EXPLORE PAST COMPETITIONS
Thelma Musanhu
Period Pride: Safepads
Safepads engages governments, philanthropists, corporate systems and individuals to support girls with our unique reusable pads. Safepad's aim is to provide sustainable solutions to communities in dire need of improved living conditions.
Wilma Rodriguez
Saahas Zero Waste
Saahas Zero Waste facilitates economic progress, women empowerment, and action against climate change. They ensure maximum recovery of resources from all streams of waste by diverting it away from landfills and sending it to the right destinations that are in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Morgan Ginn
Cycle Connect
Cycle Connect's ultimate goal is to equip clients with the necessary tools to break the cycle of poverty and propel forward. Their current portfolio includes bicycles, motorcycles, oxen & plow, and grinding machines. All products are vetted and tested for their ability to increase income for smallholder farmers.
Alex Omijeh
Blue Gold Works
Blue Gold Works uses revenues from their Organic Moringa oil and mono-floral honey business to fund the expansion of their BGW Drinking Water Filter business capably run by African women waterpreneurs.
Chandhrasekaran S.S.
Deliforce
Deliforce is a SaaS-based last mile delivery tracking and workforce management platform. They offer customers seamless delivery, operation management, workforce management features, and efficient delivery tracking.
Usman Javaid
Ricult
Ricult uses precision analytics and credit scoring algorithms to enhance the farmers' ability to improve their yield and make more money. Ricult is at the forefront of trying to make sure that these farmers can provide for each one of us, three times, every day of the year, year after year.
Zach Hoins
Village Enterprise
Village Enterprise provides entrepreneurs with training, cash transfers as seed capital, and ongoing mentoring by a local business mentors. They organize to allow access to growth capital, providing a safe place for savings, and build social capital. Areas of involvement are livestock, farming, small retail stores, restaurants, tailoring, and beekeeping.
Anna Matich
Techdren
Techdren is a nonprofit dedicated to providing children access to technology. Techdren plans on expansion to Jordan and the Amazon Basin. Techdren not only empowers the young girls of these schools, but also makes a point to empower the women as well.
David Simms
Talanton
Talanton invests in growth-stage enterprises with $500K to $5M in revenue in sectors that provide jobs for those living in poverty. They focus on developing world countries, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, and places where we have both staff and on-the-ground partners able to monitor the work.