| Dr | Peter | Twesigye | University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business | South Africa | Energy | Electricity Regulation & Utility Performance | Excellence in Research | |
| Dr | Robert | Holliman | University of Cape Town & African Federation for Emergency Medicine | South Africa | Medicine and Dentistry | Emergency Care Engagement | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Nkosivile Welcome | Madinga | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Business, Management and Accounting | Marketing | Young Scientist Award | |
| Ms | Samira | Gholizadeh | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Randall | Smith | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Chemistry | Nanotechnology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Camille | Meyer | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Business, Management and Accounting | Innovation and entrepreneurship | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Nicole | Daniels | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Arts and Humanities | Sociology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Samira | Gholizadeh | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Engineering | Mechanical and Materials Engineering | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Daniel | Ossulivan-Hewlett | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Engineering | Geo-informatics | Young Scientist Award | |
| Dr | Zamambo | Mkhize | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Social Sciences | Higher Education, STEM, Transformation | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Saibu | Mutaru | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Social Sciences | Anthropology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof Dr | Daniel | Agyapong | University of Cape Coast | Ghana | Other | Environmental Management | Excellence in Innovation | |
| Ms | Yuying | Huang | University of Canterbury | New Zealand | Business, Management and Accounting | Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Pablo | Coto-MIllán | University of Cantabria | Spain | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Comercio Internacional, Transporte y Logística | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Marco | Menale | University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli" | Italy | Mathematics | Mathematical Physics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ankit | Verma | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | Genomics and Epigenetics | Young Scientist Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Jason | Hung | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Social Sciences | Sociology | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Mr | Kamruzzaman | Khan | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | Materials Science | Epitaxial Growth and Nanotechnology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Howard | Giles | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | Social Sciences | Communication | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |
| Dr | Rajanikant | Panda | University of California, San Francisco | United States | Neuroscience | Neurology and Consciousness Studies | Best Researcher Award | youngscientistawards.com |