Akan Energy (PowerPoint Presentation)
Akan Energy intends to set up a distributed network of locally-owned biofuel production facilities in rural villages throughout Ghana.  The model is premised upon the use of jatropha oil as a substitute for imported kerosene. 

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US

Help for Malaria, Songre pour le Paludisme (PowerPoint Presentation)
Help for Malaria, Songre pour le Paludisme will provide free Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs) and sell inexpensive combination drug regimens in Burkina Faso. Our products and services will include training of 56 community health care workers.

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, US;
Harvard University, Boston, MA, US

KAITE-Social Investment in Zimbabwe (PowerPoint Presentation)
A holistic concept encompassing integrated economic, social and cultural development through social investment. KAITE aims to train and empower small local farmers in Zimbabwe to organically produce high quality, specialty products for market in tandem with productivity-enhancing food staples. KAITE seeks to establish a sustainable model for agricultural practices that benefit the producer, community, and environment. The initiative also supports regional social programs in education and healthcare.  KAITE will foster local economic development, increase the country's exports, improve education, and create healthier agricultural environment in Zimbabwe.

Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

PRIME- Powering Rural India by Micro (PowerPoint Presentation)
To tap into $1.8 billion rural electrification market in India, we plan to setup 1MW power plants which will run on woodstems of Casuarina Equistifolia, grown on wasteland. We will generate 29% IRR while providing electricity & employment to villages.

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Rabuor Sunflower Farm (PowerPoint Presentation)
Our business concept focuses on an emerging sunflower oil women’s cooperative based in the village of Rabuor, Kenya.  Our aim is to maximize the activities that are already taking place, as well as to create a strategic plan for regional and international market expansion. 

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, US

WaterPLUS (PowerPoint Presentation)
WaterPLUS is designing affordable technology which will revolutionize water disinfection for developing communities by employing Ultraviolet– Light Emitting Diodes (UV-LEDs) radiation at point-of-use water treatment.  LEDs are cheaper, require less energy, consume less space, and are less toxic to the environment when retired than other UV radiation technologies. Home based-water treatment is one of the “10 cheap ways to save the world” by Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine, 2005.  The market is 220 million households that lack access to safe water, and the goal is to create a product that can sell for approximately $10 per unit.

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, US;
Duke University, Durham, NC, US; Stanford University, Stanford, CA, US