The 100+ Accelerator gives startups $100k and access to the biggest FMCG brands in the world: Coca-Cola, Unilever, ABinBev and Colgate-PalmOlive. Today I talk to 100+ and Chanzi, one of their investments. Andrew Wallace, co-founder and CEO of Chanzi, traveled to Tanzania in early 2020 for a week. But due to Covid, the borders closed and he was stuck. He decided to make the most out of it and started a company in Tanzania that converts waste into high-quality animal protein. He joined the 100+ Accelerator when he turned a casual business connection into something more serious. Carolina García A ..read more

Amelia Hopkins Phillips is the Founder & CEO of Somo Africa. Somo Africa is an early stage entrepreneur accelerator based in Kenya helping entrepreneurs get training, get funding and sell their products. Really the whole thing and what I wish I had when I was starting as an entrepreneur. Invested in over 200 entrepreneurs. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-hopkins-phillips-4871988b/ Rosaly Akinyi founder and CEO of Swahili Wear. Swahili Wear makes sandals from recycled tires. Yes recycled tires and from the images I’ve seen the sandals look very stylish. Somo africa made an inve ..read more

Kenneth Kou is the Crypto Lead at Mercy Corps Ventures. They have recently launched the Crypto For Good Fund to deploy $1M to 10 startups building crypto solutions for financial inclusion in emerging markets. Learn more about the Crypto For Good Fund here: https://bit.ly/C4G_Fund_MCV Ken has worked across the developing world in Lagos, Laos, Rwanda, Indonesia and at organizations like Dalberg, Clinton Health Access Initiative and Julo, a fintech lender for underbanked individuals, among others. He has an MBA from INSEAD and before that a Bachelor's in Math, so quite a well rounded individual M ..read more

Matt Bonds is co-founder of Pivot Health, a primary healthcare provider in Madagascar. He previously worked for Partners In Health in Rwanda for 5 years. Maria Franco is Director of Programs at Mulago Foundation, which means she recruits and selects fellows for Mulago Foundation.  LinkedIn Matt Bonds: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-bonds-92440443/ Maria Elena Franco: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafranco1/ Other podcasts with Mulago Foundation: https://aidevolved.com/podcast/kevin-starr/ If you liked this podcast please subscribe here: https://www.wishesgranted.media/p/newslette ..read more

Today we talk about Ecosystem-based Adaptation. This is the conservation, management and restoration of forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves or coral reefs. Global EbA Fund is looking for catalytic solutions.  The next deadline is february 28, 2022, but even if you listen to this several years down the road there will probably be some other call for proposals. USD 50,000 to USD 250,000 in grant funding. How to apply: https://globalebafund.org/how-to-apply/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendyatieno/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lismullinbernhardt ..read more

Tim Radjy is the Founder and Managing Partner at AlphaMundi. Incredible to speak with him. They have investments and grant throughout the developing world and have been doing this work for over 10 years and have invested in companies like Terrafertil and TwigaFoods. Tim is a pioneer in the space. It was a pleasure to learn from him. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timradjy/ Website: https://www.alphamundi.ch ..read more

If you liked this podcast please subscribe here: https://www.wishesgranted.media/p/newsletter/ Sara Eckhouse, executive director of Foodshot, a platform to fund and launch MoonShots for Better Food.  With the $525,000 GroundBreaker Prize, up to $10 million in equity investment, and up to $20 million in debt financing, Previously, Sara worked with S2G Ventures, which has a portfolio of ag business.  And before that, Sara served as Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sustainable agriculture.  Sara also worked in the Obama White House and as a Field Organizer on ..read more

TL;DR. Your donation page has WAY too much friction. Tim Kachuriak is the founder of NextAfter, a fundraising research consulting firm. Their research approach is unlike anything I’ve seen in non-profit fundraising. He analyzes where donors get stuck at each stage of the sales funnel and why. On his website there are free eBooks which have in depth case studies that truly changed how I think about fundraising. You’re going to love this episode. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timkachuriak Website: https://www.nextafter.com/  Donation Page Friction: https://donationpagefriction.com ..read more

D-Prize is a grant of $10,000 to $20,000 for businesses that are pre-revenue or early revenue stage. They have two calls for proposals each year and are especially looking to fund local founders. They are specifically interested in a few sectors and within those sectors in rather specific problems. If you address one of those very specific challenges in the application you’ll have a lot better chance of winning. The broad areas are: Health Access. Clean Water, Education, Agriculture, Livelihoods, Energy and Public Services. Within health there are specific challenges like Self-Injectable Contr ..read more

Nikoline Arns is one of the co-Founders of the crypto start-up DoinGud. DoinGud (https://doingud.com/) is a platform, Marketplace,  and community for creators to come together and Build art collaboratively and then sell it as an NFT. The idea is for this to expand beyond art. The creative works could be a science project or could be a social enterprise. Think of it like the Crypto-native Indiegogo or Kickstarter. Nikoline on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikoline-nik/ Mentioned in this episode: https://metamask.io/ ---- This podcast is sponsored by Grant & Co, a consultanc ..read more