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    Business

    If you can’t take it to the streets, take it to the supermarket

    Moroccans have proven that big business is not untouchable: Three companies in the Arabic country experienced just how closely their fate really depends on the goodwill of their consumers.

    0R. El Afia

    The world’s first fully solar powered airport

    Under pressure from skyrocketing electricity prices, an airport in India’s southern state of Kerala came up with the idea of generating its own electricity.

    0R. Venkiteswaran

    Poly-fuel and paving roads: turning non-recyclable plastic into a resource

    A lot of our attention is focused on reducing plastic waste, but what can we do with the huge amount of plastic waste we already have? Two innovative Indian companies have come up with creative solutions: they are transforming plastic waste into fuel or using it to build roads.

    0R. Pardikar

    BIO-LUTIONS: a biodegradable alternative to single-use plastic

    What are the alternatives for single-use platic? A German company stands out for a particularly environmentally friendly solution – as cheap and available as plastic, but entirely biodegradable.

    0R. Pardikar

    Bookseller for a while:
    “A pleasantly boring holiday”

    The Open Book project offers holidaymakers a very special experience: In the Scottish village of Wigtown, visitors can run an independent book shop for up to six weeks. What may sound like a pretty unspectacular holiday adventure is actually fully booked on Airbnb for years to come.

    0Tea Team

    The magical shoes that transform from high heels into flats in just seconds

    Step right up, ladies, into shoe wonderland! A clever German start-up has come up with an answer to a problem that has plagued women since the invention of the high heel.

    2Tea Team

    Cheaper and better healthcare for everyone

    A Kenyan start-up is promising patients cheaper and better access to healthcare through iSikCure – a free mobile phone app.

    1M.Lantum

    Breast cancer: Maintaining your beauty with 3D printing

    3D-printed breast prostheses from South Africa are helping women come to terms with a mastectomy.

    1N.Nkholise

    Former drug addicts growing healthy, local food

    When Steve Glover, a former addict and recovery counsellor decided to support fellow addicts and ex-offenders after treatment, he ended up creating one of the UK’s leading sustainable urban food businesses.

    0D. Pyndiah

    We Don’t Want your Dirty Money

    Five Swiss villages rejected a tax windfall from a commodities corporation and donated it to the countries harmed by the corporation’s ruthless production methods.

    0Tea Team

    Delicious potato chips made in Afghanistan

    Afghan potato chips are successfully challenging multinational corporations’ dominance on the Afghan market.

    0M.Nisar / H.Heinze

    The Kiezkaufhaus –
    the local shopping express

    Online shopping with a twist: The Kiezkaufhaus project exclusively offers products from local retailers and delivers faster than Amazon.

    0N. Beyer/Tea Team

    Haize: The smart compass for your bike

    Cruising the city by bike can spark an amazing feeling of freedom - as long as you don't have to hop on and off your bike to look up directions. But now there’s Haize, a new navigation system that keeps you cycling without limitations.

    1Tea Team

    How to use crowdlending to finance your start-up without giving up control

    As a (social) enterprise, there are a handful of basic financing options for funding your expansion, and none of them are perfect. One of the most recent trends is crowdlending, which could be very promising for start ups without getting an investor involved.

    0G. Tarne

    How Peruvian Pokémon Go players pump money into the motorcycle taxi business

    Eager to cover more ground, Peruvian Pokémon Go players are hiring motorcycle taxi drivers.

    0G. García Calderón Orbe

    Making the world a better place –
    and making money off it.

    The start-up community has fundamentally changed in recent years, and innovators interested in earning money while doing good are right on trend. Read about why social entrepreneurs should not be discouraged by old prejudices.

    1O. Boral

    Bringing people together who want to support each other

    Can a digital platform free us from the shame of having to ask for support from our neighbors? In Israel, the Taskme start-up unites people who want to help each other with daily chores and earn a bit of money on the side.

    0M.Azguri

    “We decided to not talk to our customers about it”

    What do an international luxury chocolate brand and a small seafood restaurant for local workers have in common? They share the will to transform lives through their individual businesses.

    0H.Lozano Gonzáles

    On the Fast Track

    From health and taxi apps to traceable shea nuts and mobile electricity: Innovative start-ups are simplifying everyday life in Africa.

    0C.Laibach

    “It is not about money – it is about people”

    Whether in Guatemala, Senegal, Italy or Germany: Around the globe, migrant and low-income communities are supporting each other through self-managed savings and loans groups.

    0SavingBuddies

    Gifts for your loved ones abroad

    Send a birthday cake to your sister back home or buy airtime for your best buddy: African start-ups design innovative services for the diaspora & expat communities.

    0Tea Team

    Are we sleepwalking straight into another financial crisis?

    How fintech could save us from the next financial breakdown.

    0B.Dyson

    Taking the power away from the banks

    How to put an end to financial crises: taking the power to generate money away from the banks.

    0F.Sigurjónsson

    Secure your wealth in gold, move it around in Bitcoin

    If people are messing about with your money, simply exit the system: The Bitcoin-gold exchange set up by the Vaultoro startup could be a good way out.

    0J.Scigala

    Frustrated with free trade and price dumping? Create your own currency!

    Residents in the Chiemgau District in Germany are printing their own money – and as such backing the local economy.

    1C.Gelleri

    Exchanging e-waste for energy-efficient lighting

    A small Indian start-up is addressing proper e-waste disposal by making its clients a great offer: in exchange for their used dead electronic gadgets, people receive energy efficient LED lights for free.

    0V.Sanjay Urs

    Making money by doing good

    Incubator, accelerator, innovation lab: What are the best ways to support entrepreneurial creativity?

    0A.Horn

    The bank that comes to its customers

    Inconvenient working hours and never any time to go to the bank? This bank teller in Ghana comes to the customer who can't make it to them.

    1U.Dodoo

    Islamic Ideas for Fair Economic Management Today

    Islamic economic thought contains numerous elements that can offer solutions to current economic problems.

    0S.Thabti

    Business-Advice from Pirates and Gangsters

    Do you know what a drug dealer could teach you about distribution network development? Or what you could learn about sustainable profit margins from Somalian pirates? Surprisingly a lot.

    0div.

    Pounds with a Purpose

    How Bristolians are using a local currency to support small independent businesses

    0D.Pyndiah

    China’s first sustainable golf resorts

    That maintaining golf courses causes harm to ecosystems the world over is nothing new. What is new to the sport is a sustainable golf resort company in China which is pioneering sustainable tourism in the country.

    0J.Dodgshun

    The floating Dutchman

    In the tradition of his water-taming nation, Dutchman Koen Olthuis designs floating islands to dwell and live on – not least because climate change calls for new solutions in architecture.

    0K. Schweighöfer

    The other side of the coin

    In a deprived district of the small Belgian city of Ghent, the local Toreke coin reveals how big the transformative impact of alternative currency systems can be.

    0L. Nijs

    Big money for small businesses

    A short history of money—and the story of how Swiss WIR Bank is protecting small and mid-sized companies from the pressure of continuous growth.

    0A. Jensen

    UPLUX: “IKEA is not the only style that can have wide appeal”

    Saving energy through upcycling: Producing these Bauhaus inspired industrial desk lamps saves millions of joules of energy.

    0T.Gungl

    Find the place that really deserves your money

    A new platform helps you find the closest fair & healthy food wherever you are in Australia.

    1P. Hellier

    Vegan boxing equipment: Destroy your enemy – not the planet

    Vehement, a Berlin start-up, makes vegan, fair-trade boxing equipment – and is fighting its corner quite successfully in both Europe and the USA.

    1J.Lenarz

    The Magdas Hotel: Where your hosts are refugees

    Next time you travel to Vienna, consider booking your room at the Magdas Hotel, Europe’s first hotel run by refugees.

    0S. de Vos / Tea Team

    Solar Home Systems: A money-making machine

    How thousands of Tanzanians and Rwandans are earning money from sustainable solar power.

    7T.Duveau

    Cambodia’s first zero-waste fashion label

    How the cloth scraps from Cambodian textile factories become colourful designer clothing in the fashion boutiques of Europe and North America.

    0R.Feller/Tea Team

    How to upcycle fishing nets into skateboards

    The US start-up Bureo fights ocean pollution and supports Chilean fishing communities by upcycling discarded fishing nets into skateboards.

    0N. Averett

    The Anarchists' Bread

    The bakers of La conquête du pain keep their quarter in Montreuil happy with delicious baguettes - while practicing anarchism.

    0H.Kempf

    Egg Power: a tiny portable house

    Like Mary Poppins’s handbag, the Ecocapsule is a surprisingly roomy low-energy house.

    1Tea Team

    The Pearl – on the sunny side of life

    The Pearl - catch the sun

    0Tea Team

    The African Superheroes

    African legends come alive in award-winning mobile games and comics.

    1E.Tawia

    Suba: A Photo-Sharing Innovation Takes Off

    From Ghana to Europe and the US in only a few months: A new mobile app from Ghana is changing the way we share event photos.

    1N.Klutse & E.Hackman

    Gaza Sky Geeks: Defying the odds under occupation

    How can international business be conducted under a political blockade? How can technological innovations be developed with no access to stable electricity? The entrepreneurs of Gaza’s first tech hub are making the seemingly impossible come true.

    0M.Abultewi & S.Hassan

    Internet to take away:
    Fighting the digital divide

    New software designed to provide people with internet access worldwide.

    0S.Meinrath

    The Maya runners:
    Video games from Guatemala

    A heroic Mayan runner and a Quetzal bird that flies between pyramids: Experience Guatemala’s Mayan culture through entertaining videogames.

    0E.Cabria

    The organic jeans revolution

    Daring the impossible: the Dutch fashion brand Kuyichi is a pioneer in producing organic, fair trade jeans.

    0M.Voorneman

    soulbottles: Forget Plastic!

    Did you know that your plastic bottles for your drink to go are not only damaging the environment but also your health? Two guys from Berlin developed a complete toxin-free and very stylish solution to solve this problem.

    0P.Kupfer
    (c) WeSell socks

    Funky Socks delivered monthly right to your door

    Funky Socks delivered monthly right to your door- that's what WeSell Socks is all about. And these socks have a social mission, too!

    2Tea Team

    Try Sleio, a search engine for the greater good

    Sleio is a search engine that donates 100% of its profits to causes you love. In other words, the money for every search you make, every link you click and/or product you buy through Sleio helps change the world.

    0Tea Team

    Streaming – why don't we build our own?

    Musicians need to create their own streaming service demands singer/songwriter Roxanne de Bastion.

    0R. de Bastion

    Eco-Fashion: Is green really the new black?

    Sustainability has become a megatrend in fashion in recent years. But environmentally sustainable isn’t enough – social responsibility is also important. So what can we do?

    2C. Doshi

    A Brazil without Favelas

    The Fez Tá Pronto company is creating something that many think impossible: inexpensive, well-located and good quality apartments in Brazil’s cities.

    0R.Selvanayagam

    Helping Malagasy coders go global

    Drongo Language Solutions: Helping Malagasy coders go global

    0Tea Team

    Lost in Waste:
    Lagos’ new recycling methods

    Lagos produces ten-thousand tons of waste every day. The start-up "Wecyclers" provides a fleet of cyclists that act as mobile recycling collectors in the poorer areas of the town.

    0O.Udo-Udoma

    How a French start-up is declaring war on garbage production

    Wiithaa helps businesses and communities reduce their waste production and thus the costs of waste disposal with one ultimate goal: making waste disappear.

    0Buttin/Saffré

    Mars da Favela: Crystals not Pistols

    Australian rapper Mars Castro turns bullet casings from Brazil's favelas into jewellery. Bling instead of bang, Mars da Favela instead of Mc Marsepan.

    0div.

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