14 November 2017 · 13 photos
Start-ups for SDGs, Geneva, 14 November 2017
Organized as part of this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week, the "Start-ups for SDGs" event gave 10 young entrepreneurs from around the world a chance to pitch their business ideas to a panel of impact investors.
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Filipa Carreira, Founder, Wamina, Mozambique
Filipa Carreira, Founder, Wamina, Mozambique
Filipa is the founder of Wamina, a girl empowerment brand that promotes education and self-confidence among girls by providing them with fact based information about sexual and reproductive health.She won the runner-up prize at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38383509126.jpg
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Umberto Manazza, one of the founders of pioNIRS, Italy
Umberto Manazza, one of the founders of pioNIRS, Italy
Umberto Manazza, one of the founders of pioNIRS, an Italian-based portable medical devices start-up specializing in non-invasive brain oxygenation procedures to prevent death and disabilities in new-born babies. He is presenting his business at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38408007542.jpg
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Aurélia Bernard, one of the founders of Epi'Coop, Switzerland
Aurélia Bernard, one of the founders of Epi'Coop, Switzerland
Aurélia Bernard, one of the founders of Epi'Coop, a Geneva cooperative selling local products that provides employment for migrants to Switzerland. Aurélie is presenting her business at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38383513236.jpg
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Aurélia Bernard, one of the founders of Epi'Coop, Switzerland
Aurélia Bernard, one of the founders of Epi'Coop, Switzerland
Aurélia Bernard, one of the founders of Epi'Coop, a Geneva cooperative selling local products that provides employment for migrants to Switzerland. She is presenting her business at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38439414611.jpg
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Guillermo Jarrin, founder of TippyTea Blends
Guillermo Jarrin, founder of TippyTea Blends
Guillermo Jarrin is the founder of TippyTea Blends, a fair-trade company working with indigenous women in Ecuador and using locally grown organic herbs and fruits to produce specialist loose-leaf tea blends. Guillermo is presenting his business at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38383512376.jpg
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Guillermo Jarrin, founder of TippyTea Blends
Guillermo Jarrin, founder of TippyTea Blends
Guillermo Jarrin is the founder of TippyTea Blends, a fair-trade company working with indigenous women in Ecuador and using locally grown organic herbs and fruits to produce specialist loose-leaf tea blends. Guillermo is presenting his business at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38439414231.jpg
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Ideathon, Start-ups for SDGs
Ideathon, Start-ups for SDGs
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Monique Ntumngia, founder and CEO of Monafrik Energy, Cameroon
Monique Ntumngia, founder and CEO of Monafrik Energy, Cameroon
Monique Ntumngia is the founder and CEO of Monafrik Energy, which trains girls in rural Cameroon how to generate renewable energy from sun and waste. She is presenting her business at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38439413251.jpg
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Filipa Carreira, Founder, Wamina, Mozambique
Filipa Carreira, Founder, Wamina, Mozambique
Filipa is the founder of Wamina, a girl empowerment brand that promotes education and self-confidence among girls by providing them with fact based information about sexual and reproductive health.She won the runner-up prize at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38408007252.jpg
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Filipa Carreira, Founder, Wamina, Mozambique
Filipa Carreira, Founder, Wamina, Mozambique
Filipa is the founder of Wamina, a girl empowerment brand that promotes education and self-confidence among girls by providing them with fact based information about sexual and reproductive health.She won the runner-up prize at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38383509556.jpg
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Jennifer Richard Shigoli, Elea Reusable Sanitary Pads, Tanzania
Jennifer Richard Shigoli, Elea Reusable Sanitary Pads, Tanzania
Jennifer is the founder of Elea Reusable Sanitary Pads, made in Tanzania from biodegradable cotton as an affordable alternative sanitary care product. She won the top prize at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-37552437755.jpg
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Fulvia Farinelli, Empretec, UNCTAD
Fulvia Farinelli, Empretec, UNCTAD
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Jennifer Richard Shigoli, Elea Reusable Sanitary Pads, Tanzania
Jennifer Richard Shigoli, Elea Reusable Sanitary Pads, Tanzania
Jennifer is the founder of Elea Reusable Sanitary Pads, made in Tanzania from biodegradable cotton as an affordable alternative sanitary care product. She won the top prize at the Start-ups for SDGs event organized in Geneva on November 15 as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017. flickr-38383508546.jpg
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