| 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 |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Philip Kofi | Adom | University of Witwatersrand | South Africa | Energy and Sustainability | Energy efficiency and governance | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Oluwatobi | Otun | University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) | South Africa | Biology and Life Sciences | Life science | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Mrs | THANDAZILE | SIBINDI | University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Medicine and Health Sciences | Climate-smart health workforce | Cross-disciplinary Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Louisa | Mokoena | University Of Johannesburg | South Africa | Medicine and Health Sciences | Healthcare/Education, Radiation Therapy, Experiences Of Undergraduate Therapeutic Radiography Students Working In Radiation Oncology Departments: A Qualitative Study, Oncology Department | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Mukhtar Iderawumi | Abdulraheem | University of Johannesburg | South Africa | Agricultural Science and Innovation | Postharvest and Agroprocessing | Research Excellence Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Dwayne | Reddy | Durban University of Technology | South Africa | Engineering and Technology | Electrical Engineering | Innovative Research Award | View Profile |
| Ms | siyanda | nkwenkwe | Walter Sisulu University | South Africa | Environmental Science | Waste Management | Emerging Research Star Award | View Profile |
| Dr | Kyongchul | Kim | Korea Peninsula Infrastructure Special Committee | South Korea | Tech Innovations | Concrete structures | Best Researcher Award | View Profile |