What is The Big Education Challenge? It’s a £1m prize fund powered by Big Change Charitable Trust and Skild.The program will support and reward bold ideas with the potential to transform education and learning in the UK. It will give both young people and experienced innovators the support and funding they need to bring their ideas to life and to show that a new way is possible.
Powered by Skild, the Capricorn Foundation Food Waste Challenge was launched in July 2022 and called for innovative and sustainable solutions from the public on reducing food waste in Namibia and, as a result, promoting food security.The 2022 Food Waste Challenge had a total of 101 submissions under the categories of collection, distribution, and storage of food and food products. Not only did...
The Social Shifters Innovation Challenge 2022 is now live! An international ideas competition dedicated to finding game-changing business solutions to pressing social or environmental problems, the competition was developed to give young people the opportunity to find ways to make the world a better place and give social entrepreneurship a try.The Global Innovation Challenge is open to anyone...
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...
On Tuesday, April 26, Cisco announced the Semi-Finalists in the 6th annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, which aims to recognize new business ideas that leverage technology for social impact from early stage entrepreneurs around the world. The challenge offers $1M USD in prize money that will help accelerate the adoption of breakthrough technology, products, and services that drive...
Cisco is committed to positively impacting 1 billion people by 2025. As part of their work, they seek to inspire and empower a generation of global problem solvers who will not only survive – but thrive – in our increasingly digital economy. With digital technologies connecting devices and data, good ideas now have the ability to make a difference more quickly than ever before – and Cisco is here...
Skild is currently deep into the submissions process on the 6th annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, which aims to recognize new business ideas that leverage technology for social impact from early stage entrepreneurs around the world. The challenge offers $1M USD in prize money that will help accelerate the adoption of breakthrough technology, products, and services that drive economic...
