| Assoc Prof Dr | GROSU | MARIA | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration | Romania | Others | Business/Resilience/Financial Market | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Ahmid | Maroua | National School of Applied Techniques for Road Transportation | Algeria | Cryptography for Cloud Computing and IoT | IoT security | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Elwin | Masih | Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, England | United Kingdom | Others | Education and Training | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | BENOIE | MATHEW | University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, India | India | Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure and Industrial Control Systems | Smart City | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Paschal | Mdoe | HaydomLH | Tanzania | Others | Health | Excellence in Research |
| Mrs | Tsiyon | Mekoya | Jimma university | Ethiopia | Others | Nursing | Women Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abebe | Menberu | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Others | Personal finance | Excellence in Research |
| Ms | Agerie | Mengistie | College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar | Ethiopia | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | public health service related researchs | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Rosa | Menkman | i.R.D. | Netherlands | Others | Cybersecurity and Cryptography | Women Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Francesco | Mercaldo | University of Molise & IIT-CNR | Italy | Malware Analysis and Detection | Payload detection | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Atalay | Mesfin | Bahir Dar Unoiversity | Ethiopia | Others | Leadership | Excellence in Research |
| Mr | Worku | Mimani | Jinka univesity/southern Ethiopia | Ethiopia | Others | Reproductive health lecturere | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Mousumi Ahmed | Mimi | IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technological gy | Malaysia | Malware Analysis and Detection | ML, Deep neural networks, data science | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Solomon Yimer | Minaye | Wollo University | Ethiopia | Others | Mental health | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ramtin | moeini | University of Isfahan | Iran | Others | Civil engineering/ water resource management | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Mokhtar | Mohammadi Ghanatghestani | Islamic Azad University | Iran | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Cybersecurity for IoT | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ousman | Mohammed | Wollo University | Ethiopia | Others | Medical Laboratory Technologist | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Ahmed Adem | Mohammed | Samara University | Ethiopia | Public Key Infrastructure and Key Management | Health care | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Surender | Mor | BPS Women Uniuveristy | India | Others | Economcis | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Masoud | Moradi | Texas State University | United States | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | AI adoption and privacy challenges | Best Researcher Award |