Prize

Ars Electronica is excited to award the STARTS Prize Africa for the second time in 2025, together with new consortium partners CHRONIQUES, GLUON, and the Royal Museum for Central Africa, as part of the European Union’s project STARTS Afropean Intelligence.    Launched in 2024, the African edition of the well-established STARTS Prize highlights creative practices at

All submissions are judged by a Jury to decide on the prize-winning projects. Andrea Barschdorf-HagerAndrea Barschdorf-Hager has been serving as CEO of CARE Austria in Vienna since 2009. In this role, she leads the marketing team and oversees program and finance areas, as well as the relief and development work. Andrea also represents CARE Austria

In 2024, Ars Electronica together with the consortium members INOVA+, GLUON, and PiNA, was happy to launch the inaugural STARTS Prize Africa as part of the European Union’s project STARTS4AFRICA. This African edition of the well-known STARTS Prize highlighted and awarded continental best-practice examples in the field of creative practices at the intersection of science,

These are the winners of the S+T+ARTS Prize Africa 2024: Grand Prize Balot NFTCercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise – CATPC (CD) Awards of Distinction Black Body Radiation: Rescripting Data BodiesAma BE (GH/US), Ameera Kawash (PS/US) Dzata: The Institute of Technological ConsciousnessRussel Hlongwane (ZA), Francois Knoetze and Amy Wilson – Lo-Def Film Factory (ZA)

All submissions are judged by a Jury who decide on the prize-winning projects. Andrea Barschdorf-HagerAndrea Barschdorf-Hager has been serving as CEO of CARE Austria in Vienna since 2009. In this role, she leads the marketing team and oversees program and finance areas, as well as the relief and development work. Andrea also represents CARE Austria