Spring 2020 Cohort
Shubham Issar
SoaPen Inc
(USA/India)
SoaPen Inc. promotes hand washing and overall hygiene with a pen that allows kids to draw on their hands using soap.
Maryam Muthi'ah Karimah
Creasion
(Indonesia)
Creasion produces clean water using a solar water purifier, helping low-income families in small island regions of Indonesia.
Farah BrunachE
Lagatos
(
Canada/Africa/Caribbean)
Lagatos delivers high bandwidth Internet to people in developing markets using a consumer-friendly mobile router.
Faith Aweko
Reform Africa
(Uganda)
Reform Africa transforms plastic waste into sustainable, waterproof bags, distributing one bag to a student in rural Uganda for every bag sold.
Abdullateef Lawal
Dixcoat Paints
(Nigeria)
Dixcoat Paints turns agricultural byproducts into paint, helping make Nigerian homes and communities more beautiful through local, sustainable, and affordable paint products.
University Student Team
Pine Kazi
(Kenya)
Pine Kazi creates eco-friendly, comfortable vegan shoes made from pineapple waste, promoting crop-waste management and circular economies.
Oluwafunmilola Sopein Mann
Boosty
(Nigeria)
Boosty provides wifi internet access and clean, affordable energy for mobile devices with a mobile solar charging booth.
Janice Kelsey
Solar CITIES
(USA)
Solar CITIES brings people clean, free cooking fuel and rich fertilizer with their Biodigesters—compost containers that create usable biogas.
Jeeva Senthilnathan
Privando
(USA/India)
Privando works to improve the safety of vulnerable populations of women in high risk areas of India through a smart watch with location and emergency alert software.