THE WINNERS OF ZAyED SuSTAINABILITy PRIZE

> Food category: Sanku

It’s an organisation based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, which reaches out to communities that are vulnerable to malnutrition. It equips and incentivise small-scale local millers to fortify their flour with innovative technology. With 150 fortification machines installed in flour mills across five East African countries, Sanku is now impacting the lives of almost one million people.

> Water: ECOSOFTT ECOSOFTT provides access to safe and affordable drinking water to homes, schools and communities in Asian countries with technologies that help them harvest spring water and recycle waste water for sustainability. It has implemented over 50 projects in five countries, allowing more than 500,000 people access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.

> Health: We Care Solar

It is a project that provides solar suitcases tailored for childbirth and related medical services in developing countries in Africa. The company has helped 1.8 million people with solar suitcases to assist midwives and medical professionals in foetal monitoring while also acting as a communication device. We Care Solar has also developed partnerships with 45 organisations, including Unicef and WHO, as well as ministries across Africa, all of which supported the launch of its 2017 “Light Every Birth” initiative.

> Energy: BBOXX

BBOXX is a fast-growing company that has successfully deployed a plug and play solar device across a number of African countries, offering their customers an on-grid experience in an off-grid setting.

The BBOXX model has already connected over 675,000 people with clean, affordable electricity for the first time, and enabled $2.4 million in energy cost savings. BBOXX is reportedly connecting 3,000 new people daily and displacing nearly 87,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.