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AID:Tech
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irela
We started AIDTech to offer better transparency in international aid and support services for refugees migrants and those in need. We want to offer a solution to the problem of financial inclusion for those who are currently excluded from public financial and digital services because they are unbanked or undocumented. Using blockchain based technology allows for direct entitlements and complete traceability and transparency. The problem we are solving is firstly that of financial inclusion. Once a beneficiary is registered on our platform via our partners such as the Red Cross the UN or governmental welfare depts they gain a access to a diverse variety of services. Through access to an accredited personal profile beneficiary can lay claim to services such as capital insurance pensions donations and remittances. This serves as the basis towards more equitable basic human rights and access. Using the example of a smallholding farmer by establishing a legal identity (SDG 16.9) documented on the blockchain their profile serves to host entitlements such as land registry records insurance and remittances. In 10 years time we want to see hundreds of millions of users transacting on our platform making the most of services made available via our blockchain solution.
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hiveonline
Denmark
hiveonline is making the world a fairer place for the smallest and most disadvantaged of businesses using leading edge technology to leapfrog many of the barriers they've traditionally faced.hiveonline brings small businesses seamless financial administration paperless agreements and value transfer with a reputation system that scores them on behaviour and facts. We use non financial data such as phone records for customer validation taking away the risk and expense of borrowing for the world's most disadvantaged entrepreneurs. The reputation shows they can be trusted even with low volumes of commerce and is a better predictor of future behaviour than a credit history so they can demonstrate trust to lenders and customers without the need for bank records or formal ID levelling the field for smaller businesses. We offer local insurance and pensions alongside lending and marketplaces.Our blockchain and ML based tools support community collaboration and disintermediated financial ecosystems with fiat currency pegged interest bearing cryptocurrency that feels like cash but locks wealth into communities. This helps micro and small businesses work together more expanding commerce and the opportunity for peer to peer transactions while removing the need for exploitative middle men. Our blockchain supports distributed wealth taking away the need for banks and allowing communities to save without the risks of cash. Our community managers work closely with data scientists to create simple relevant Mobile interfaces that create familiarity for our customer groups. The automation and risk reduction allow us to slash the cost of lending from MFIs. We partner with NGOs for profits and MFIs to access existing distribution networks although we have the potential to disrupt the MFIs by removing inefficiency and risk we can also support them the biggest industry we're disrupting is corruption. Sofie Blakstad (CEO) is one of the world s leading banking transformation experts and together with Rob Allen CTO and Blockchain decided the future of finance for underserved and disadvantaged customers lies outside of the banking industry hence hiveonline was born. Our team speaks 13 languages and has an average age of 38 not your typical Fintech. We bring a wealth of experience both in leading and delivering global transformation and business build and in research and technology disciplines across the NGO and corporate world.
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Social Plastic
Canada
The Plastic Bank is a social enterprise turning plastic waste into a currency that can be exchanged to help lift people out of poverty. They provide a social impact in areas with high amounts of poverty and plastic pollution by setting up exchange and recycling centers.
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The Plastic Bank
Canada
The Plastic Bank is globally recognized as one of the most important solutions to stop Ocean plastic. Over 1 million social media supporters have asked brands to support Plastic Bank & Social Plastic on Facebook and Twitter.Plastic Bank was the featured solution to stop Ocean plastic in the award winning documentary A Plastic Ocean. They received the prestigious Sustainia Community Award at COP21 during the Paris Climate Summit the RCBC innovation award and recently their new Blockchain exchange & incentives platform received an IBM Beacon Award.People representing over 75 different countries have contacted PB with a request to help bring the solution to their countries. Now there is an APP for that. The Plastic Bank uses an APP based Blockchain digital currency & exchange platform to incentivize the collection of plastic waste BEFORE it becomes Ocean Plastic. Plastic Bank provides above market rewards for recyclers in the developing world. Companies create an authentic impact by purchasing this Social Plastic for use in manufacturing or by providing recycling incentives to distribute through the platform as an off set or impact pledge. The APP unites recycling ecosystems & even provides the ability for local entrepreneurs to operate a convenience store for the poor in which plastic waste is the currency. It s a means for anyone to recycle to provide for their families & send their children to school.
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