Class of 2006B2Bpricenow.com, Philippines B2Bpricenow.com provides a trade transaction system with up to the minute price information and on-line payment processing for a wide range of product and service offerings, from large corporations to small enterprises and rural cooperatives. Through b2bpricenow digital centers provide those living in rural areas (about 60% of the Filipino population) with access to an electronic marketplace. Source: World Bank Development Marketplace
BushProof, Madagascar Bushproof provides innovative water and sanitation products that positively impact the health and well-being of people living in low-income countries. Their well jetting and drilling technologies and their low-cost ceramic and bio-sand filter systems are robust are deployable solutions that can be maintained locally. They represent a viable market alternative to donor dependent solutions for access to safe drinking water. Source: World Bank Development Marketplace
Cows to Kilowatts, Nigeria Cows to Kilowatts designs, builds, and operates biogas plants that utilize slaughterhouse waste to offer an inexpensive source of carbon neutral energy that eliminates the indoor pollution and adverse health effects from alternative kerosene and wood-burning solutions. Its technology solution can be applied to other sources of bio-waste to produce renewable and affordable sources of energy and electricity. Source: Social Edge Partnership
DMT Mobile Toilets, Nigeria DMT designs, builds, and distributes safe, sanitary mobile toilets for outdoor and indoor use at large public gatherings and for wider deployment as public toilet facilities where public sanitation systems are absent or inadequate. It utilizes sales and rental agreements to generate internal resources for growth and provides a complete solution that includes evacuation and cleaning services. Source: Schwab Foundation
Dress for Development, Bolivia Dress for Development promotes the education and employment of disadvantaged and handicapped women seamstresses by creating a market for their custom tailored specialty clothing with fashion designers in the US and Europe where custom fair trade fashion products can command a premium price and improve the livelihoods of skilled seamstresses. Source: World Bank Development Marketplace
Drishtee, India Dristree bridges the digital divide through information centers in poor rural communities with a variety of value-added services that generate revenue sources for sustainable operation through a shared use business model with approximately 700 kiosks serving a current target market of 3.5 million people. Source: World Bank Development Marketplace
Enterprise Professional Services, Kenya Enterprise Professional Services improves livelihoods and environmental outcomes for slum dwellers living along the Mukuru-Ngong River by creating a profitable supply chain with loyalty incentives for collecting and profitably recycling used oil and eliminating the future contamination of rivers by waste oil products. Source: World Bank Development Marketplace
EnterpriseWorks/VITA, Ghana
Helps International (HINT), Cameroon http://www.hint.interconnection.org HINT provides access to computing, internet, VOIP, and cell phone services as well as computer literacy training and internet-related livelihood opportunities through community information centers in Cameroon. Its business model includes pay per use revenues as well as potential ISP-related revenue sources. Source: Global Junior Challenge
ifPeople, Georgia ifPeople provides open source software solutions through outsourcing with fair trade payments to the developers of online collaboration and communication applications. Source: Social Edge Partnership
International Development Enterprises, India IDE provides low cost drip irrigation solutions through a profitable supply chain. These systems can be deployed and maintained by small holder farmers and they generate significant economic and social empowerment by enabling farmers to shift production to higher value marketable products. Other IDE products also address the needs of the rural poor through technologies that are environmentally safe, affordable and potentially sustainable at scale with blended market-based and donor supported business models. Related IDE products (e.g., treadle pumps) stress affordability. Source: 2004 Tech Awards Laureate
Kiva, California Kiva has developed the world’s first ever online peer-to-peer microfinance lending platform for connecting lenders with small to medium enterprises in developing countries. Lenders all over the world can loan to micro businesses in developing countries, with “deal flows” developed through local partner organizations in micro-finance. Source: Social Edge Partnership
MIT OpenCourseWare Scojo Foundation, New York http://www.scojofoundation.org Scojo provides low cost reading glasses through a micro-franchising, “business in a box” business model. Its products promise to eliminate disruption to the livelihoods of weavers, tailors, and artisans caused by presbyopia—a condition that effects most adults after age 35. Source: World Bank Development Marketplace
Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha (SSS), Bangladesh http://sss.interconnection.org SSS provides remote services through boats that bring distance education, as well as information on human rights, environment, health, and sustainable agriculture. It enhances economic opportunities for the children and youth living in isolated riverside villages. SSS information and educational services in combination with its transport system contributes to improve the livelihoods of more than half million river basin people in Bangladesh. Source: 2004 Tech Awards Laureate
Sprinkles Global Health Initiative, Canada Sprinkles improves health and well-being of women and children worldwide by enabling the home-fortification of foods through the distribution of packets containing a blend of nutrients in powder form which can be sprinkled onto food. Product efficacy has been certified through peer- reviewed research with contributes to the on-going support of donor agencies. Source: Social Edge Partnership
Sustainable Healthcare Foundation, Kenya
Thamel Dot Com Pvt. Ltd., Nepal Thamel’s internet portal creates a channel for Nepal’s Diaspora to make low cost remittances and other gifts to family and friends and, at the same time, this portal makes Nepalese products and services accessible to Nepal migrant workers around the world. Products available through this portal are sourced, produced and delivered locally within Nepal. Source: Social Edge Partnership
Whirlwind Wheelchair International, California http://www.whirlwindwheelchair.org Whirlwind designs wheelchairs that can be built and maintained through a small to medium scale production network in developing countries. In addition to standardized designs it provides training and support to the local businesses that build these wheelchairs and social marketing support through the independent living movement in developing countries. Source: 2004 Tech Awards Laureate |
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