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Africa Business Radio is a digital business radio and podcast network that provides essential news, insights, and analysis to businesses in Africa, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Established in 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company relocated its main operations to Lagos, Nigeria, in 2019 to capitalize on the opportunities in Africa's largest economy. Founded by Soji Akinlabi, a seasoned financial journalist with extensive experience in the broadcast media sector, Africa Business Radio aims to keep its audience informed about macroeconomic trends and business developments across the continent. Its platform features live streaming shows and recorded podcasts, offering a comprehensive source of information for entrepreneurs and business leaders looking to enhance profitability and navigate the African market effectively.

Eazyhire Limited is a pioneering peer-to-peer platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, that facilitates the leasing and rental of various products, including vehicles, equipment, electronics, and maritime items. Founded in 2015, the platform enables users to connect with vendors, manage daily operations, process payments, and handle requests for proposals and quotations, as well as manage contracts efficiently. Eazyhire aims to create a community where individuals can share items they own with those in need of temporary access to these goods, making it a unique solution for both users seeking to rent items and those looking to generate extra income by leasing out their possessions.

Bieerra Energy deploys micro-hydropower plants to bring electricity to the rural population. Bieerra Energy uses low-cost microturbine and water tubes to trap water that runs by the river to generate electrical energy, enabling the rural population to get low-cost electricity for consumption.

Briotech specializes in the development and production of hypochlorous acid-based products designed to enhance infection control and healthcare delivery. Their flagship product, Briotech HOCl, is a versatile sanitizer, disinfectant, and virucide that has demonstrated efficacy against SARS-CoV-2, inactivating 99.96% of the virus in independent testing. The company offers a range of products, including topical skin sprays and electrolyzed hand sprays, which are infused with germ-killing properties to aid healthcare professionals in combating infections, reducing inflammation, and promoting healing. Briotech has also innovated a scalable manufacturing approach through patent-pending machines, enabling localized production and distribution of its pure HOCl products across the globe, thereby ensuring accessibility in infection management.

Kalahari Honey trains farmers in beekeeping then collects the honey harvested for sale in pharmacies and markets. Kalahari Honey's products are made by training farmers in beekeeping for generating honey which is then collected, bottled, and packaged, enabling consumers to enjoy fresh, pure, and healthy honey.

Oreeggs produces and distributes consumable and hatched eggs. Oreeggs's products are distributed in Uganda as the only affordable source of protein, enabling consumers to fight protein malnutrition.

Chicken Basket is a social enterprise that offers a one-stop shop to address the farmer’s needs. Chicken Basket offers high-quality chicks, feeds, and medication; offers training and capacity building on poultry management, and provides 24-hour veterinary extension services.

Manufacturer of artisanal fashion accessories designed to provide transparency in the purchasing process. The company's shoes are handmade by industry artisans, who have mastered the centuries-old eastern art of shoe making and connect them to the Western marketplace, enabling consumers access to luxury products with a clear understanding of their journey from raw materials to delivery.

Sintala Design manufactures furniture, flooring, and other solid wood products from fallen trees, prunings, and remains of other manufacturing processes. Sintala Design's products are highly ecological and respectful of the environment.

Crické is food and drinks company. They make tasty, high-protein and eco-friendly insect-based food products for a well balanced and more sustainable diet.

OBRI Tanzania produces and distributes sunflower oil sourced from hundreds of smallholder farmers. OBRI's products include various types of edible oils, mainly sunflower cooking oil that is processed, refined, and packaged naturally through organic methods under high pressure in disposable machinery and by maintaining sustainable safety standards with minimal quantities of chemicals and artificial preservatives. OBRI Tanzania works with farmers and consumers in Africa to create an agricultural ecosystem that supports people and the planet.

Developer of a technology-driven environmental platform intended to provide a tracking system to safeguard the environment. The company's platform provides a digitized and 3D mapping system with a geographical location in order to track the progress, enabling clients to prevent soil erosion and create habitats for wildlife and people.

IGreengo is an online sustainable environment networking platform for sharing and improving open green spaces. IGreengo collaborates with the owners of green spaces and offers something unique, removing the chaos generated by the local mass tourism hotspots, enabling tourists to explore the beautiful exclusive places.

Swahili Honey is a sustainable beekeeping and honey production company based in Tanzania, focused on delivering high-quality, pure honey sourced from local rural beekeepers. The company collaborates with smallholder farmers, enhancing their livelihoods through sustainable practices. Swahili Honey provides free training in beekeeping, equipment loans, and access to extension services, ensuring that farmers can produce honey in a way that respects natural ecosystems. The honey produced comes from bees that thrive in natural forests, free from exposure to commercial farming activities, chemicals, or antibiotics. This commitment to organic beekeeping not only supports the health of the bees but also results in delicious and nutritious honey products for consumers.

We-Convert builds SmartBins, a product that automates the entire concept of waste management. We-Convert provides a customer-oriented service by automating the process of waste collection and segregation. Also, the user is rewarded with credits (rewards) when he chooses to use our SmartBins for the disposal process.

Asheba Enterprise is a shea butter extraction company intended to help the rural community of women in Ghana. The company enables rural women to earn a source of living and customers to purchase a natural and handcrafted product.

Cowtribe Technology Limited provides animal vaccine delivery services to farmers in Ghana. The company offers a mobile application for farmers that lets the to subscribe and provide all relevant animal information. It provides cloud based logistics management system that tracks the health statistics of each animal, remind the farmers when it is time for their animals to receive services, and manages delivery of vaccines to the farmers. Cowtribe Technology Limited was founded in 2016 and is based in Tamale, Ghana.

BirdPreneur is an aviculture platform in Nigeria that aims to support both individuals and corporate organizations in raising poultry for enhanced meat and egg production. The company provides a technology-driven investment platform designed to connect small-scale poultry farmers with capital from individuals and impact investors. This platform facilitates the pooling of funds to supply farmers with essential resources such as chicks, feed, and medications, enabling them to sustain and expand their operations. By focusing on the needs of rural farmers, BirdPreneur helps improve productivity and revenue while offering investors a return on their investment.

Onelamp is a company focused on improving energy access in rural communities of Africa, particularly in Uganda. It specializes in distributing solar fishing lanterns and solar lights, providing an affordable clean energy solution to combat energy poverty. The company utilizes an on-demand delivery service that leverages unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) technology, allowing households to place orders for solar products via text messages. Payment is facilitated through mobile money, and the logistics network ensures same-day door-to-door delivery, enhancing the accessibility of solar energy solutions for those in need.

Diloo app allows you to communicate immediately with different companies via chat to make inquiries about customer service, sales information, etc. Forget about calling and waiting for several minutes. In diloo app you only choose the companies and start chatting!

Bright Reality Entertainment specializes in producing reality television programs focused on social justice themes. The company aims to deliver non-scripted entertainment that not only engages viewers but also addresses societal challenges. By incorporating current trends into its programming, Bright Reality provides a platform where audiences can enjoy entertaining content while simultaneously gaining insights into important social issues.

Aerial Industries manufactures drones for air transport, clean electricity, and agriculture services. The company helps eradicate hunger using aerial robots for crop dusting services in Africa, faster, safer, and at a lower cost than today’s methods. Aerial Industries' products include an aerial robot for agriculture mechanization and embedding crop data computing software, enabling farmers to get access to innovative corp spraying solutions and concentrate on what they do best.

Willay is a provider of a data analysis platform that specializes in geodata visualization and analytics. The platform enables businesses to analyze and explore public data, facilitating informed decision-making. By employing data mining algorithms and automated learning techniques, Willay performs predictive analysis on both public and private data. This capability allows organizations to optimize their business strategies and management processes through enhanced geovisualization. Overall, Willay aims to empower businesses with the insights needed to make better, data-driven decisions.

Jicote produces and distributes organic honey for export to the U.S. and Europe.

FeelsGood specializes in the physical and emotional care of cancer patients through innovative virtual reality solutions. The company employs a unique approach by integrating medically designed video games into rehabilitation, allowing patients to engage in therapeutic exercises that are carefully monitored by health professionals via a telemedicine platform. This immersive virtual reality system helps patients manage stress and anxiety associated with treatments such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy. By creating engaging and interactive environments that promote relaxation and breathing techniques, FeelsGood aims to enhance the overall quality of life for cancer patients while reducing pain perception.

Paniel Meat Processing and Livestock Bank produces meat products sourced from farming livestock. The company’s products include sausages, meat balls, fresh meat, dried meat, and salted meat. These products are made with either beef, pork, chicken, goat, fish, or rabbit. PMP supplies to over 150 supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, butchers, as well as parties, ceremonies, and individual households.

BridgeCare Finance, Inc. is a company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in childcare education financing solutions. Established in 2016, it offers family payment plans to assist parents in covering their children's tuition fees. Additionally, BridgeCare provides a white-label platform for childcare data and community management, designed to support organizations that assist both parents and childcare providers. Through these services, BridgeCare aims to facilitate access to quality childcare and improve financial management for families.

Zirconia is an advanced materials company that manufactures ceramic surface treatments. The company's disruptive products offer high-performance, long-lasting, eco-friendly, low-cost asset preservation coatings for industry and infrastructure. Its flagship product (CeramycShield) solves significant problems for concrete infrastructure, repair, and renovation that cannot be accomplished by other means. CeramycShield applies using common equipment and requires little or no maintenance. Benjamin Cook and Muralee Balaguru established the company in Tukwila, Washington in 2017.

Zijani is dedicated to the recycling of waste cooking oil to more sustainable and renewable products. We have a firm principle of conserving our environment and the belief that waste has a value and humanity has a responsibility and knowhow to identify that value. Zijani has invested in facilities and personnel to add value to the waste from the hospitality industry and provide products back into the industry.

Golden Cat is a producer and exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables. The company guarantees the highest quality fruits and vegetables, meeting all the EU food safety requirements, with every product traceable back to the individual farm in Rwanda.

Joelex is a social enterprise that provides accessible and affordable water and sanitation services. Joelex's services include building and operating toilets and showers within slums and market institution, enabling poor people to get clean, safe, for-fee toilets and showers within the slums and markets.

GeoVerde provides consulting and support services to the water and sanitation, mining, roads, and building construction sectors.

Ayni is a fashion company that specializes in designing and marketing modern women's clothing. The company is known for its unique offerings of handmade garments crafted from Pima cotton and alpaca wool, sourced from skilled Peruvian craftswomen. By promoting fair labor practices and sustainable fashion, Ayni enables consumers to support ethical production while enjoying high-quality apparel.

MiHuertoweb is an online marketplace connecting local Chilean food producers with local consumers. MiHuertoweb helps the customer and food producer to communicate and invest in a certain agricultural project which is required from the customer's side, enabling food producers to get fair and timely payment.

Santo de Piedra Mezcal produces and markets exclusive, handcrafted, and best tasting mezcal editions in handmade signed bottles which are made from agaves.

X-Shirt develops an online clothing platform that offers sustainable Peruvian cotton t-shirts worldwide.

EcoBuild manufactures clay bricks to be used for construction using green fuel. EcoBuild's clay bricks are made with a vertical shaft brick kiln using the state of the art in brick firing technology to produce environmentally friendly bricks and use less fuel, enabling clients to keep the environment clean around them.

African Chicken is a poultry business that provides jobs and nutrition to underserved people while providing fresh and healthy chickens to a large and under-served market. African Chicken works to fight unemployment, poverty, and hunger with chicken.

Geossy Uganda Limited operates commercial aquaculture farms. The company operates aquaculture, agriculture, and apiary farms to raise fish to be distributed in the market. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Kampala, Uganda.

Vigorous Materials specializes in the production of a sustainable building material intended as an alternative to gypsum drywall. This innovative material is primarily composed of cellulose and possesses various beneficial properties, including fire retardancy, mold and insect resistance, water resistance, insulation, and acoustic absorption. Its versatile applications extend to acoustics, drywall alternatives, particleboard furniture, decorative moldings, and door cores. By providing this environmentally friendly option, Vigorous Materials aims to promote sustainability within the construction industry, offering clients a reliable substitute for conventional building materials.

Ziweto Enterprise provides quality and affordable animal health and nutrition products to livestock farmers. The company operates a network of micro-franchised veterinary shops and works with distributors to deliver quality and affordable veterinary medicines, vaccines, animal nutrition products, and livestock production equipment to smallholder farmers in Malawi.

Zamgoat Products Ltd is an impact agribusiness dedicated to the sustainable commercialization of the goat value chain for social and economic value. Primarily, Zamgoat is pioneering the value addition and improved distribution of goat products, targeting the growing local, regional and global market demand for goat meat and related products, empowering smallholder farmers in Zambia by now creating a sustainable market opportunity for goats. Founded in July 2012, Zamgoat started out with a meat products operation processing and selling goat meat products both on retail and wholesale to end consumers through own retail outlets(butcheries), as well as deliveries to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, and other customers. At scale, the company is designed to grow across the goat value chain through vertical integration, with among other demand-side operations in culinary services through its proprietory brands including Zamgoat Xpress, BillyBurgers and Pizzagoat Africa and then later also pursue goat leather and dairy products operations, as well as the provision of knowledge/information services and improved breeding genetics to smallholder farmers through Zamgoat Information Services and Zamgoat Farms among other supply-side operations. The company has to date purchased over 5,000 goats, providing a sustainable and guaranteed market opportunity for over 500 smallholder farmers in Zambia, and generating over $500,000 in revenues. Zamgoat is currently seeking to scale up its meat products operation by setting up a state-of-the-art goat slaughterhouse and meat processing facility in Lusaka, as well as enhancing the company's supply chain by setting goat aggregation centers in strategic rural districts of Zambia.

GoSolarAfrica is the frontier and leader in clean energy design, Installation and design across Africa. We make clean energy available to households, businesses, schools, non-profits and government organizations at a low and affordable cost than they pay for energy generated by burning fossil fuels like kerosene, petrol, diesel and natural gas. Our approach is to install innovative systems to the highest engineering standards while making the switch simple for our customers. We have revolutionized the way energy is delivered by giving customers a cleaner, more affordable alternative to their monthly utility bill.

Hormiplast is an artificial rock resulting from the mixture of different plastic polymers, designed to partly replace natural rock. Hormiplast can be used as an additive for cement and is ideal for any type of construction. it achieves greater thermal and acoustic insulation, while generating a lighter material, and a more sustainable construction. The company was founded in 2003.

Brent Technologies re-refines used lube oil into new base oil and blends it with additives so that its original lubricity is recovered, hence yielding oil which is no difference with freshly mined oils. Brent Technologies is a Uganda-based company that was founded in 2015.

Bringing the cold chain to Nigeria to lower post-harvest losses of fruits and vegetables

Ensibuuko is a Ugandan startup founded in 2014 that develops cloud-based micro-finance software tailored for community-level financial entities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The company's software provides essential banking solutions, allowing users to access their accounts via mobile phones, where they can check balances, make deposits, and withdraw funds. Designed to function effectively even in areas with poor telecom infrastructure, Ensibuuko's software includes standard accounting and reporting features, thus enhancing the viability and competitiveness of community microfinance schemes. By offering affordable financial products and services, Ensibuuko aims to support the growth of local businesses and improve financial access in rural communities.

GreenChar is a sustainable energy company based in Kenya that focuses on converting sugarcane waste into clean and affordable energy solutions. The firm produces and distributes biomass briquettes made from agricultural byproducts, specifically sugar cane, to promote eco-friendly cooking fuel. GreenChar aims to provide economic, health, and environmental benefits by facilitating access to clean cooking systems for households and institutions across Africa. Through its innovative approach, the company addresses energy challenges while contributing to environmental sustainability.

Shift Labs makes beautifully designed, human-centered technologies that improve the lives of people around the globe. They use innovative engineering to create low-cost solutions to everyday problems.

Evrnu, SPC, a textile-technology company, manufactures renewable fiber by recycling cotton garment waste. It engages in purifying cotton garment waste; converting it to a pulp; and extruding it as a new fiber for the creation of textiles. Evrnu, SPC was formerly known as Loopool, SPC. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Future Resource Collective is a collaboration hub and incubator for sustainable innovations in the apparel and textile industry. They combine science, resource management, and design to create restorative solutions and offer consulting expertise for apparel brands and supply chain innovators.

Seeder specializes in providing zero-cost solar financing solutions for commercial and industrial rooftops, connecting these projects with investors and structuring power purchase agreements. This approach enables businesses to achieve savings of 10-15% on their electricity costs. The company utilizes a diverse network of pre-qualified vendors to gather multiple quotes and proposals, ensuring competitive pricing for its clients. In addition to financing, Seeder offers advisory and development services that facilitate both on-site and off-site power purchase transactions for solar and other renewable energy projects in China. By helping corporations reduce electricity expenses by up to 20%, Seeder enhances their visibility and supports their efforts to lower carbon footprints, aligning with their global renewable energy objectives.

Why snails? For hundreds of thousands of years, snails have been a tasty source of protein. Early Romans began raising snails in elaborate escargotière, gorging them on milk and grain to fatten them. In the 18th century, escargots came to symbolize a cultural elite. This portrayal, however, is inaccurate as the role of escargots (which simply means “snails” in French) is truly a food of the common people as they were a seasonal delicacy that was gathered from the wild by the peasantry. The goal of little gray farms is to once again “democratize” snails as a food for everyone to enjoy by raising them locally and in tune with nature’ s rhythm and to incorporate them into the mainstream diet in dishes that are visually appealing and a culinary delight.

Simpolfy LLC, based in Seattle, Washington, operates a platform designed to enhance civic engagement by allowing users to learn about and connect with their political representatives. Established in 2014, Simpolfy enables users to stay informed on federal, state, and local legislation, featuring tools to explore bills, campaigns, groups, issues, and politicians. The platform engages users by assessing their political profiles through targeted questions, helping them understand their stance on various bills. It then compares users' positions with the voting records of their representatives, facilitating a clearer understanding of political alignment. Additionally, Simpolfy allows users to express their opinions on existing and proposed laws while illustrating how their views align with those of the community and legislators, ultimately fostering a more informed and engaged citizenry.

Obamastove was founded in 2007 by an Ethopian refugee, who as a teenager was saved from the fighting and famine at home, fled to Kenya and then was brought to the United States. Rather than remitting cash back to his family, as is the norm, he decided to set up a cookstove company, creating jobs and income for his whole community. Seven years later, the company has grown beyond everyone’s vision, manufactured and selling tens of thousands of stoves per year, over 200,000 in total. Based around a great product which customers love, this bootstrapped, grass-roots business is most certainly the largest cookstove company in Ethiopia, and may just be the largest cookstove company in all of Africa.

We are Juabar. Bar is a convivial gathering place. Juabar uses the sun’s energy to enable a business, a service and a product in East Africa. Juabar is a mobile charging kiosk powered by solar and designed as a small business for local entrepreneurs. Juabar Design, LLC, a design-build start-up, creates pop-up electrified businesses powered by a solar PV system for use in rural and urban areas that lack access to electricity. Our kiosks facilitate energy access while providing a point-of-sale location for a retail business. Juabar is a solar-powered mobile phone charging station. An intial prototype of the juabar is sponsored by CCA's Center for Art and Public Life IMPACT Social Entrepreneurship award in collaboration with the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute outside of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (TZ). With your help we can expand our reach and bring juabar solar opportunities to additional communities, both in TZ and beyond. This project was made possible with the generous support from California College of the Arts Center for Art and Public Life IMPACT: Social Entrepreneurship Awards Program.

Karibu Solar Power is a social enterprise focused on making high-quality solar energy accessible to underserved communities. The company produces modular solar power kits that include a rechargeable battery, LED light, and a solar panel, designed to offer an affordable alternative to kerosene lighting. By allowing customers to pay in small increments that align with their typical spending on kerosene, Karibu Solar enables users to benefit from clean and sustainable energy. The kits also come with instructional materials to ensure ease of use, supporting the goal of providing reliable and affordable energy solutions to the Base of the Pyramid consumers.

Hundreds of socio-political issues plague their world. There are many barriers to effecting positive change: apathy, political corruption, and inertia. Screw the apathetic. The millions of people who care, and who want to make the world a better place, have no clear pathway for entering the world of social impact. What currently exists requires too much time researching options online, signing petitions and commenting online – and too little time actually doing, What currently exists in their communities requires commitment to one particular issue, group, or ideology – and then jumping on the related mailing lists, and planning your schedule around their volunteer opportunity. There’s a better way. Get involved in any issue, doing whichever kind of activity sings to you, at whatever time best fits in your schedule. Turns out: this is an issue for communities beyond community-level social change. So the ActivateHub platform is now being used in some cities to connnect and instigate involvement in the Makers Community in Oakland, for startups in Seattle, for artists in Boulder, for family events and university student groups in Portland.

Distributed Energy Management helps transform end-user energy management discussions from kWh and BTUs to practical metrics that are meaningful to business owners. Their Utility Reinvestment Account service consolidates all utilities for clients into a single, financially independent, support directorate that simplifies operations at the nexus of energy, information, and finance.

East Africa Fruits Co. distributes fresh fruits, vegetables, and grains to retailers, wholesalers, local vendors, cafes, hotels, and exporters. The company buys fruits and vegetables from small holders farmers and process them by cleaning, sorting, packing, and marketing. It integrates sellers with buyers and supports smallholder farmers on crop planning in alignment with marketplaces. The company also provides delivery services. East Africa Fruits Co. was founded in 2013 and is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Broad Street Maps believes in the power of visual data to inform decisions and communicate impact. They turn static spreadsheets into dynamic maps in order to better understand the social and geographic determinants of health, and ultimately improve the delivery of care.

Self Spark is a social enterprise based in Columbia, Maryland, that focuses on helping individuals achieve measurable personal changes through science-based methods. Established in 2012 by James Norris, the organization collaborates with behavior change scientists and innovators to create effective strategies for self-improvement. Self Spark promotes open science by sharing research findings and raw data publicly, ensuring transparency and accessibility. The company offers a range of programs, including two-day, one-day, half-day, and keynote events, providing participants with hands-on assistance and practical tools to facilitate lasting change. Through its focus on innovative life hacks and technology, Self Spark empowers individuals to enhance their well-being and personal development.

Hydrobee is focused on developing innovative clean energy solutions to address the needs of over a billion people lacking reliable electricity and the three billion relying on biomass stoves for cooking. Their flagship product, the Firebee thermo-electric generator, converts heat from cooking stoves into USB charging power, enabling users to charge phones, LED lights, and other devices. This technology also includes the Jet-Flame blower, which enhances combustion, reduces smoke, and saves money. By connecting Firebee-powered devices to mobile phone networks, Hydrobee facilitates financing options for new, efficient stoves equipped with chimneys, significantly lowering indoor air pollution. This approach aims to serve approximately 100 million low-income families, providing a cost-effective solution to both energy poverty and indoor air quality issues. Based in Seattle, Hydrobee operates as a Social Purpose Corporation and collaborates with a network of social entrepreneurs and impact investors to further its mission.

Village Green is a global community that helps people get their needs met through sharing resources. Share real-world resources in the web's first needs exchange for the sharing economy. They help people get their needs met through sharing, and grow local economies in the process. Their goal is to grow local economies through sharing, and to empower innovators everywhere to get the resources they need to grow their ventures and to help their communities thrive.

The idea that evolved into the business model that is now “Close to Home” was sparked by the rash of tornadoes that hit the United States in the spring of 2011. The year 2011 saw the second largest number of tornadoes recorded in one year’s time. I watched the news reports with concern. The tornado outbreaks occurred, and the stories of displacement continued. The same complaints were recounted by different people throughout the United States: temporary shelters in gymnasiums were often overcrowded and lacked privacy and security; hotel rooms were often too far from the original community; FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Association) trailers were not deployed quickly enough and there were often not enough of them; rental homes and apartments were in short supply and were unfairly priced post-disaster. The consequences of these limited and imperfect approaches have been higher costs for government and insurers and the breakdown of communities after a disaster. I wondered why there were no new solutions to address these limitations. Close to Home (Housing) is the product of those questions and also of reflections about the issue from a perspective of sustainability on many levels. First, how can they help a community to build back more quickly? How can they prevent the loss of community cohesion—which can truly see people through the darkest of their days? If people move away from a community, whether temporarily or permanently, emotional threads are lost, leaving community ties at risk. At Close to Home, they are working toward solutions, with the understanding that housing people close to home post-disaster has positive ripple effects in numerous realms of life for communities that are rebuilding and restoring.

Serve Smart LLC, based in Seattle, Washington, specializes in developing training solutions aimed at enhancing cultural intelligence. The company provides a range of intercultural assessment tools, including The Intercultural Effectiveness Scale and The Global Competencies Inventory, which assess competencies essential for effective interactions across diverse cultures. Serve Smart also offers self-paced online modules and facilitation materials designed to equip participants with the skills needed for ethical and effective service. Additionally, the company creates custom training solutions, including video production, curriculum development, e-learning, live workshops, and presentations. By focusing on key areas such as humility, self-knowledge, social class, and empathy, Serve Smart helps volunteers and corporate leaders engage more effectively with diverse communities.

Snohomish Soap is a brand of authentically local handmade soaps, surpassesing all of the others in terms of fragrance, beauty and quality, all while manufactured by a distributed network of women who (for whatever reason) are unable to find employment outside their homes.

AlchemList is an online platform designed to facilitate item donations to non-profit organizations by connecting individuals with local charities in need. The platform allows users to easily search for organizations based on the items they wish to donate, promoting the reuse of goods and reducing waste in landfills. By focusing on in-kind donations, AlchemList empowers individuals to declutter their spaces while supporting various causes, including women's organizations and animal shelters. The website is accessible to anyone with internet access, making it simple for users to find suitable homes for their unwanted items. AlchemList aims to enhance the visibility of smaller non-profits and strengthen communities through the power of giving, encouraging responsible consumption and fostering a culture of generosity.

They are building a collaborative food economy that values human energy, under-utilized space, and the power of neighbors helping neighbors.

Kodeza engages communities in how to best direct funding and resources so that they have a sustained impact, lessening the burden of project planning, while helping to create autonomy for the community.

TansaClean is an environmental services provider focused on improving sanitation in India. The company addresses the challenges of human waste disposal by connecting vacuum tankers to biodigesters, which convert septic tank sludge from urban and peri-urban areas into clean energy and pathogen-free fertilizer. This innovative approach not only transforms harmful waste into valuable resources but also helps keep rivers, lakes, and fields free from pollution. Through its efforts, TansaClean is making a significant impact on environmental health and sustainability in the region.

Seattle Good Business Network is a network of local businesses, non-profit and municipal organizations, and residents dedicated to building a vibrant, local economy based on shared environmental and community values.

A mobile app to help citizens and organizations get closer to zero waste.

Personify is a provider of a social volunteering application that connects individuals with opportunities to engage in community service. The platform enables users to identify local social causes and take meaningful actions to support them. By participating in volunteer activities, users can earn rewards from participating merchants, fostering a sense of community involvement and encouraging social responsibility. Founded by mobile software engineers and designers, Personify is dedicated to leveraging technology to promote positive social impact and enhance collaboration among people.

Community Sourced Capital is focused on facilitating access to capital for local businesses by leveraging community support. The organization offers financial tools that enable community members to lend money directly to small businesses, thereby fostering local economic growth. Through this approach, it provides a straightforward mechanism for individuals to invest in businesses that they value, helping these enterprises secure the necessary funds to accelerate their development. By connecting local lenders with small businesses in need of financial assistance, Community Sourced Capital aims to strengthen community ties and promote sustainable economic progress.

TayaSola is a business focused on providing solar energy solutions and educational products to communities in need. Founded by Alma Lorraine Bone Constable, the company originated from her experiences in Kenya, where she observed a demand for affordable and healthy lighting options. TayaSola aims to demystify solar energy by promoting solar literacy in primary education, empowering communities to develop their own energy solutions. The company offers accessible and adaptable lighting and energy products, improving the quality of life for millions of families by enabling them to illuminate their homes at a low cost. Through its initiatives, TayaSola seeks to foster sustainable energy practices and enhance community resilience.

myTurn is an online platform designed to help organizations optimize the use of their assets by facilitating the renting, sharing, and tracking of tools and equipment. The platform serves a diverse range of clients, including cities that create Libraries of Things for community borrowing, universities managing bike-sharing and equipment programs, and enterprises looking to generate additional revenue by renting underutilized assets. By enabling efficient asset management, myTurn allows items to be used significantly more often than through individual ownership, enhancing overall value for its users.

Their location centric mobile apps break sown social barriers so people can easily connect to their neighbors about community events, emergencies, and announcements.

BURN specializes in designing, manufacturing, and distributing fuel-efficient cooking products aimed at improving the lives of people in the developing world. Operating a modern manufacturing facility located outside of Nairobi, BURN produces one stove per minute, making it the largest facility of its kind in Africa. The organization focuses on creating customized biomass stove solutions that address the specific cooking needs of various communities. By collaborating with implementing organizations, BURN develops sustainable stove dissemination systems that not only enhance cooking efficiency but also contribute positively to environmental and health issues, such as deforestation and women's health.