Mihai Patru: Unique Capacity Building for Mission-Driven Leaders and Ventures

Sep 21, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha EEB,  Mihai Patru,  USA

Mihai: It’s a pleasure to be here, Spiffy. Everyone knows that being an entrepreneur is not just a long-term commitment to a mission and a vision but also a lonely journey. Caravanserai Project was established to turbo-charge entrepreneurs driven by a social impact mission and support them along their journeys. Making sure that they have the right support to build strong and sustainable ventures is key in their efforts to generate systemic change. Most often, these entrepreneurs focus on their mission and pay less attention to their infrastructural needs. Through our programs, these change-makers—whether they are early-stage or more advanced—have access to technical support focused on financial sustainability, strategic planning, digital tools, human resources, and leadership.

Sonika Manandhar: A Digital Ecosystem Connects Micro-Entrepreneurs, Financial Institutions, and Vendors

Sep 20, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Nepal,  SDG11,  SDG13,  SDG5,  SDG8,  Sonika Manandhar

Sonika: It’s nice to meet you too, Spiffy. Aeloi works with women micro-entrepreneurs, especially ones in the informal sectors with less access to formal finances because they lack collateral, credit history, and proof of income. Did you know that 163 million informal women entrepreneurs have an estimated US $1.7 trillion financing gap? We help solve this credit gap problem with our fund insight software. We do this by directly connecting funders with micro-entrepreneurs. Our main innovation is our digital token technology and our business model, which has a gender-intentional approach, that builds more trust between lenders and borrowers.

Pulkit Shamshery: Ready to Illuminate the World

Sep 17, 2021 Posted by: Jill Jha Africa,  Pulkit Shamshery,  SDG1,  SDG2,  SDG4,  SDG6,  SDG7,  SDG9

Pulkit: Illumina Africa’s mission is to provide sustainable energy and water infrastructure to every single individual on our planet and the wider universe. Currently, we build, own, and operate, solar photovoltaic power plants and provide low-cost sustainable electricity to industries, offices, residential and off-grid individuals.