Andan announces winners of Innovation for Refugee Inclusion Prize

“Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion ”

September 29, 2020: MIT Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that advances solutions to address the world’s most pressing issues, and the Andan Foundation support a prize to use innovation to advance economic, financial, and political inclusion of refugees in their hosting communities. 

Today we are proud to announce that after 90 social entrepreneur finalists from 34 countries participated in the finals, 3 winners were picked to receive the Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion.

Humans in the Loop

Humans in the Loop provides refugee communities with training and remote work opportunities in the artificial intelligence industry. 

 

Thaki

Thaki advances digital inclusion and bridges learning gaps by providing laptops with preloaded educational content for girls in refugee camps and underserved communities.

 

SOLshare

SOLshare creates peer-to-peer (P2P) energy microgrids to monetize excess energy and affordably bring solar electricity to the remote, rural, and off-grid communities of Bangladesh. 

 

Solve is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a mission to solve world challenges. Solve is a marketplace for social impact innovation. Through open innovation Challenges, Solve finds incredible tech-based social entrepreneurs all around the world. Solve then brings together MIT’s innovation ecosystem and a community of Members to fund and support these entrepreneurs to help them drive lasting transformational impact.

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