GEB 2019 Bangkok (5^th Edition)

Nature Lovers

The concept of Recycling has been around for several decades now. Still, in South Africa, more than thirty percent of Food goes to waste. In terms of a solid figure, the amount of food that goes to waste is around 10 million tons. So what can we do with this waste?

To answer this question, a team of Nature Lovers in the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, Pujan Gauli, Sangya Pandey, Saphal Bhandari, Yogina Shakya, Rejoyce Kgabo Legodi, and Louisa Phindile Khoza presented their idea of transforming the waste into Organic Compost.

Deriving from the dreams of a local citizen who has sustained her family by selling organic manure in a locality of South Africa, the team Nature Lovers proposed to expand the idea in a more structural and entrepreneurial way.

Converting waste food into organic compost in a commercial manner can not only solve the problem of waste disposal, but it is also an innovative method of generating revenues. Besides, compost is friendly to farmers. They are rich in nutrients and increase soil productivity. Unlike chemical fertilizers, they do not harm the soil productivity.

So targeting towards farmers, and residents who grow their food, Nature Lovers not only aims to create sustainable revenue, they also encourage a healthy lifestyle.

In this day and age where the waste management is becoming a global issue, Nature Lovers upstage the idea of innovation, of how significant things can be accomplished even from something dubbed as unimportant.

Wizardz

It is a common known problem for most artists in the present day, they are always underrepresented, and their artworks are forgotten in an attic collecting dust. Despite the age of technology, artists seem to have lacked to rip their full benefits.

Addressing this problem, the Wizardz team consisting Abrar Noor Arnob, Dipangshu Paul, Drigesh Anuragi, Anjali Katake, Jaikishan Mansukhani, Nguyen Dinh Tuan, Md. Tarikul Islam presented their solution on how they can facilitate artists to present their skills to a wider audience.

Wizardz is an online platform, that builds upon the need of artists and art enthusiasts. It connects the two together, where the artists gain their recognition, while an art enthusiast can enjoy the artists work. Wizardz eliminates all the hard work an artist has to go through to collect customers or art enthusiasts and market their art piece. The dedicated team of Wizardz oversees all the artists' requirements regarding marketing and exhibiting artwork, while an artist can only focus on their work.

Focusing on the two groups, artists as well as art enthusiasts will be generating revenue for the Wizardz team. First, they will charge artists to feature their art piece to the world while the team will also be a part of the transaction for every art deal.

Solar Soul

Electricity, though a very minor and common thing for us in this day and age, more than a million people in Bangladesh still doesn't have access to it. The number is staggeringly high. Think about the things impossible to do! You can't charge your phone, you can't have the internet, the two most dreaded nightmare.

To address this problem, the Solar Soul team consisting Imtiaz al Mahmud, Md Asif Ahmed, Shristy Sharma Neupane, Aayushi Karmacharya, Sukritee Mainali, and Ta Duc Minh proposed the plan of utilizing solar energy.

Over time, there has been much research on solar panels. One of the main problems with the panels is that they are not efficient. While searching for efficiency makes the solar panels expensive, the Solar Soul team proposed to combine two manufacturing technique that can increase the efficiency without increasing the cost significantly. With a combination of the solar tracker, to continuously track the movement of the sun as well as using mirrors to focus reflections onto the panels, Solar Soul proposes an efficient method of providing electricity to the lives of the million people.

Targeting the people who have no access to electricity, Solar Soul aims to introduce several selling packages to maximize their revenue.

Pharmacon

One of the Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations has proposed is that everyone should have access to health facilities. In the case of India, where the pharmaceutical market is ever-expanding, it has also affected the price of medicine. The profit margin, the retailers keep on the medicine reaches up to 50%.

Thriving on this idea, the team consisting Mohit Kumar Detwani, Vinamra Malu, Safal Babu Sharma, Biraj Chhetri, Le Bao Chau, Do lien Trang, Nguyen An Ky proposed an idea in the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp to provide access to the medicines on the touch of the fingertips. Not only can the customer have their medicines delivered at their doorsteps, but they can also access these medicines at a much-reduced price. There are similar services in India which propose to deliver medicines at the costumer's doorsteps, Pharmacon separates themselves by providing medicines at 25-30% discounted price as well as emergency service which allows the customers to receive medicine within hours of ordering.

Pharmacon targets customers, who are above the age of 40 years, who constantly require medicine. Thus, by making a large customer base, they tend to generate the revenues.

Turunta

What do you do when your vehicle breaks down in the middle of nowhere? You may be an out of towner visiting the city for a short time, or the city is too big to keep track of everything at once. This is a common problem in Nepal. While there are many auto garages, people are unsure about their location.

To address this issue, the team consisting of Prajjwol Bikram Rana, Prasanna Rijal, Abhi Regmi, Sarason G.C, Shivam Pandey, and Devendraraj Tamang introduced the concept of Turunta in the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Turunta is a mobile application, that has marked all the Garage locations in Nepal so that whenever a vehicle breaks down, the customer can simply log in to their app, and get an address to the nearest garage location. Turunta customer base includes individuals with vehicles.

S Square

Technology has infested everywhere in our daily life. Mobile Phones, Tablets, Laptops, have been essential to speed up our tasks and enable us to become more productive. But has this ever happened to you? You are late to the office and do not have any charge on your phone? You would be missing out on several important calls. Well, worry not, S Square is here!

A team consisting of Divyank Jain, Sanjida Akter, Ritaza Paudel, Ame Thapa Magar, Sarad Banjara proposed the idea of Smart Shoes (S Square) in the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. S Square is a fitness guru as well as a portable electricity generator. Thriving on the concept of the piezoelectric effect, S Square generates electricity to charge electronic gadgets on the go. Further, interlaced with other technologies, S square is intelligent, eco-friendly, fitness guru, that lights up the path using LED bulbs. The shoe is an electronic marvel that will change the way the world walks.

Aimed towards Tech-Savvy customers, S Square aims to partner with influential shoe manufacturing companies and sell their products.

Zero

The world is driving towards an era of technology. With this, there are a large number of options one can choose from. While some students are determined what their career path would look like, others suffer from indecision and inability to thrive on their chosen career path. To make matters worse, the internet provides over-information that further leads to confusion.

To address this problem a team consisting of Tahmina Khanom Tandra, Arif Mustafa, Tahosina Monir, Bhishma Bhattarai, Aasish Kathariya, and Sujan Pokhrel presented their idea of Zero in the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.

ZERO acts as a torchlight to students. It illuminates the paths of young minds lost in the darkness of infinite career choices by helping them find the right direction. Zero makes the accurate assessment of each student and guides them towards the path in their career where they can thrive. Further, it also connects students with professional mentors who will help students to recognize their strengths and weaknesses and provide support to grow.

Making its customer base specifically among mid-school and freshmen students, Zero will generate its revenues from its customers.

K20

In developing countries, Micro Finances plays an important role to enable people to access several needs. Micro Financing Institutes (MFI) provides small loans to individuals keeping small collateral. But in markets of Africa, a large number of MFI exists, which has produced an unhealthy competition, which includes delinquent loans, customers having loans in several MFIs, and customers providing fraudulent documentation.

Attending to these problems, the team consisting Ekote Nelson Nnoko, Sadia Kabir Dina, Robih Hilman Ardiatama, Jean Dalmeida, Guenoukpati Ayawovi, and Sitti Kafui Akoko presented their idea of K20 in the 5th Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp. Targeting towards the Micro Finance Institutes (MFIs) in Africa, K20 will collect data from MFIs and using Machine Learning it will generate credit report on each customer of these MFIs. With recording as well as profiling, K20 will act as a data bank to feed MFIs with customer's report while accessing customer's delinquent loans.

Targeting the Micro Finance Institutes in Africa, K20 will generate its revenue through MFIs by providing them with well-curated data.