only in Africa but around the world. The potential scale and impact that the virtual labs in STEM can make has impressed the judging panel! For that reason, PraxiLabs is the winner of Africa’s Business Heroes competition!…”
Dr. Khadija El-Bedweihy, said after her team were announced as the Africa Business Heroes 2021 winners:
“I feel excited, proud of what we have done. We were very optimistic about our chances as we have been working very hard to get here. Africa will rise again as we are seeing that by having these heroes...”
PraxiLabs Launches Initiative Entitled “People of Determination, Future Scientists”
Under the title “People of Determination, Future Scientists,”
PraxiLabs Virtual Labs
launched an initiative that is the first of its kind to use technology to rehabilitate and educate people of determination in various fields of science.
The goal of the initiative is to activate the developmental role of people of determination, enhance public awareness, contribute to their integration into society, and qualify them in the fields of science, thus enabling them to be effective partners in society.
PraxiLabs Ranked among Africa’s Top 10 Business Heroes
PraxiLabs has been chosen among the ABH top 10 African heroes in Africa’s Business Heroes Competition from 12,000 submissions from 54 African countries.
It is with great pride that we announce PraxiLabs as a representative of the Arab World and North Africa, in genweral, and Egypt in specific.
The competition selected 50 top business heroes across Africa, and then the top 50 passed multiple stages of judging and evaluation to select the top 20, and then the top 10, and then they pitched in front of different judges.
Dr. Khadija was named winner seeing off the competition from the other 9 finalists which was trimmed down to three during the Grand Finale pitch and Award ceremony Wednesday, November 17, 2021, during a virtual live finale. Dr. Khadija thus becomes the third woman to win the ABH award since its inception!
Get ready to move students from a one-time science experiment to practicing any time you want! Feel the full power of virtual experiments now.