Introduction
Cube Zanzibar in partnership with Milele Zanzibar Foundation under technical support from Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF organized a Changemakers Bootcamp that was held on the 12th to 16th of October, 2020 at Cube Zanzibar Innovation Space).
Objective
The main objective of the Boot camp was to train youth of different aspects including but not limited to business development, entrepreneurs, innovators and small business start-ups to be able to learn business development skills and succeed at every stage of the business development cycle, learning all about business modeling, pitching, financing and to refine the innovations and business ideas created and developed by youth and put them through a process and make them ready to launch their business ideas/innovations to different investors or to enable them to start their own business.
Bootcamp and Demo Day
Last day was a demo day of the Change Makers Boot camp, where participants conducted a competition of their Business Ideas which was aimed to select the five participants who have the best of business ideas and will be assisted in running their businesses. On the final day, Cube Zanzibar organized a Demo Day for all Change Makers Boot Camp participants to pitch their ideas in front of different stakeholders. The groups pitched their ideas while 5 judges from our partner organizations including Milele Zanzibar Foundation, ADViMPACT, COSTECH, Rafiki Business Development and BUNI HUB ‘analyzing and evaluated their pitches.
Upon the completion of the Change Makers Boot Camp Competition, 5 winners were chosen and they will be provided with a contract that Cube Zanzibar will provide services and support their business ideas/innovations until they are fully launched.
Winners
The winners of the Change Makers Boot camp are:
Ghalib Khamis Machano
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Swahili Africa
They say Swahili was born in Zanzibar. Zanzibaris speak the purest and the most beautiful Swahili in all of East Africa.
Swahili Africa is an online Swahili learning platform that created by a native Zanzibari Ghalib Machano. He wants to give people an opportunity to learn the original Swahili. As the first winner of the Changemakers Bootcamp, Ghalib has now joined our incubation program and is working on the website design, trademark registration as well as the business plan. Let us wish him luck in creating the best Swahili course!
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Fat-hiya Abdulwakil Idrisa
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Zanzibar Luggage Storage Facility (ZanLug)
Walking around the streets of Stone Town, Fat-hiya Idrisa noticed a group of tourists with big suitcases and backpacks. She thought, ‘how can they enjoy the tour when they have to carry all that heavy stuff?’ It was the moment when the idea of creating the first luggage storage facility in Zanzibar came into Fat-hiya’s mind. Zanlug is the solution that will allow guests to enjoy exploring our beautiful island without having to worry about the safety of their belongings. Cube Zanzibar is excited to assist Fat-hiya with bringing her business idea to life.
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Said Rajab Said
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STEAMAX
STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science, technology, engineering, mathematics and arts — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach. Rather than teach the four disciplines as separate and discrete subjects, STEAM integrates them into a cohesive learning paradigm based on real-world applications.
Said Ali Said Yunus and the STEAMAX team are working on implementing the STEAM approach into Zanzibar education by designing a learning environment that includes training centers, a website, and an app.
The goal of STEAM education is to create critical thinkers, increase science literacy, and enable the next generation of innovators.
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Mahmouda Salum Msabah
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EcoBASE
Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues. It threatens ocean health, food safety and quality, human health, coastal tourism, and contributes to climate change.
Mahmouda S. Msabah came to Cube Zanzibar with an idea that will help to make our island cleaner. EcoBASE will be collecting plastic waste and recycling it into valuable products. The company will also provide recycling training in order to teach people how to deal with the plastic pollution and raise awareness of the problem.
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Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed
+255 759 425 799
Mkulima Poultry Feed Solution
Black soldiers fly. This particular species of insect is capable of rapidly growing in biomass while breaking down food waste; once grown, these tiny livestock offer a highly nutritious protein source for larger livestock like poultry.
Mohamed wants to introduce BSF farming to Zanzibar farmers by giving them training on how to produce cheap organic animal feed and turn the production cycle into a scalable model.
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