Previous Winners

Previous Winners

Innovative ideas are not limited to any one region in the world, nor do they solely emerge form large corporations with deep financial resources. Over the course of the past ten year, winners of The Economist's Innovation Awards have hailed from countries as diverse as America, Bangladesh, Britain, Canada, Finland, India, Japan and Peru.

Sometimes the recognition is awarded to a lonely researcher in a university laboratory, other times in advanced corporate R&D organisations or to entrepreneurs whose work may pose a threat to their own company's existing products. But in every case the dedicated individuals have perservered, brought their discoveries to life and had a startling impact. Three previous winners went on to win Nobel prizes for their accomplishments and others had been awarded Nobel Prizes before being recognised by The Economist