Technical Solutions

Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: Nilus
From our 11-part blog series, we are checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners. Here, we spoke with Ady Beitler, Co-founder and CEO of Nilus, to see what he and his team have been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check in now...
Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: Nonspec
From our 11-part blog series, we are checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners. Here, we spoke with Erin Keaney, COO and Co-Founder of Nonspec, to see what she and her team have been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check in now...
Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: Sesi Technologies
From our 11-part blog series, we are checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners. Here, we spoke with Isaac Sesi, Co-founder of Sesi Technologies, to see what he and his team have been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check in now...
Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: SOLshare
From our 11-part blog series, we are checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners. Here, we spoke with SOLshare's Managing Director, Sebastian Groh, to see what he and his team have been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check in now...
Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: WASHKing
From our 11-part blog series, we are checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners. Here, we spoke with WASHKing's CEO, Dieudonne Kwame Agudah, to see what they’ve been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check in now...
Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: SABAQ
In this 11-part blog series, we will be checking in with our empowering people. Award (epA) 2019 winners to see what they’ve been up to since our most recent award ceremony in Cairo last July. Check out what’s new with SABAQ in an interview with Hassan Bin Rizwan, CEO and Co-founder.Check in now...
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Leveraging Technology to Level Global Inequalities in Neonatal Health
The 2019 UNICEF Child Mortality Report estimates that last year alone, 2.5 million newborns died – mostly from preventable causes, like hypothermia. BEMPU Health is an inspiring organization on the forefront of trying to change that. Read more...
Zonas no interconectadas (ZNI) en Colombia: un paraíso natural oculto donde las energias renovables se enfrentan a los combustibles fósiles, el aislamiento y la corrupción
Nicolás Mora-Guarda es recién graduado del máster en “Management and Technology” con especialización en acceso a energía en países emergentes y energía para el desarrollo. Lea aquí lo que lo trajo a Colombia y lo que encontró allí.Lea el artículo
Non-Interconnected Zones in Colombia: A Hidden Natural Paradise where Renewable Energy Systems Face Threats from Fossil Fuels, Isolation, and Corruption
Nicolas Mora-Guarda, a recent graduate from Technical University of Munich, visited Colombia late last year to understand “socio-economic determinants for the implementation of renewable energy systems in off-grid areas of Colombia” and to immerse himself into country's non-interconnected zones (ZNI). Learn more...
"Me encanta el espíritu de epNetwork y su tenacidad positiva para convertir las ideas en realidad"
Una entrevista con Gregor Schäpers, miembro de epNetwork desde hace mucho tiempo y ganador del epAward 2013. Aprende cómo Trinysol empezó de la nada combinando la tecnología solar probada con un nuevo enfoque empresarial y cómo él y su equipo están preparando el negocio para un futuro prometedor.Inspírese...
“I Love epNetwork’s Spirit of a Positive Stubbornness to Realize Ideas”
An interview with Gregor Schäpers, a long-term member of epNetwork and an epAward 2013 winner. Learn how he started Trinysol out of nothing by combining proven solar technology with a fresh entrepreneurial approach and how he and his team are preparing the business for a promising future. Get inspired...
“No hablamos el mismo idioma” – Cómo se interconectan el lenguaje de las finanzas y el crecimiento de SocEnts
En La Cosmopolitana en Colombia, el último epOnsite se focó en cómo la comprensión de las finanzas puede facilitar emprendedores sociales con las herramientas necesarias para avanzar el crecimiento du sus negocios.Aprende más...
“No hablamos el mismo idioma” – How the language of finance and growth of SocEnts are interconnected
Held at La Cosmopolitana in Colombia, the latest epOnsite focused on how understanding finance can equip social entrepreneurs with the tools to maneuver their business onto a path of growth.Learn more...

Winners 2019

Have a look at the epAward 2019 winners!

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Innovative Financing

In a Round Table that took place in Cairo in July 2019, two recurrent themes cut across the experts that discussed specific questions: partly automated data generation systems as well as matchmaking by pooling different sources of capital.

Solutions Database

We aim to identify and foster innovative technology that tries to solve basic supply problems around the globe. See some of the most promising solutions in our database.

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Storytelling Online Tool

Learn how stories of your enterprise can become an asset for your company and change your business life. Develop your own social enterprise storyline in our Storytelling Online Tool.

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epExpert Service

Siemens Stiftung is looking for professionals who are interested in voluntarily supporting some of our empowering people. Network member organisations in the field, while Siemens Stiftung is covering the travel & living expenses.

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Network Update

April 2020

This month's empowering people. Update features interesting blogposts, latest news about the activities in the network as well as events, dates and much more.

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Handpicking the Best Entries for epAward 2019

Our technical evaluation partner AT-Association examined each and every submitted project to choose the top solutions competing to win this year's award.

Shortlisted Solutions are Highly Impactful and Scalable

Impact investment experts Intellecap assessed the business sustainability of shortlisted entries to narrow down to the best!

The Art of Pitching

epNetwork members and award winners share handy tips to inspire our 11 finalists before the big pitch at the epAward ceremony. Know the absolute do's and don'ts to grab the attention and create an impression.

Checking in with our epA 2019 winners – a blog series: Nilus