| Dr | Elkana | Rugut | University of Venda | South Africa | Materials Science | Computational aspect of material science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Martin | Bojaj | Faculty of Economics | Montenegro | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Macroeconomics | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Kgomotso | Maluleke | Mintek | South Africa | Engineering | Extractive Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Shengqiang | Song | Wuhan University of Science and Technology | China | Engineering | Environmet-friendly refractories | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Muhammad Saadiq | Moolla | Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital | South Africa | Medicine and Dentistry | Infectious Diseases/COVID-19 | Best Researcher Award | |
| Prof | Ana | Champi | Federal Universitiy of ABC | Brazil | Materials Science | Graphene materials and devices | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Prof | Amogelang | Bolokang | CSIR | South Africa | Materials Science | Metallurgy | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Arulraj | Ramalingam | National University of Singapore | India | Chemistry | Synthetic Organic Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assist Prof Dr | Atta | Ullah | Huazhong university of science and technology,wuhan china | China | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Sustainable Finance | Best Paper Award | |
| Dr | Lebea | Nthunya | Wits University | South Africa | Chemistry | Membrane Technology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Assoc Prof Dr | Richard | Ocaya | University of the Free State | South Africa | Materials Science | Schottky photodetectors and devices | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Aravind | Kumar | Saveetha School of engineering | India | Chemical Engineering | Environmental Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Mr | Takudzwa | Mandizvo | University of KwaZulu-Natal | South Africa | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Crop Science | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ateeq | Rahman | University of Namibia | Namibia | Chemistry | Waste water treatment, Catalysis and Green Hydrogen | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Ayodeji | Salau | Afe Babalola University | Nigeria | Engineering | Electrical/Electronics and Computer Engineering | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Birku | Entele | Adama Science and Technology University | Ethiopia | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Innovation Economics and Management | Most Reader's Article Award | |
| Ms | Wenxi | Tang | Central South University of Forestry and Technology | China | Environmental Science | ecology | Best Researcher Award | |
| Dr | Maria | Mathabathe | CSIR | South Africa | Materials Science | Physical Metallurgy | Fast Cited Article Award | |
| Dr | Emile Salomon | Massima Mouele | Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) | Finland | Chemistry | Environmental Chemistry | Best Researcher Award | |
| Ms | Sweta | Sen | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | India | Economics, Econometrics and Finance | Environmental Economics | Best Researcher Award | |