Excellent to have final presentations this morning in our emerging market innovations class,
MIT Development Ventures! This is the 10th year Professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland and I have run this entrepreneurial action lab! Some two dozen new venture concepts this year, including both for- and non-profit, across multiple sectors including health, energy, education, commerce, and civic. In order of presentation, we have (plus start geo-locations)...
- Volta Ventures ~ Cost-effective Housing (Africa)
- Up4Good ~ Mobilizing Volunteerism (US, Sri Lanka)
- Tsunami Transfers ~ Lower-cost Remittances (Africa, Asia)
- Supply Change ~ Fair-Trade Fruits (Paraguay, LatAm)
- SULICO ~ Community-centered Energy Services (Africa)
- STEMspring ~ Project-based Education (US)
- SOSHL ~ Interest-driven Dinner Network (US)
- Sourcemap ~ Supplier Sustainability Tools (Global)
- Shaffaf Pani ~ Clean Water Distribution (Pakistan)
- SafeTaxi ~ Transportation Security Services (Turkey)
- Runado ~ Informal Courier Services (MENA)
- VOTEP ~ Voice-enabled Internet (Ghana)
- Pinka ~ Empowering Girls w/ Sports (Mexico, LatAm)
- OAJ ~ Medical Tourism Services (Iran, MENA)
- Niébé Milk ~ Vegetal Cowpea Dairy Products (Africa)
- MOBEX ~ Branchless Banking (Pakistan)
- C5 Bio ~ Microbial Suger-to-Isoprene Processing (Brazil)
- Lashining ~ Beauty, Education, Happiness (China)
- GamEdu ~ Games for Teaching Business Skills (Brazil)
- Sound Logic ~ Audio-based Education Solutions (Asia)
- DevEnergy ~ Waste-to-Energy Solutions (Asia, Africa)
- The Common Origin ~ International Music (Africa)
- Media Lab Africa Initiative ~ Boosting Ties (Africa)
- QuickCheck ~ Rural Health Kiosks (Egypt, MENA)
Several of these have prototypes, websites, trial-runs, and substantive action-plans going forward!
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