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Makerere Innovator Wins Falling Walls Lab Kampala 2026

Published by SoftPower News By Rogers Atukunda · 16 September 2026 at 14:57
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Makerere Innovator Wins Falling Walls Lab Kampala 2026
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Makerere University innovator Andrew Mudhasi has won the Falling Walls Lab Kampala 2026 competition with a low-cost device designed to screen newborns for jaundice. Mudhasi emerged as the overall winner with his innovation, BiliBright, which is aimed at providing an affordable way of screening neonatal jaundice, scoring 90%. He presented a low cost device for […] The post Makerere Innovator Wins Falling Walls Lab Kam

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