Matica
Mathematics is vital in the development of elementary skills like creativity, problem solving, and innovation, yet many children go through school with little knowledge and skill in the subject. Understanding the subject of mathematics is necessary because it not only drives improved performance in STEM, but also improves general intelligence to solving everyday challenges. Matica is … Continue reading “Matica”
- Team: Brian Matovu, Julius Mugaga, Solomon Oshabaheebwa, Lydia Akino, Fredrick Bulondo
- Education & Literacy
- Makerere University
- 2020
Mabinju Borehole Project
In the community of Mabinju, Kenya, 3,500 people have limited access to clean water for agriculture and basic needs. Lake Victoria, the main water source in Siaya county where Mabinju is located, is infested with water hyacinth and contaminated with fluoride and traces of copper (II) and zinc (III), which cause rapid spread of disease … Continue reading “Mabinju Borehole Project”
- Team: Shana Roostaie, Claire Winter, Krista Blide, Sergio Jimenez, Aidan Ferguson
- Global Health
- UC Davis
- 2020
Lyzapay
Youth in Uganda start business ventures with little or no knowledge of financial management or good business practices and with limited access to capital. About 50% of this population has little or no assets to put up for collateral for loans and they do not come from rich families to get capital. Without these resources, … Continue reading “Lyzapay”
- Team: Dickson Mwesiga, Solomon Oshabaheebwa, Samson Natamba, Paul Muwanguzi, Syson Natukunda, Tony Blair Nasasira
- Financial Inclusion
- Makerere University
- 2020
Impactify
Impactify is an app that aims to mobilize young people for social or environmental justice action by (1) educating them on the most urgent societal challenges and (2) showing them concrete, effective ways to be a changemaker. We believe anyone can be a changemaker. Our research showed that GenZ wants to be part of the … Continue reading “Impactify”
- Team: Annie Sheoran, Jennifer Pfister, Daniel Haim, Soniya Parmar, Anahita Saidi
- Cities and Communities
- UC Berkeley
- 2020
HelioVap
Across the 2,700 islands of Indonesia, one in eight households lack clean water access. Traditional desalination technologies have too high energy requirements, costs, and brine discharges to be implemented in these coastal communities. As a result, households often purchase bottled water, which is both expensive and environmentally damaging. HelioVap is a floating, stand-alone desalination device … Continue reading “HelioVap”
- Team: Kelly Conway, Casey Finnerty, Druva Chandrasekhar
- Climate, Energy & Sustainability
- UC Berkeley
Gastro-Bag Project
The mortality rate for neonates in Uganda with Gastroschisis is 98% compared to high-income countries with less than 4%. Gastroschisis is a congenital anomaly birth defect in which abdominal organs protrude through a small opening right of the umbilical cord. The difference in the survival rate between low-income countries and high-income countries is largely caused … Continue reading “Gastro-Bag Project”
- Team: Nabuuma Olivia Peace, Cheptoek Davis, Marissa Donadio, Alexandra Walker
- Global Health
- Makerere University
- 2020
FootMo Kit
Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing human populations. The expansion of the livestock population is necessary to address this population growth, however the output depends critically on livestock productivity, which is generally poor across the region’s various production systems. Currently, 25% of livestock in sub-Saharan Africa die due to highly contagious and … Continue reading “FootMo Kit”
- Team: Richard Mushusha, Bernadine Kichoncho, Leonidas Kyarisiima
- Food and Agriculture
- Makerere University
- 2020
FakeNetAI
Over one billion hours of video are uploaded to the internet daily. Deepfakes, videos manipulated using deep learning techniques, represent a tiny fraction of those videos but are growing rapidly, doubling in the past nine months. Deepfake quality is improving to the point where the best are unidentifiable by human reviewers–and already have been used … Continue reading “FakeNetAI”
- Team: Raymond Lee, Vijay Singh
- Art & Social Change
- UC Berkeley
- 2020
EdVisorly
EdVisorly is pioneering equitable access to higher education, and we understand that many aspiring community college students cannot commit as much time to planning their academic journey. Higher education in the United States has become less accessible to underserved ethnic minorities, immigrants, and those from socio economically depressed communities. While there are many factors that … Continue reading “EdVisorly”
- Team: Manny Smith, Christian Millsop, Alyson Isaacs, Daniel Smith
- Education & Literacy
- UC Berkeley
- 2020