Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge

Cisco’s $1M USD Challenge for early-stage startups using digital technology to solve social or environmental problems. #TechForGood

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📣 It's time to announce the winners of our 6th annual @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge! We're thrilled to recognize these early-stage startups' innovative business ideas leveraging tech for social impact. Join us in congratulating these 15 teams!

https://t.co/suRY4oanDt

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✔️ Congrats to Asbah from India for winning the $15,000 USD Cisco Employees' Choice Award!

👉 Winning Solution: Provides affordable clean drinking water to underserved communities via water filtration plants.

https://t.co/0TCSUtDCmF

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✨ Congrats to @afriagrimark from Kenya for winning the $10,000 USD People's Choice Award!

👉 Winning Solution: Geo-location marketplace using distributed ledger & Machine Learning to connect farmers, truck drivers & vendors. #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge
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🥈 Congrats to @mSCAN_Ug from Uganda for winning a $50,000 USD Second Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: Develops mobile ultrasound devices compatible with laptops, tablets & phones for use in Sub-Saharan Africa.

https://t.co/13fJ7ArrpT

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🥈 Congrats to @Pos_Carbon from Ireland for winning a $50,000 USD Second Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: Provides businesses with food waste monitoring tech to halve their food waste and save money.

https://t.co/ycUqIYf5or

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🥈 Congrats to @WonderTreeCo from Pakistan for winning a $50,000 USD Second Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: AR games that help children with special needs develop motor, cognitive, & educational skills.

https://t.co/VCbMio4qhH

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🌱Congrats to @KatchiTech from Canada for winning a $50,000 USD Climate Impact & Regeneration Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: A fish net system that doesn't touch the ocean floor, reducing greenhouse emissions.

https://t.co/1EL14fkxHG

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🌱 Congrats to @WorkingTrees from the USA for winning a $50,000 USD Climate Impact & Regeneration Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: Enables farmers to get paid for the carbon stored in their land's planted trees.

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🌱 Congrats to Farm to Flame Energy from the USA for winning a $50,000 USD Climate Impact & Regeneration Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: Provides power purchase agreements to buildings via biomass electricity.

https://t.co/7TzELWGXWq

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🌱 Congrats to @unergyio from Colombia for winning a $50,000 USD Climate Impact & Regeneration Runner-Up Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: A decentralized platform that allows anyone to invest in & consume clean energy.

https://t.co/eoYjyZysTr

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🎓 Congrats to Salveo Innovations from the USA for winning the $50,000 USD HBCU Startup Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: An app that uses AI & adaptive language to help people understand critical health information.

https://t.co/xn6nx4djjw

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🥇 Congrats to @Beamlinkio from the USA for winning a $75,000 USD Regional First Runner-Up (Americas) Prize!

👉Winning Solution: Reconnects people after natural disasters using advanced mesh networks & cellular tech.

https://t.co/LAgoNnDxYy

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🥇 Congrats to @PowerWellsOrg from Australia for winning a $75,000 USD Regional First Runner-Up (APJC) Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: Repurposing electronic waste to tackle energy poverty.

https://t.co/BjFQy0qXWw

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🥇 Congrats to @PurCity1 from Denmark for winning a $75,000 USD Regional First Runner-Up (EMEA) Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: Turning new or existing buildings into large-scale carbon capture air purification systems.

https://t.co/CUgF2nF3xr

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🍃 Congrats to @A2pLtd from India for winning the $100,000 USD Climate Impact & Regeneration Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: An AI-based platform that identifies usable biomass while connecting stakeholders to a market.

https://t.co/GWHJd8NKdH

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Thanks to @CiscoChallenge @thoughtforfood_ @gymobilization @samasource @KenyaCIC @Jasiri4Africa @TechBChallenge @Startup_Awards @YunusCentreGCU. Building efficient agricultural logistics system in Africa. #Techforgood #Agritechafrica #AGRF2022 #smartagriculture

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Huge congratulations to our 2022 #AfricaPrize winner @poshgero - she was named as the winner of the @CiscoChallenge for her innovative VacciBox, a portable, solar-powered fridge which can transport temperature sensitive vaccines and medication to rural areas in Kenya:

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🏆 Congrats to @AccessDrop from Kenya for winning the $250,000 USD 2022 Grand Prize!

👉 Winning Solution: A portable, IoT-enabled, solar-powered vaccine refrigerator.

https://t.co/NjkszgZoWw

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Thank you to the applicants who participated & connectors who helped share the @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge this year! We're thrilled that our 15 winning startups are from 10 different countries!

Learn about our winners: https://t.co/MvNm8yjUbX

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$10,000 USD ✨ People’s Choice Award: @afriagrimark from Kenya

$15,000 USD ✔️ Cisco Employees' Choice Award: Asbah from India

[Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge @CiscoChallenge]

📣 It's time to announce the winners of our 6th annual @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge! We're thrilled to recognize these early-stage startups' innovative business ideas leveraging tech for social impact. Join us in congratulating these 15 teams!

https://t.co/suRY4oanDt

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$50,000 USD 🌱 Climate Impact & Regeneration Prize Runner-Up: Farm to Flame Energy from the USA

$50,000 USD 🥈 Second Runner-Up: @WonderTreeCo from Pakistan

$50,000 USD 🥈 Second Runner-Up: @Pos_Carbon from Ireland

$50,000 USD 🥈 Second Runner-Up: @mSCAN_Ug from Uganda