Olivia launched Juabar in Tanzania. Juabar kiosks use solar power to charge mobile phones and are also a point-of-sale for household solar lamps. Kiosks are run by local “jua-preneurs”.
Jackie and Diana launched Essmart to connect local India retailers with manufacturers of solar lamps, home lighting systems, water filters and other essential products. They plan to
Katie launched Watch Me Go, a crowd-sourced funding platform to provide education scholarships for girls in Kenya. Watch Me Go will allow donors to build a virtual classroom of
PayGo is a for-profit direct sales company that is distributing innovative and life changing products in Ghana. PayGo identifies and trains teams of sales representatives who sell
BYU students Dane, Bronwen, Ryan, and Spencer are working with Uganda's Minister of Health to improve praziquantel distribution, a deworming medicine. They will train
Social Cops is turning citizens into human sensors to aid decisions in civic, public health, and education issues. The organization is using citizen crowd-sourced data to bring
Launched by a team from Harvard, YouthGlobe sponsors full secondary school scholarships to talented, low-income Burundian students by connecting them to donors in
Tufts University student Morgan is creating Colibri (formerly Solar Route) which uses transnational bus routes to tackle the last mile distribution challenge. She is using existing
Andrew and Tommy are launching Claire de Lune. They will distribute solar lighting to untapped markets in Burkina Faso. They reach rural families by leveraging bus routes and
Launched by Hult International Business School graduates, Pulse is the world’s first mobile commitment saving service. It will give millions of unbanked people a safe and convenient
Alyse and Hashim are distributing energy efficient technologies to improve the health, income, and education of Africa’s low-income households. LiTeAfrica
Zacharias is launching Pay2Africa, an online payment business that allows users to send money transfers from the US to Ethiopia. Money2Ethiopia.com will
Youth Impact founders are teaching a "sugar daddy awareness" class to young girls in Botswana. The class warns teens about the increased HIV and pregnancy risks that come
Stanford and UC Berkeley students founded Miti Health. The venture is building an Android-based platform to help health care providers in East Africa streamline sales,
Born from Stanford's "Design for Extreme Affordability" program, EarthEnable is helping Rwandan masons install $30 earthen floors, a much healthier alternative to dirt
Columbia SIPA students are piloting CleanTap, a venture which has repurposed the well proven "Tippy Tap" handwashing station found in rural areas, and is now
Phoenix Solar will bring affordable solar products for lighting and mobile phone charging to under-served communities in Nigeria. Solar lamps result in significant
Kouzin Dlo sells chlorine for household water treatment through a network of direct sales agents in Haiti. It will increase access to affordable clean water and create economic
