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Sankalp Forum (www.SankalpForum.com), an Intellecap initiative hosted its 8th Sankalp Africa Summit Edition, in virtual format, from the twoNorth Dakota for 4th March 2021, one of the largest inclusive networking platforms in Africa focusing on entrepreneurship and impact investing ecosystem.
Some of the highlights of the summit include the recognition of the three most innovative young entrepreneurs in Africa and the exchange of knowledge of the sector on rebuilding a resilient and universally accessible health system, able to detect, assess and report quickly; rebuilding strong local institutions in Africa to reach globally competitive levels after Covid-19, and eliminating social and economic injustices to improve equity among human beings.
Each year, the Summit recognizes and rewards high-impact companies in the Africa region that are interested in addressing key development challenges. Finalists have the opportunity to present their companies to a jury made up of eminent business leaders and investors. This year’s finalists were Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Center, MamaPrime and LEFT EV from Kenya; EcoV and Iyeza Health from South Africa; OPENS from Tanzania; Masaka Creamery from Rwanda; and MaTontine from Senegal.
The winner of the 2021 Sankalp Africa Awards was Iyeza Health, a South African healthcare start-up that collects and delivers high-cost and critical chronic medicines for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), diabetes and cancer drugs from public health facilities to patients’ doorsteps via a bicycle delivery service. The service is called Iyeza Express.
In Cape Town, poor national infrastructure has often left the burden of obtaining medicines from health centers to individual patients. As a result, those living in rural areas go without medication for weeks. However, with Iyeza Express, a single courier can transport multiple boxes at a time, thus increasing the ability to deliver medicines to more patients at a faster rate and saving lives. Currently, Iyeza delivers medicines to more than 1,000 people in Khayelitsha, Cape Town and employs local residents as a specialized chronic medicine delivery service. The company aims to become a full-fledged health logistics company that offers access to self-diagnostic devices that encourage early detection and detection of disease in communities, and offer alternative distribution channels and supply chain for products of health and thus change the face of the public. health in South Africa.
The First Finalist emerged as the Center for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE Center), a Kenyan e-waste management startup. WEEE offers the safe disposal service of electrical and electronic waste (e-Waste) in accordance with DO NOT regulations on waste, training on the safe handling, storage and disposal methods of electronic waste and its adverse effects on public health and the environment if not disposed of properly. TINYThe goal is to run a business that protects both the environment and public health.
The second runner-up was OPENS Tanzania, a Tanzanian agri-food startup focused on processing and supplying healthier edible oils. The company produces a low-priced 100% natural cooking sunflower oil called OPENS It is supplied to millions of families across the country. They also work with local farmers directly to source the seeds and promote fair price trading, offer seed crushing services to manufacturing companies for oil and oil cake extraction, and train farmers on the use of organic compost. and sustainable land management to achieve high-quality production. seeds.
“Sankalp Forum is one of our largest initiatives that aims to bring the community together to help solve the problems we face through cutting-edge innovation and high-potential entrepreneurship. Sankalp today, in his 8th year in Africa, it brought to the world a post-Covid vision of economic resurgence and resilience, thus demonstrating our ability to drive action and influence outcomes. ” said Arielle Molino, leader of Sankalp and AVP Intellecap Africa
The Summit, which was held, virtually involved more than 1,200 stakeholders from more than 40 countries around the world, including participants from 30 African countries.
Some of the top renowned speakers the summit attracted include Admassu tadesse, President and CEO of the Banco de Comercio y Desarrollo, Dr. Arkebe Oqubay, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Author, Dorothy Tembo, Deputy Executive Director, International Trade Center, Dr. Mabouba Diagne, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Services of ECOWAS Investment and Development Bank (EBID), Somachi Chris-Asoluka, Director of Alliances and Communications, Tony Elumelu Foundation, Sara Mbago-Bhunu, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Y Wanjira mathai , Vice President and Regional Director for Africa, World Resources Institute and Margaret Busby, Writer, editor, broadcaster and literary critic among others.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Sankalp Africa Summit Awards.
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About the Sankalp Forum:
The Sankalp Forum (www.SankalpForum.com) was started in India in 2009 by Intellecap, part of the Aavishkaar Group, to create a thriving ecosystem for inclusive business-led development. Over the last 10 years, Sankalp has built one of the largest business impact platforms in the world that has showcased and discovered more than 1800 entrepreneurs, through more than 23 editions and connected them with more than 600 investors. Sankalp has allowed companies and entrepreneurs and has helped raise more than American dollar 270 million in financing and disbursements American dollar 870,000 in cash grants. Sankalp Forum engages with governments, corporations, influential platforms such as the G8 and G20, the media and civil society to promote a paradigm shift in inclusive development approaches. For more details, visit www.SankalpForum.com
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