Honoring professional excellence
The Al-Sumait Prize for African Development is an annual award initiated by the Late Amir of the State of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, after a Kuwaiti physician, the late Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sumait, who dedicated his life towards helping the disadvantaged in Africa in many fields including health, food security, and education. The prize aims to recognize and appreciate the best studies, scientific projects, applied research, and initiatives with high impact for the advancement of economic, social, human resources, and infrastructure development in the African continent.
In order to encourage outstanding scientific talent across various fields of knowledge and to motivate Kuwaiti PhD holders to pursue research, study, authorship, and translation in the fields of scientific production
The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) awards distinguished Kuwaiti and Arab scientists worldwide the Kuwait Prize for their significant and outstanding achievements in research since 1979
