At the 2015 GES, GIST brought together its finalists from around the world for the final round of the GIST Tech-I competition. After expert review, the Tech-I semi-finalists received a record amount of votes globally to determine the 30 finalists who pitched in the Innovation Village over two days of the GES.
All of the finalists were impressive young men and women with a passion for using science and technology to solve local and global problems through creating startups. They worked with mentors and trainers this week to improve their pitches. They learned so much, and the GIST team was honored to learned much from them. GIST is excited to announce our 2015 Tech-I Competition winners.
2015 Winners
START UP FIRST PLACE- $25,000
Carlos Francisco Bernal – Mexico
Company – Eido Innova with GlucosAlarm
GlucosAlarm is a diabetic urine glucose sensor that is placed inside the toilet bowl and sends information to the patients smart phone, physician, or insurance company
START UP SECOND PLACE- $15,000
Taita Ngetich – Kenya
Company – Illumininum Greenhouse
Illuminium Greenshouses seek to create a limitless integrated modern greenhouse with sensors the monitor temperature, humidity, soil moisture and most importantly the water supply.
START UP THIRD PLACE- $8,500
Blessing Mene – Nigeria
Company – UNFIRE
UNFIRE tackles the high cost of poultry/livestock feeds by producing novel, culturally acceptable feeds that are highly nutritious and low cost.
HONORABLE MENTION START UP- $2,500
Gabriel Gurovich – Chile
Company – Snapp
Snapp is the first of its kind solution to build apps and websites from a smartphone.
IDEA FIRST PLACE- $25,000
Rudi Cooke – South Africa
Company – Water Bros
Water Bros seeks to remodel water distribution by putting high-tech water purification within reach of the local community using reverse osmosis technology.
IDEA SECOND PLACE- $15,000
Mojisola Ojebode – Nigeria
Company – Bioresources
IDEA THIRD PLACE- $8,500
Charles Batte – Uganda
Company – Tree Adoption Uganda with Tree Capital
Tree Capital program will enable Ugandan youth with agri-business ideas in rural communities to access start up capital and provide training.
HONORABLE MENTION IDEA – $2,500
Sabira Mehrin Saba – Bangladesh
Company – Bhitti
Bhitti is a startup which utilizes innovative technology to use sugarcane bagasse to manufacture green construction materials.
BEST IN HEALTH – $5,000
Iffat Zafar Aga – Pakistan
Company – DoctHers
doctHers is a novel healthcare marketplace that connects female doctors to millions of underserved patients in real-time.
BEST IN ICT- $5,000
Ibrahim Bernado – Philippines
Company – Sari Software Solutions
Sari is a micro-enterprise empowerment project meant to empower sari-sari store operators through greater financial knowledge
BEST IN ENERGY – $5,000
Rudi Cooke –South Africa
Company – Water Bros
Water Bros seeks to remodel water distribution by putting high-tech water purification within reach of the local community using reverse osmosis technology.
BEST IN AGRICULTURE – MasterCard Award – $5,000
Mojisola Ojebode – Nigeria
Company – Bioresources
BEST FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR- $5,000
Mojisola Ojebode – Nigeria
Company – Bioresources
Bioresources develop crop protection agents for the bio-protection of cowpea seeds against weevils.
SPIRIT OF TECH-I- $2,500
Samson Fiado – Malawi
S&T EXCELLENCE- $3,500
Patricio Avila – Chile
Company – Platech
Platech proposes to replace animal serum with a more cost effective and stable method using platelets developed outside of animal bodies.
POTENTIAL FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT – $5,000
Tendekayi Katsiga – Botswana
Company – Deaftronics
Deaftronics is an organization that manufactures high quality affordable solar powered hearing aids.