| 2018 | UBS Global Visionaries Award | |
| Ashoka Fellowship | ||
| Overall winner of the 2018 All African Public Service Innovation Awards (AAPSIA 2018) | ||
| 2017 | Royal Photographic Society Awards Combined Royal Colleges Medal | |
| Fondation Pierre Fabre Global South eHealth Observatory awards | ||
| European Product Design Awards Designs for Society and Industrial and Life Science Design Awards | ||
| 2016 | Rolex Awards for Enterprise | |
| Digital Top 50 Awards - Best Tech for Social Impact | ||
| Clearly Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| 2015 | Index: Award | |
| Gifted Citizen Award | ||
| Mazda Rebels Award | ||
| 2014 | AbilityNet Tech4Good Awards | |
| Icon Awards - Socially Responsible Design Award | ||
| Nominet Trust 100 | ||
| 2012 | Max Perutz Science Writing Award |
36 million people worldwide are blind. Four in five of them could keep their sight with simple surgery or treatment. Millions more can't see clearly, yet need no more than a simple pair of glasses. We won't stop until everyone has been linked to the treatment and services they need.
