Globally, 1.5 billion people at the Base-of-the-Pyramid (BoP) have no access to electricity. The majority lives in rural, remote areas of the world’s poorest nations. 598 million people in Africa have no access to electricity. Nigeria has 28.9 million households in which 82.1% of the households don’t have access to electricity from the grid while...Read More

EcoNexus Ventures is a social enterprise with the mission of transforming the consumer goods industry into less wasteful, more restorative and resilient industry. Using climate-smart technologies, EcoNexus Ventures converts waste streams into customized environmentally friendly resources like: (I) Low carbon biofuels from biomass and agricultural waste, (II) Industrial grade fuel oil from plastic wastes and...Read More

Solar PiezoClean started when Maher Maymoun the founder was doing his master’s research in Energy Engineering at University of Illinois at Chicago, where he developed a self-cleaning technology for Solar Panels without using water. He decided to move this research into a business that creates a positive impact in both Energy and Water Sectors through...Read More

Empowerment and Connection Through Digital Learning Konexio works to promote socio-economic inclusion in face of the digital divide by providing high-quality digital training and coding classes to vulnerable populations, notably refugees and migrants. The organization has been featured in CNN, TechCrunch and The Atlantic’s Citylab, and received recognition both at the national and European level for their...Read More