| Mrs | Annie | Botha | North West University | South Africa | Social Sciences | Self-Directed Learning | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Mahlodi | Maripa | Tshwane University of Technology | South Africa | Biology and Life Sciences | Crop physiology and Soil sciences. | Research Hypothesis Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dr Howard | Gomwe | Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University Faculty of Health Sciences | South Africa | Medicine and Health Sciences | Non communicable diseases | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Ms | Veronica | Morudu | MINTEK | South Africa | Engineering and Technology | Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Joseph | Moema | Mintek | South Africa | Advanced Materials Engineering | Engineering and Technology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Suresh Babu Naidu | Krishna | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Social Sciences | Material Science-Nanotechnology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Chuma | Maxwele | Nelson Mandela University | South Africa | Social Sciences | Economics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mr | Innocent | Zitha | University of Venda | South Africa | Social Sciences | Education | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Babatunde | Ogunbayo | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Engineering and Technology | Construction Management/Construction industry | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | Nande | Fose | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | South Africa | Engineering and Technology | Power System Protection | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Roselyne | Cheruiyot | School of Business Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Wits Strategic Foresight Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. | South Africa | Business Hypotheses | Entrepreneurship and Sustainability | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Robert | Venter | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | Business Hypotheses | Sustainability | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Stanley Chibuzor | Onwubu | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Chemistry and Materials Science | Polymer chemistry and environmental sustainability | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Moses | Lubinga | National Agricultural Marketing Council | South Africa | Social Sciences | Climate finance | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kunle Elizah | Ogundipe | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Engineering and Technology | Building Information Modelling | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mpho | Tawana | University of the Free State | South Africa | Environmental Science | Veterinary pathogens | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Prof | Ian | Dubery | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Biology and Life Sciences | Metabolomics, Plant science | Excellence in Research Award | View Profile |
| Prof. Dr | Wahbie | Long | University of Cape Town | South Africa | Social Sciences | Psychology | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Oliver. O | Apeh | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Renewable Energy Technologies | Physics | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Aneetha | Sukhari | University of South Africa | South Africa | Tech Innovations | Language translation, Augmented reality | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |