A Sandhurst woman has won £10k in a competition hosted by tech giant Samsung.
Samsung has announced the winners of its third national Solve for Tomorrow Competition, which gives young people the opportunity to gain skills and receive top-tier advice from leading industry experts.
Kiara Taylor, 24, from Sandhurst, Berkshire, was awarded 1st place in the 18-25 category with ReGrow, which repurposes e-waste to make a low-cost irrigation system aimed at farmers in Ghana to help them increase their crop yield.
Kiara was thrilled to be crowned the winner of the 18-25 category. She said: “This competition will allow me to develop my idea further, which will involve second round prototyping and testing, and looking at how to actually implement it in Ghana, which is my target country, which is obviously different to the UK, so that will be really interesting.
“I learned how to build a business, and especially as a young person, I don’t have that much industry experience, so it was really helpful meeting the mentors and experts who have done it already, and also meeting the other contestants who are all in the same boat as you.”
The Solve for Tomorrow Competition is designed for 16-25 years olds as part of Samsung’s key mission to use technology for social good.
Every year, the competition is open to young people from all backgrounds with no experience or qualifications needed, empowering the next generation of creators and innovators to carve a new path in the tech world and drive positive change.
On-top of the valuable experience Kiera has won £10,000 and three months of focused mentoring from the Startup Discovery School – a new programme that aims to help young people become entrepreneurs.
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