Our Entrepreneurs
2019
Cornelia Webb
Cornelia Webb Jewellery
Creating sustainable jewellery with a focus on craftsmanship and consciousness
Pontus Rosberg
Karma Coffee
Using great, organic coffee as a tool to fund projects that makes the world a better place.
Suman Mehta
Leafymade
Targeting plastic pollution with sustainable and fairly produced consumer products
Lotta Lundberg
Project Playground
Helping vulnerable children reach their true potential through social and sports activities
Stelios Vasilantonakis
Gayze
Creating an app combining worldwide safety advice and travel tips for the gay community
Ann Edberg
Ett Tak Två Generationer
Providing an accommodation matching platform between two generations.
Liel
GATHER Fellow
Creating a space for discussion between groups working on evolving the conflict, allowing activists to learn more and engage more fully, and organisations to bolster effective programmes
Marwa
GATHER Fellow
Using dialogue to create social cohesion amongst women who are facing discrimination in their communities
Monica
GATHER Fellow
Developing a participatory peace-building process which utilises design thinking, popular education, appreciative inquiry, social justice, and peace-building methodology to incorporate the voices of those impacted by conflict
Asghar
GATHER Fellow
Using education to counter threatening narratives and promote religious tolerance and pluralism
Mohammad
GATHER Fellow
Building a growing network of creatives – Jews, Arabs, and other Middle Eastern minorities – across Europe that serves as a platform to learn from one another’s local experiences and facilitate opportunities for new cultural and business projects
Theo
GATHER Fellow
Creating a bilingual curriculum that fosters cross-border dialogue and learning amongst youth and educators from the US and Latin America that explores the systemic effects of drug use and policies
Nas
GATHER Fellow
Establishing a food community network that provides resources for refugees to launch small food businesses
Scott
GATHER Fellow
Road-tripping across the US to produce stories and workshops illuminating the many ways everyday American citizens are building bridges to connect with one another in unexpected ways
Tugba
GATHER Fellow
Developing a curriculum and online learning platform for use at home or in school to combat stereotypes and promote empathy and dialogue
Divya
GATHER Fellow
Publishing stories that share the perspective of unaccompanied refugee youth, highlighting the effects of forced migration, and building a more comprehensive understanding and empathy for their experience
Wael
GATHER Fellow
Building connections amongst conflicting groups in order to promote diversity of background and thought, resulting in a creative group project.
Mariam
GATHER Fellow
Creating an educational technology platform in Arabic providing workforce development tools specifically geared towards women.
Shira
GATHER Fellow
Creating a cause-based musicians’ guild that would provide musicians and artists the framework and community needed to create political art and advance progressive messages to the public
Mehwish
GATHER Fellow
Mobilising and empowering youth by educating them on the issues and developing their skills as leaders and peace builders
Naissa
GATHER Fellow
Developing a network of dialogue programmes run in high schools along the northern East Coast that aim to develop empathy and a more worldly perspective
Yousef
GATHER Fellow
An author and memoirist telling his story of growing up in Gaza to western audiences
2018
Ahmed
Lincoln School Systems
Developing and expanding a progressive school programme empowering young women and furthers their educational, economic and entrepreneurial potential
Amanda
Palestinian Hearts
Expanding access to psychological support through an arts therapy programme that provides a safe space for creative expression and healing
Anis
El Sistema Greece
Providing free music education in Greek refugee camps to empower children, and build a sense of community within the camps, Greek society, and Europe at large
Arnon
Building Bridges Through Music
Using music to inspire young people in Israel and Palestine to join together, celebrate their differences in harmony, and develop a common language that transcends politics, religion, and cultural identities
Basant
Aspire
Mobilising the community to create a cultural shift and empower women through awareness, education, self-defense and support resources for survivors
Hasan
Ibtekar
Fostering long-term, systemic economic development through affordable and accessible entrepreneurial and makers education
Heba
World to Table
Integrating refugees with host communities in Augusta and beyond by dining together and sharing food across cultures
Lilly
Building Better Worlds
Leveraging a popular online gaming platform to counteract negative perceptions of refugees and teach empathy among adolescents in host European communities
Majd
GreenCake
Developing cost-effective, locally-sourced, and sturdy building blocks created from ash and the rubble from demolished structures.
Mamoun
URI
Bridging the gap between people of different faiths and cultures by bringing them together to tackle community issues
Marios
Peace Literature Project
Creating a children’s book series addressing the conflict in Cyprus that teaches students about respect, diversity, and multiculturalism
Molly
Powderhouse Studios
Developing a new kind of school that breaks the mold and preserves the creativity, spirit, idealism, rebelliousness, and joy of youth
Nergish
Marginalised Communities Podcast
Creating a podcast that gives personal voice to the underserved and suffering in India
Pooja
Letters of Love
Humanising the “Other” through sensitisation workshops, psycho-social support, and fostering pen pals across borders and cultures
Rishi
X Billion Lab
Using analytics to identify high potential candidates from lower-income backgrounds and provide them with job and finance coaching
Yo’av
SolarBox
Developing an affordable, off-grid, self-installable solar kit for Bedouin communities within Israel, which are suffering from electricity shortages
2017
Brian Bosire
UjuziKilimo
Providing agricultural information to smallholder farmers via SMS, enabling them to increase their productivity and escape poverty
Destiny Frederick
EcoFuture Nigeria
Tackling Nigeria’s urban waste crisis by using technology to collect recyclable waste and increasing community involvement through incentive-based participation.
Habiba Ali
Sosai Renewable Energies
Tackling indoor pollution and energy poverty by bringing small-scale solar home systems to off-grid communities.
Jennifer Menegazzo
Korβáta
Promoting community development and preserving Mayan culture by creating unique, high-quality fashion items made by local artisans.
Maria Mushtaq
Health Connect
Giving people in rural and under-served urban areas access to timely and affordable healthcare via an online tele-medicine platform.
Nina Othman
Grow the Goose
Cultivating a savings culture in Malaysia by providing fun and educational financial empowerment workshops for kids.
Samuel Malinga
Sanitation Africa
Building sustainable sanitation systems by designing innovative toilet solutions, leading to a decrease in the spread of diseases and an improved environment
Tendekayi Katsiga
Deaftronics
Providing deaf people with solar-powered hearing units, enabling them to save money on batteries and giving them access to work and education.
2016
Anja Juliah Abu Bakar
Athena Empowers
Giving under-privileged girls access to education by distributing re-usable sanitary pads, which empowers them to stay in school
Derrick Hosea Opio
OneLamp
Enabling off-grid households to order solar lights by sms, pay with mobile money and enjoy door-to-door delivery to escape energy poverty.
Joyce Kyalema
Josmak International
Providing food security, tackling malnutrition and creating income for women by developing and selling innovative products made from excess organic pumpkins
Luciana Oliveira
New Hope Ecotech
Creating a recycle certification market to connect producers with SMEs in the recycling chain with the goal of increasing recycling in Brazil and stimulating employment and formalisation in the sector.
Francis Adereti
Redbank
Saving lives by connecting hospitals and blood banks, enabling patients and doctors to easily search and find safe blood in real time via SMS.
Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale
Star of Hope
Transforming the community’s view of gender-based violence, rehabilitating women and empowering them to earn their own income by training them on how to make products from waste.
Nodumo Fikile Magadlela
iBoni
Promoting green and affordable methods of shared transportation, giving everyone equal access to cities and increasing low-income earners’ opportunity to participate in the economy
Sibjan Chaulagain
SMILES
Improving farmers’ livelihoods by providing them with agricultural and market information through SMS, enabling them to increase their productivity and revenue
Wilhelm Oddo
NiwezesheLab
Offering coding and entrepreneurship skills to children and youth, resulting in the promotion of early innovation and a creative community
Musumba Stephen Habwe
Cream Enterprises
Offering quality banana products to give farmers a unique advantage with regards to competition, resulting in better market penetration and economic returns
Stella Ngugi
Smart Society Kenya
Offering an independent civic education platform to voters and candidates, resulting in an empowered voting community
Saruni Brian Maina
Taka Smart
Offering reward points to communities in crowded urban areas in exchange for recyclable waste, resulting in better living standards and a cleaner, healthier environment.
Judith Nantume
Auditech Solutions
Providing lessons on simple bookkeeping and an affordable accounting system to small scale enterprises
Godfrey Bukenya
Venus Foods
Offering a reliable supply of quality fruits resulting in better profits, good customer satisfaction and improved income for farmers
Collince Osewe
M-Chanjo
Offering a digital alternative to manual vaccination cards, resulting in increased vaccination penetration and reduced child mortality and disability rates
Khalila Kellz Mbowe
Unleashed
Offering transformational performing arts education, opportunities and exposure to talented African Youth
Towett Ng’etich
Daktari Thabithi
Creating a healthy Africa by providing small scale health insurance
Wangari Kabiru
YEES!
Tackling the issue of youth unemployment through an educational leadership model
Christian Mwijage
EcoAct Tanzania
Transforming plastic waste into affordable and environmentally friendly plastic lumber, resulting in a cleaner and healthier environment while reducing the effects of climate change.
2015
Betty Ikalany
AEST
Providing access to affordable and clean cooking energy by turning waste into fuel with a women-run production of agro-waste charcoal and energy-saving stoves
Elsa Marie DSilva
Safecity
Empowering women to break their silence about sexual harassment and driving societal changes with data supported analytics
Eric Muthomi
Stawi
Improving food security and alleviating poverty of small scale farmers by converting harvest loss into nutritious, gluten-free and affordable food products
Flaviano Bianchini
Source International
Protecting the people and environment and reducing mining conflicts by providing affected communities with self sustaining scientific support and facilitating dialogues between them and the mining industries
Loan Nguyen
Bloom Microventures
Alleviating poverty through responsible tourism whereby unique tour experiences are also financing female small scale farmers
Neelam Pol
Khel Planet
Breaking the cycle of poverty where poor children grow into poor adults by providing life skill trainings from games and workshops
Sanwal Muneer
Capture Mobility
Providing clean and affordable energy access to rural areas and reducing air pollution with air filtering devices that harvest electricity generated by highway traffic
Shezan Shams
E-cash
Alleviating poverty among the unbanked rural population through financial inclusion and e-commerce trade services
2014
Benjamin Taghavi Awal
Fair Travel Tanzania
Fostering fair salaries in tourism and using profits for conservation
Cristiana Benedetti Fasil
Social Venture Africa
Promoting female empowerment and local economic development in Ghana
Elena Timofeeva
Safe House Foundation
Rehabilitating victims of human trafficking as well as increasing awareness amongst at-risk groups on human trafficking.
Harriet Kamashanyu
Rhythm of Life
Providing health services and uplifting the daughters of sex workers in Kampala through professional training
Prakash Acharya
Clean Concept Group
Providing green energy solutions to institutions in Nepal aiming to reduce high energy cost and fostering ‘zero energy’
Sheikh Abu Turay
Liberation Chocolates Inc
Rehabilitating former child soldiers in Liberia through the provision of employment in formerly abandoned cocoa farms
Yousef Mohammed Odeh
Social Enterprise
Fostering urban agricultural practices contributing to food security and a reduced financial burden on households
Zabbinah Nakirya
Maendeleo Foundation
Supporting schools and communities in rural and suburban areas in Uganda
2013
Ackim Hamweenda
Clinics for All
Clinics for All seeks to improve global access to healthcare by converting used shipping containers into self-sustained, portable and deployable community clinics.
Ali Khan
Solar power systems
Improving the electricity supply in the countryside of Pakistan by using solar power systems
Angela Inglish
Good Glass
Tackling the problem with waste in Uganda by recycling discarded glass bottles.
Elvis Austins
SpellAfrica
Improving English vocabulary across Africa using short message service (SMS) on mobile phones
Maja Bergström
Bridgit
Offering a new way of surfing the web and engaging in global issues at the same time
Morris Matadi
IDEFOCS
Working to prevent the use of children in war and the re-recruitment of former child soldiers in conflicts around Africa
Richard Bbaale
BanaPads
Manufacturing affordable eco-friendly sanitary pads to keep village girls in school and to create jobs for local women
Roland Usongo Tekum
Village Library
Enhancing access to text books to educationally marginalised children through the establishment of textbook exchange and sales points in Cameroon
Sofie Nordström
The Bhalo Hub
A collaboration hub for workers, suppliers, buyers, industrial organisations, networks, NGOs and governments working in or with garment production in Bangladesh
Victoria Ferris
MoWoza
Building an ecosystem for mobile shopping in urban and rural areas in Mozambique and Kenya