Semi-finalists have had a chance to refine their applications. You can browse all their finished applications below.
Meanwhile we are reviewing all applications again, before a panel of judges made of senior leaders from Ashoka and HSBC will select the 12 winners of the challenge.
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We are empowering underprivileged rural women (girls) to build their capacities and transform rural education through Girl Empowerment Clubs
Vulnerable artisans learn to connect with enterprises for fair commercial transactions that increase their income and improve their lives.
Quipu is a digital marketplace like eBay or Alibaba, but for unbanked micro-businesses at the bottom of the pyramid.
Accessible youth entrepreneurship edutech program empowering pre-adults to be collaborative creators of financially-sustainable ventures.
people 60+ want, need and can continue working, so it is necessary to connect them with different opportunities and training.
What the 401k is for retirement savings, Onward's mobile savings and credit app is for emergency savings
We equip students in under-resourced high schools with the skills, experiences, and connections that create access to careers in technology.
Educational videogames to transform education.
MTA is an international community of young changemaker team-entrepreneurs who implement the LEINN international education model.
SheWorks! is disrupting gender unemployment by connecting the dots between talent, online education, and remote jobs to empower women.
TWU equips more than 600 persons with intellectual disability with vital skills for socio-economic inclusion, resilience and independence.
We are providing free-of-charge tech education for youth to upskill themselves and find decent employment in changing economy.
The first affordable financial platform that connects low income workers and their families to financial institutions and their products.
Enabling Greek youth to trailblaze the new skills economy and dream of a better future.
Nuup develops market access and data solutions for smallholder farmers, leveraging technology and working in partnership across value chains
Wanji uses interactive learning to provide access to training opportunities to geographically remote audiences using mobile phones.
We bring Coding & Robotics to learners who need employable skills most
Increase the employability of underprivileged graduates, acting upstream their graduation to prevent unemployment and deskilling risks
Beam is a social enterprise that crowdfunds job training for homeless people, and supports them into stable, paid work.
e-Mfundi is a 'future-fitness' company and we change mindsets through our flagship product, The Drone Immersion. We use drones as a learning
