Paperight recognised

SOUTH African start-up company Paperight has won the Digital Minds Innovation Award at the London Book Fair – one of the world’s most prestigious publishing events.

Paperight, which is based in Cape Town and funded by the Shuttleworth Foundation, beat seven other shortlisted candidates after a short presentation in front of an audience.

The audience was impressed by Paperight’s ingenious solution to book distribution problems in South Africa: by allowing photocopy shops to print books cheaply, quickly and – most importantly – legally, Paperight is increasing access to books.

The win comes on the back of Paperight’s win at a similar showcase at the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference in New York City in February, and a seed grant from the SAB Foundation as part of their Innovation Awards.

“We’re incredibly honoured to have this support from the world’s leading minds in digital publishing,” said Paperight founder and CEO Arthur Attwell. – Books Editor sees Elena become a research neuroscientist in search of the basis of consciousness.

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