On Thursday, June 30, the Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge 2022 launched! The program seeks ideas for reducing food waste in Namibia. According to Reliefweb, from July to September 2020, approximately 428,000 people throughout the nation (17% of its population) were facing high levels of acute food insecurity or worse, including roughly 14,000 people in a state of emergency. Solutions to...
The Capricorn Group and its subsidiary companies aspire to be Connectors of Positive Change by creating economic value in a responsible way that creates sustainable opportunities for advancing and improving the economic and social conditions in the communities where we operate. The Capricorn Foundation was established in February 2020 as a non-profit Association Incorporated under Section 21 of...
The Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge, powered by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), is an eight-month-long series of business plan-and-pitch competitions that take place at the local, regional, and national levels, culminating in a high-stakes national championship in New York City. Every year, thousands of students compete for the chance to win the championship title.NFTE has been...
For the past four years, Skild has partnered with Cisco on its empowering Global Problem Solver Challenge, which gives student entrepreneurs from around the world an opportunity to develop new business ideas and leverage technology for maximum social impact.
The National Academy of Medicine, in collaboration with eight global organizations representing 49 countries and territories, has announced the launch of the Healthy Longevity Global Competition, a multiyear, multimillion-dollar international competition seeking breakthrough innovations to extend human health and function later in life. View the press release >>The competition...
