| Dr | bisrat | kifle | Ethiopian Civl Service University | Ethiopia | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Advancing scientific research | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Dawit | Ebissa | Bahir Dar University | Ethiopia | Others | Energy | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Belayneh | Shetie | University of Gondar | Ethiopia | Others | Health science | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Teshome bekele | Dagne | Wolkite University | Ethiopia | Others | Human machine collection in smart city | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Bahiru | Legesse | Haramaya University College of Health and Medical Sciences | Ethiopia | Others | Information Sience , Health Informatics | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Deresse | Sinamaw | Debre Markos | Ethiopia | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Health Sevice | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Siraj Ahmed | Ali | Dilla University | Ethiopia | Others | Health Sciences communication | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Yanbo | Wang | Aalborg University | Denmark | Cyber Threat Intelligence and Analysis | Cybersecurity and analysis for energy system | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Phenias | Nsabimana | Ghent University | Belgium | Others | Public health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Nigus | Tsegaye | Ethiopian Forestry Development | Ethiopia | Others | GIS, Forest and Nature managment | Young Scientist Award |
| Mr | Nega | Degefa | University | Ethiopia | Others | health | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Tomas Yeheyis | Ferede | Hawassa University | Ethiopia | Others | Health Sciences | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Jamshid | Karimi | Hamadan University of Medical Sciences | Iran | Others | cancer | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Guangcai | Gong | Hunan University | China | Others | Energy conversation | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Shereen | Ismail | University of North Dakota | United States | Intrusion Detection and Prevention | Attack detection and prevention for the security of IoT applications | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Zineddine | Kouahla | University of Guelma | Algeria | Human Factors in Cybersecurity and Cryptography. | IOT BigData indexing Clustering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Abdallah | Soualmi | University ferhat abbas setif 1 | Algeria | Cryptography for Privacy and Anonymity | Watermarking | Best Researcher Award |
| Assoc. Prof. Dr | Alti | Adel | University of SETIF - 1 | Algeria | Secure Multiparty Computation and Secret Sharing | Image Security and watermarking | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Muhammad | Sajjad | Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan | Pakistan | Cybersecurity and Cryptography Policies and Regulations | Mathematics/Algebra/Non-Algebra/Non-associative Algebra/Cryptography/Cryptanalysis/Coding Theory | Best Researcher Award |
| Mr | Mashel | Gonyora | University of Strathclyde | South Africa | Incident Response and Digital Forensics | Human and Organisational Factors | Best Researcher Award |