SOCAP Social Entrepreneur Scholarship Winners 2016
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We are pleased to announce the names of the innovative social entrepreneurs selected to receive scholarships to SOCAP16. This group includes over 100 promising entrepreneurs who will be coming to SOCAP from over 30 countries from around the world. We recognize these entrepreneurs for their outstanding ideas, inspiring stories, and passion for creating sustainable business models.
Learn more about all of this year’s scholarship winners by visiting the SOCAP16 Pathable community to read their profiles. Here is a list of the names of this year’s SOCAP Scholarship recipients:
| Mustapha | Abokede | Sunstretch Energy Solutions Limited | Nigeria | Africa | sunstretch.com |
| Justine | Abuga | Ecobora | Kenya | Africa | ecobora.co.ke |
| Tambe Harry | Agbor | AMIS-Cameroon | Cameroon | Africa | amis-cameroon.org |
| Komal | Ahmad | COPIA | United States | North America | gocopia.com |
| Aleem | Ahmed | Love Grain | United States | Africa | lovegrain.co |
| Peter | Akman | Raxar Technology Corporation | United States | North America | raxar.com |
| Mark Kebo | Akparibo | Nayoko Innovations Ghana | Ghana | Africa | nayokoinnovations.com* |
| Naa-Sakle | Akuete | Eu’Genia Shea | United State | Africa | eugeniashea.com |
| Kamal | Alhmoud | Aster | Jordan | Middle East | astercompany.com |
| Habiba | Ali | Sosai RE Company | Nigeria | Africa | sosairen.org |
| Jacob | Allen | pilotED Schools | United States | North America | piloted.org |
| Fabrice | Alomo | AMoney | Cameroon | Africa | myaconect.com/fintech |
| Julio | Alvarez | Promese | Mexico | Central and South America | grupopromesa.com |
| Julio | Alvarez | Promese | Mexico | Central and South America | grupopromesa.com |
| Cobby | Amoah | Obaa Inc. / Peach | Ghana | Africa | peachhealth.io |
| Habib | Anwar | ayzh | India | Global | ayzh.com |
| Fernando | Assuncao | Mais 60 Saude | Brazil | Central and South America | mais60saude.com.br |
| Morgan | Babbs | Colibri | Nicaragua | Central and South America | colibri-global.com |
| Charles | Batte | MOBFiT | Uganda | Africa | mymobfit.com |
| Kathleen | Baumgardner | Feeding Our Community Ourselves, Inc. | United States | North America | fococafe.org |
| Diego | Benitez | SiembraViva | Colombia | Central and South America | siembraviva.com |
| Christian | Birky | Lazlo | United States | North America | lazlo.co |
| Yostina | Boules | Taqa Solutions | Egypt | Middle East | taqa-solutions.com |
| Brendon | Brewster | Veerhouse Voda | United States | Central and South America | veerhousevoda.com |
| Jon | Brooks | KOPO, LLC | United States | Africa | |
| Michael | Buckler | Village X | United States | Africa | villagexapp.com |
| Alexander | Bush | HarvestN | United States | North America | harvestn.com |
| Antionette | Carroll | Creative Reaction Lab | United States | North America | creativereactionlab.com |
| Adam | Cahn | Aquatricity | United States | Global | aquatricity.net |
| Gordon | Carver | Silverleaf Academy | Tanzania | Africa | silverleaf.co.tz |
| Caroline | Caselli | Haven Connect | United States | North America | havenconnect.com |
| Corinne | Clinch | Rorus Inc. | United States | Asia & Oceania | rorusinc.com |
| Lisa | Curtis | Kuli Kuli | United States | North America | kulikulifoods.com |
| Kuldeep | Dantewadia | Reap Benefit | India | Asia & Oceania | reapbenefit.org |
| Arine | de Bordes | Purasol Vida Natural | Netherlands | Central & South America | purasol.co.cr |
| Jessica | De Clerck | Potential Energy | United States | Africa | potentialenergy.org |
| Brittany | Dejean | AbleThrive | United States | Global | ablethrive.com |
| Pedro | Delgado | AguaInc | Spain | Global | aguainc.com |
| Matt | Dickson | Eggpreneur Initiative | Kenya | Africa | eggpreneur.com |
| Jonathan | Duarte | ESCALA Educacion | Colombia | Central and South America | escalaeducacion.com |
| Kody | Emmanuel | Serve Africa | United States | Africa | serveafrica.org |
| Moses Owoicho | Enokela | SonoCare | Nigeria | Africa | solarishealthcareltd.com |
| Jorge | Enriquez Gonzalez | CrediLikeMe | Mexico | North America | credilike.me |
| Andrew | Feldman | De La Gente | Guatemala | Central and South America | dlgcoffee.org |
| Wayne | Firestone | ILF- H2O+ | United States | Africa | lifelinefund.org |
| Collette | Flanagan | Mothers Against Police Brutality | United States | North America | mothersagainstpolicebrutality.org |
| Catherine | Flatley | Develop Link | Guatemala | Central and South America | developlink.org |
| Amos | Fon | African Dream | Cameroon | Africa | african-dream.org |
| Andrew | Foote | Sanivation | Kenya | Africa | sanivation.com |
| Dmitry | Fotiyev | Partagria | Senegal | Africa | partagria.com |
| Cecilia | Foxworthy | Torus Teens | United States | North America | torusteens.com |
| Graham | Gardner | Civil Labs | United States | North America | civillabs.org |
| Prabhav | Garudadhwajan | EasyKrishi | India | Asia & Oceania | easykrishi.com |
| Mike | Geddes | the third half | United States | Global | thirdhalfsoccer.com |
| Katia | Gomez | Educate2Envision International | United States | Central and South America | educate2envision.org |
| Jeremy | Goodwin | Syncfab | United States | North America | syncfab.com |
| Patricia | Griffin | Inagape Limited | Kenya | Africa | snakafya.com |
| Samson | Gwer | Ubuntu-Afya Kiosk | Kenya | Africa | afyaresearch.org |
| Afzal | Habib | Kidogo | Kenya | Africa | kidogo.co |
| Siddharth | Hande | Kabadiwalla Connect | India | Asia & Oceania | kabadiwallaconnect.in |
| Asher | Hasan | NAYA JEEVAN | Pakistan | Global | njfk.org |
| Ronan | Hayes | Reflow | Netherlands | Global | reflowfilament.com |
| Yscaira | Jimenez | LaborX | United States | North America | laborx.co |
| Lynn | Johnson | Spotlight:Girls | United States | North America | spotlightgirls.com |
| Manal | Kahi | Eat Offbeat | United States | North America | eatoffbeat.com |
| Justin | Kahn | TruClinic | United States | Global | truclinic.com |
| Kaushik | Kappagantulu | Kheyti | India | Asia & Oceania | kheyti.com |
| Wala | Kasmi | WeCode Land | Tunisia | Africa | wecode.land |
| Rubayat | Khan | Jeeon | Bangladesh | Asia & Oceania | jeeon.co |
| Laura | Kimes | Fresh Coast Capital | United States | North America | freshcoastcapital.com |
| Justin | King | Nwapa | United States | Africa | nwapasnailfarms.com, nwapaskincare.com |
| Kennedy | Kitheka | Funda | South Africa | Africa | funda.ac |
| Waweru | Kuria | iNuka Pap Limited | Kenya | Africa | inukapap.co.ke |
| Daphne S | Leger | salauno | Mexico | Central and South America | salauno.com.mx |
| Bruno | Lima | Colab.re | Brazil | Central and South America | colab.re |
| Alex | Lofton | Landed | United States | North America | landed.com |
| Steele | Lorenz | MyRain | United States | Asia & Oceania | myrainindia.com |
| Lou | Louis Koboji | Kajo-Keji Health Training Institute | Uganda | Africa | kajokejihealthtraining.org |
| Lin | Lu | WaterSHED Ventures | Cambodia | Asia & Oceania | watershedasia.org |
| Andres | Luongo | allGreenup | Chile | Central and South America | allgreenup.com |
| Emily | Lutyens | LegWorks | United States | Global | legworks.org |
| Lan Chi | Luu | FIn Gourmet Store, LLC | United States | North America | fingourmetfoods.com |
| Gary | Mao | TOTO Express / Roots Studio | United States | Asia & Oceania | rootsstudio.co |
| Lisa | Mattam | Sahajan | Canada | North America | sahajan.com |
| Bijan | Mawji | NextBillion.org | Canada | Global | nextbillion.org |
| Henry | May | CoSchool | Colombia | Central and South America | coschool.co |
| Jessica | Mayberry | Video Volunteers | India | Asia & Oceania | videovolunteers.org |
| Phil | Michaels | Tembo Education | United States | Africa | temboeducationgroup.com |
| Mayank | Midha | GARV Toilets - SnapEX Overseas | India | Asia & Oceania | garvtoilets.com |
| Eli | Mitchell-Larson | SunFarmer | United States | Asia & Oceania | sunfarmer.org |
| Rosario | Monteverde | GPSGAY | Uruguay | Central and South America | gpsgay.com |
| Travis | Moore | TechCongress | United States | North America | techcongress.io |
| Christine | Moseley | Full Harvest | United States | North America | fullharvest.co |
| Peter | Msafiri | East Africa Fruits Farm and Co. Ltd. | Tanzania, United Republic of | Africa | eatfreshproduce.com |
| Sandhya | Murali | Solstice Initiative | United States | North America | solsticeinitiative.com |
| Sabrina | Mutukisna | The Town Kitchen | United States | North America | thetownkitchen.com |
| Eric | Nelson | Empower Generation | United States | Asia & Oceania | empowergeneration.org |
| Jason | Noah | DayOne Response | United States | Global | dayoneresponse.com |
| Carlos | Noceda Martorellet | Nutrishake Andino | Peru | Central and South America | nutrishakeandino.com |
| Antonio | Nuno | Someone Somewhere | Mexico | North America | someonesomewhere.mx |
| Winstone Edward | Odhiambo | Edom Nutritional Solutions | Kenya | Africa | nutrition-solutions.org |
| Paulina | Olsson | Peppy Pals | Sweden | Western Europe | peppypals.com |
| Yvette | Ondachi | Ojay Greene | Kenya | Africa | ojaygreene.com |
| Cuthbert A | Onikute | Infrastructure Systems Managers / Dechets a l’Or | United States | Africa | dechetsalor.com |
| David | Paull | Compostwheels, LLC | United States | North America | compostwheels.com |
| Samuel | Pressler | Armed Services Arts Partnership (ASAP) | United States | North America | asapasap.org |
| Nick | Quintong | PayGo Energy | Kenya | Africa | paygoenergy.org |
| Vishnu | Raghunathan | Lytyfy | India | Asia & Oceania | try.lytyfy.org |
| Isabel | Rauh Hain | Anam | Mexico | North America | kukua.com.mx |
| Xiaoyuan | Ren | MyH2O | China | Asia & Oceania | myh20.org |
| John | Roberts | InvestED | United States | Africa | investedapp.com |
| Evin | Robinson | New York On Tech | United States | North America | newyorkontech.org |
| Evin | Robinson | New York On Tech | United States | North America | newyorkontech.org |
| Gabriela | Rocha | Laboratoria | Mexico | North America | laboratoria.la |
| Juan Fermin | Rodriguez | Kingo | Guatemala | Central and South America | kingoenergy.com |
| Sebastian | Sajoux | Arqlite | Argentina | Central and South America | arqlite.rocks |
| Carolina | Salamanca | Baby Faves Organics | Colombia | Central and South America | babyfavesorganics.com |
| Sage | Salvo | Words Liive | United States | North America | wordsliive.org |
| Carmina | Santamaria | Kwema | Chile | North America | kwema.co |
| Ajmal | Sataar | Inspire Nunavut/Cigbins | Canada | North America | cigbins.com |
| Bessie | Schwarz | Cloud to Street | United States | Global | cloudtostreet.info |
| Cullen | Schwarz | DoneGood | United States | North America | donegood.co |
| Montari | Seidu | Montals Engineering | Ghana | Africa | montals.com |
| Arjita | Sethi | The School of Games | India | Global | theschoolofgames.org |
| Rikha | Sharma Rani | Solutions Journalism Network | United States | North America | solutionsjournalism.org |
| Isabel | Sheinman | Library For All | United States | Global | libraryforall.org |
| Eric | Shih | Spendrise | United States | North America | spendrise.com |
| Shruti | Singhal | Sounds of Silence Foundation | India | Asia & Oceania | soundsofsilence.in |
| Akhil | Sivanandan | Green Story Inc. | Canada | North America | greenstory.ca |
| Ira | Sockowitz | Learning Games Studios | United States | Global | learninggamesstudios.com |
| Sarah | Spoto | Oasis Foods | United States | North America | oasisfrozenfoods.com |
| George | Srour | Building Tomorrow, Inc. | United States | Asia & Oceania | buildingtomorrow.org |
| Dana | Stephenson | Riipen | Canada | North America | riipen.com |
| David | Stover | Bureo Inc | United States | North America | bureo.co |
| Marten | Susebeek | Susteq | Netherlands | Africa | susteq.nl |
| Mallah | Tabot | Ndolo360 | Cameroon | Africa | ndolo360.com |
| Jessika | Tantisook | Starvation Alley Farms | United States | North America | starvationalley.com |
| Sam | Teicher | Coral Vita | United States | Global | coralvita.co |
| Robert | Terenzi | Vega Coffee | Nicaragua | Central and South America | vegacoffee.com |
| Sarah | Toumi | Acacias for all | Tunisia | Africa | acaciasforall.org |
| Ugochukwu Stephen | Ugwudi | CASPEM Feeds | Nigeria | Africa | In progress |
| Deanna | Van Buren | Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS) | United States | North America | designingjustice.org |
| Noobtsaa | Vang | Foodhini | United States | North America | foodhini.com |
| Joaquin Alejandro | Viquez Arias | Viogaz | Costa Rica | Central and South America | viogaz.com |
| Evans | Wadongo | GreenWize Energy Ltd | Kenya | Africa | greenwize.co |
| Nat | Ware | 180 Degrees Consulting | Australia | Global | 180dc.org |
| Adjetey | Wendell | Tujenge Africa Foundation | Kenya | Africa | tujenge.org |
| Stacie | Whisonant | PYT Funds, Pay Your Tuition | United States | North America | gopyt.com |
| Marcelo | Wilkorwsky | Oincs | Uruguay | Central and South America | oincs.com |
| Sunny | Williams | Tiny Docs | United States | North America | tinydocs.co |
| Dawit | Wolday | DaZeB Medical Waste Management Services PLC | Ethiopia | Africa | dazebmedicalwaste.com* |
| Zoe | Wong | Cerplus | United States | North America | getcerplus.com |
| Koushik | Yanamandram | SustainEarth Energy | India | Asia & Oceania | sustainearth.in/ |
| Daniel | Yu | Sokowatch | United States | Africa | sokowatch.com |
| Dimitri | Zakharov | Impact Enterprises International | United States | Africa | impactenterprises.org |
* Website in development
