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Noela Ojara, founder of Divine Organic Foods, knows cassava like the back of her hand. Traditionally an essential food security crop for households in northern Uganda, the annual crop is cultivated in tropical regions where it’s the third-largest source of carbohydrates after rice and maize....
Andrés Bisonó León, founder & CEO of SOS Carbon, knows how to turn a problem into an opportunity. He is successfully tackling the invasion of sargassum seaweed in his Caribbean home, the Dominican Republic, through determination, innovation and, most importantly, a holistic approach....
What do you get when you pair technological innovation with business, adding a dash of social impact and topping it with environmental sustainability? A profitable project that can change lives. And who is the perfect fit to lead on this? A young, ambitious student who cares. Meet...
Meet Eden Tadesse, the driving force behind Invicta. The human rights activist and entrepreneur founded the award-winning digital platform to give refugees and internally displaced people the chance to improve their economic prospects. But it doesn’t stop with connecting refugees to work...
Evelyn Seltier of Trade Forum checked in with Michael Ocansey, the winner of the first-ever ITC pitching contest in 2017, to hear how his company Agrocenta has evolved since then. This start-up set out to support smallholder farmers by connecting them to big buyers, but seven years later things have...
If you wanted to impact the lives of disadvantaged women and refugees, who are struggling to survive, what would you do? No idea? Luckily, we have young, inspiring entrepreneurs such as Tamara Gondo, who have found ways to help. Meet the 27-year-old founder and CEO of Liberty Society...
Larry Gardiner launched a vegan coconut ice cream line in Jamaica that is healthy, boasts Caribbean flavours and uses sustainably sourced ingredients from local farmer communities. Read how a successful businessman, who returned from the United States to his home country of Jamaica and...
You might have never tasted or even heard of kava, a plant indigenous to the South Pacific. But kava bars are increasingly popping up in new markets thanks to passionate traders like Michael Louzé. The Vanuatu citizen promises quality produce that empowers Indigenous farmers...
Imagine a life without clean air, where even indoors you cannot escape the fumes that come from burning coal. Difficult, isn’t it? This is the reality for many Mongolians living in one of the coldest, most polluted cities in the world, Ulaanbaatar. However, thanks to the innovations...
Mashrur Hossain uses technology to alleviate poverty, strengthen food security, and fight climate change in his home country, Bangladesh. Read about a young engineer’s AI-based solution that could change the lives of millions of smallholder farmers, even beyond Bangladesh’s...
Using biotechnology, entrepreneur Lidia Díaz from the Dominican Republic sets out to conquer the frozen vegan food market. In a creative manner, she caters to the needs of conscious consumers who care for their health and the environment – and at the same time supports her local community. Read...
How do you recultivate abandoned and degraded land, empower women’s rights and fight hunger at the same time? Plant the crop fonio, a revolutionary idea by Salma Abdulai in Northern Ghana.
