(12 October 2022, Johannesburg) On 11 October, The SAB Foundation, in partnership with the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an entity of the Department of Science and Innovation, hosted its 12th annual Social Innovation and 7th annual Disability Empowerment Awards in which R18 million in grant funding and business development support was awarded to 29 deserving social innovators.

Liz Moynihan, founder of Kotonki and Sibongile Mongadi, from Uku’hamba Prosthetics and Orthotics were the overall winners of the Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards with Kotonki getting top prize in the Social Innovation category and Uku’hamba Prosthetics and Orthotics winning first prize in the Disability Empowerment Awards Category.