Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge

📣 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! blogs.cisco.com/news/announcin…

✔️ 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. ow.ly/Hgre50L9Ayb @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

✨ 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 ow.ly/hAxq50L7esp

🥈 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. ow.ly/tYu650L2EZV @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🥈 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. ow.ly/5E5L50L2EQe @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🥈 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. ow.ly/ghx050L2EVV @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🌱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. ow.ly/jvM250KWoTs @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🌱 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. @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge ow.ly/Oa0h50KULzB

🌱 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. ow.ly/Cnlg50KPnIE @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🌱 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. ow.ly/ZNSP50KO67U @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🎓 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. ow.ly/7EJh50KJGqU @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🥇 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. ow.ly/yasr50KI6X0 @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🥇 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. ow.ly/QWzo50KBhPt @Cisco #CiscoCSR #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🥇 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. ow.ly/Oozq50KBgLx @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

🍃 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. ow.ly/YN7M50Kx3tW @Cisco #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

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

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:

🏆 Congrats to @AccessDrop from Kenya for winning the $250,000 USD 2022 Grand Prize! 👉 Winning Solution: A portable, IoT-enabled, solar-powered vaccine refrigerator. ow.ly/H7fa50KvIzn @Cisco #CiscoCSR #GlobalProblemSolverChallenge

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: ow.ly/k2Hr50KpBIs #TechForGood

$10,000 USD ✨ People’s Choice Award: @afriagrimark from Kenya $15,000 USD ✔️ Cisco Employees' Choice Award: Asbah from India

$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

📣 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! blogs.cisco.com/news/announcin…