We are excited to announce the TOP 12 Action With Africa projects live at Enactus Germany’s National Competiton in Cologne. Our host Sarah Hohenner will welcome guests from public and private partners on stage and finally release which project teams have made it to the TOP 12. The TOP 6 teams will be invited to attend the Action With Africa Challenge Final on 1 October at the prestigious Enactus World Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Find more information about the program on https://action-with-africa.com.
hi my name is to and I enjoyed being an enactor action with Africa judge from Nigeria I enjoy judging your entrepreneurial and innovative solutions for subsequent competitions I think it would be great to see the teams incorporate more data and evidence of project implementation in the storytelling I wish you the absolute best in the next round of the competition hello hey guys this is Malik from Sagal I’m USA entrepreneurship and investment I would like to congratulate you all for your great business ideas and I wish you the best of luck for the future it has been a great pleasure serving as a judge for this action with Africa Challenge and I hope that you guys will be very successful take care bye-bye hello everyone I am an Hai researcher and IR SP Master student at thein and also an alumni enactor at ISAT University Tunisia it has been an incredible experience evaluating your Innovative project for action with Africa wishing all the team the best of the luck and the dedication and creativity are truly inspiring we all win dear teams all your projects are fascinating I hope you will continue your job independent results I wish good luck to all good day everyone my name is Jan from the Jan foundation in monreal I am very honored to have been chosen as a judge for the 2024 in actors of Africa competition and I wanted to congratulate each one of you for the amazing projects that were presented to us it’s very hard to choose the best among the best so therefore I wish you all all the best from Montreal hello everyone I’m so excited to be one of the judges for the action with African project I was able to review very amazing inspiring ideas and I want to wish all the teams very good luck I’m so proud of what you’re building for Africa and I hope to see some of these ideas coming to life bye hi everyone I’m maio from IND I’m a financial analyst with the Loy it was a great experience working with enactors and evaluating all the projects all the ideas submited were great for all those who are in top 12 congratulations all the best and for others your ideas are also great keep working all the best for your future dear young entrepreneurs my name is Marcel I’m member of the board and chief investment officer at Germany’s second largest Bank Independent wealth maner management firm based in Borg Germany I just finished my job as a jury member looking at your great entrepreneurial Visions Ambitions and business models I very much look forward meeting you in person and wish you all the best hello everyone I’m K uh it is an honor to serve as a judge for this years inos German national competition the innovation in the hard world that you all have put in to your project was truly remarkable best of luck to all the teams and you all are winner in my house so uh I’m looking forward to seeing where your Journeys take you next thank you so much hello from Mexico congratulations to all teams I’m very impressed for all projects you make the difference you make a better world good luck to all and act to te hello my name is Alan Michael I’m excited to be a judge in this year competition want to commend new students for your efforts in making a better Community I say thumbs up and continue in such Manner and I hope you take all the advice I have offered to improve on your project thank you and best of luck to the winning teams hi hi everyone I am P Mas from Johannesburg existing between Art and Design and Entrepreneurship and as somebody who started my entrepreneurship journey in University and at quite a young age I must say that it has been an incredible time to witness the Visionary ideas that you all have and I know for a fact that regardless what next steps look like now you are all true agents of change hello this is in Def Emanuel one off your jury I’ve been truly impressed by the Innovative and impactful project from all the participating team your dedication to driving positive change is truly inspiring I mean very very inspiring best of luck to all the participating in actor team keep up the Fantastic work cheers hi I’m Kenny um it’s been amazing serving as a George are you all at extremely amazing um presentations and pites it was good to see the quality of work that had gone into some of the project and the level of innovation and thinking that everyone had put into it so I wish everyone a best of luck cheers hi my name is Michel I’m delighted to be one of the judges at the action with Africa challenge for enactors teams across Africa these are great projects and um I look forward to the presentations by the top 12 contestants that have SC through the presentations thank you hi I’m George seatt CEO and co-founder at resolution project and I just wanted to say I was completely blown away by the projects that were uh presented in action with Africa you all are doing some incredible work and you’re committing to creating change uh in a place where the opportunities are tremendous where the people are incredible uh and the outcomes that can be realized can transform uh the future of our planet thanks so much here’s your story let’s begin the F come on the future’s here it’s right before your eyes step by step you’re on your way you’re welcome to Bri to day don’t you know it feels good to be alive you could be larger than life bigger than the world living out the hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl you can fly higher than the sky shine brighter than the Stars you can live for you [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] want and dreams every you higher than the sky shine better than the star we have for you you know you’re [Applause] cool gut tag from Cologne Germany to all of you out there from up to 33 countries worldwide I am Sarah and I welcome you to the action with African challenge 2024 scaling innovative business ideas with positive scg impact across the African continent thank you so much for joining and engaging with the enactus community worldwide however what would a top 12 announcement be without the energy of a live audience so give it up the 500 enactus students alumni and judges here at the enactus Germany national competition Make some noise [Applause] first for more insights into this year’s challenge welcome on stage Karen F and tobas Dada Life bigger than the world living out hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl you can fly higher than the sky shine brighter than the Stars hi thank you so much for being here with us Karen from the German Federal Ministry for economic Corporation and development hello it’s great to be here great to see you all thank you so much for being here because with without your ministry strong support action with Africa would not be celebrating its third anniversary this year so what is your personal impression of this program Karen oh um I’m I’m overwhelmed um I just saw the national competition teams and um really this the spirit of entrepreneurial um yeah um Talent this is here that would would is um supported here is really great and I think um when you see the challenges but also the opportunities on the African continent it’s really a great place also to be an entrepreneur and we all know um there’s I think 25 million jobs needed every year so it’s clear you need the entrepreneurs you need the young people to create these jobs and this is um what my Ministry wants to support in this um yeah in this Spirit we are a little bit bit like like an actus we enable we don’t do aid but we do structures that support others to be um talented and to develop their ideas absolutely so toas project manager at anus Germany what would you say how’s it going this year with the challenge well just let’s briefly take a step back for those who don’t know actually AF just to say it it’s an international competition for projects on the continent of Africa you probably got that already but we have many many entries I give the number shortly but it’s a competition we get business plans we get a pitch video and then we had an evaluation round that just finished and today we’re here for the top 12 announcement so there’s more coming up and we had 137 projects so approved project that went into the judging phase so that’s a new height actually a new record for us in the third year we had 140 judges who reviewed all the entries and well of course I hope everyone had a lot of fun so today we learn who made it to the top 12 absolutely and this amazing number of entries deserves a big round of applause I think we broke the record this year so Karen coming back to your ministry how would you say does action with African align with your ministry’s aims I mean um you mentioned that we’re the ministry for economic cooperation and development and I think this is really also the yeah the correct um description we try to um make structures that enable others I already said this and so an actus is really um yeah a competition and also a spirit and a way of working together that really fits in our strategy which is um not to help and this is also a play plea from my side I think um Development Corporation is really about finding Solutions together it’s not about Aid and uh so please be our um yeah boter um ambassadors not to talk about um Peruvian um um Pathways for um cycling as in our national um national press but we really we need structures that enable um people to give their best and this is what we do and this is what an actors does and this is the yeah the way because we this is why we support an actors and this is why you all watching are here so thank you so much for participating and to beas in the end what is there to win for the teams oh well we have this year in total in Project funding and travel funding 50,500 years the first spot will be well will be chosen and selected in Asana at in active World Cup during our action with Africa challenge final and will win 10,000 in Project funding and we will be happy to invite the top six to dra and well what else we have the well that’s a step in between so all the project that win something or announc today we still need to pass an audit that we do in the upcoming month and then finally there’s another chance to win because our partner wo SE gave out excellence awards in the past two years already will be back and we will have them give out awards at an active World Cup so they will select their favorites from the entries that we have received and well so there’s more to come even well even further than what we present today perfect and we’re excited to find out who that will be but first we’d love to give you some impressions of how action with Africa has touch the lives of many students and the people empowered so see for yourself [Music] from [Music] [Music] hello there [Music] [Music] I hope many of you watching recognize your faces in this beautiful video but of course what you guys are waiting for is the announcement of the winning teams and besides the top 12 that we’re happy to announce including the six finalists we’re also announcing the top three early stage projects those are those are the best and active teams in Africa currently in the ideation phase each receiving a funding of 500 so Karen why don’t we find out who those are I already opened the envelope very good but the top three early stage projects the project team works with women in Kenya providing training and equipment for soap making empowering them towards Financial Independence and combating poverty and gender inequality so congratulations to the project oana Kenya from enactus University of exitor in the United Kingdom congratulations you could be larer than life bigger and the world living out the hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl you can fly high than the sky second early stage winner so this project aims to olivate poverty and hunger in Zambia by establ establishing fish nursery for breeding and growing tilapia we eat them all supporting sustainability with solar energy and and continuous Fish Production so congratulations to the project Zam from anao region University in the [Music] USA every girl youer the shine Bri the [Music] Stars okay and last but not least the project tackles South Africa’s literacy crisis with a gamified English learning platform on WhatsApp offering interactive classes games storytelling and handwriting exercises for children aged 5 to 13 congratulations to the project loo kids from an actus University of the Western Cape in South Africa you could be Larger than Life bigger than the world Liv now hes and dreams of every boy and every girl you can f High the congratulations to all winning teams and for now thank you too and see you later action with Africa would not be possible without the strong support of our committed Partners so let’s get them up on stage and welcome with a big round of Applause David hin from W love foundation and UDA tra from BASF welcome you could bear than life bigger the world living hopes and dreams of [Music] every it’s great to see you again so AA really has been with you all this time you have been a loyal supporter for three years years now can you tell us a little bit about your experience with this program David thank you Sarah yeah we heard a lot about numbers facts and figures today uh I think we look back with a happy face definitely uh we can see that the projects are getting more diverse both in terms of teams countries taking part but also ideas and projects super excited today to see who will make it all the way to to Kazakhstan in October always a great pleasure and uh yeah for us as a family Foundation it’s it’s always great to also interconnect the the local teams the enactus teams with our funding projects globally we did that in in Sagal already 2022 with anasa the nactus country leader in Sagal we are going to continue this in in Kenya in July when we are going to a project trip I’m already in contact with James country lead of Inus Kenya so it’s always great for also us to to build the bridges and it’s perfect that the the funnel and the channel is so well filled um with so many change Mak Akers entrepreneurs are super happy to be part of it please keep on Building Bridges for us thank you so much for your support David Ando Foundation thanks and over all this time you have also become an expert at announcing winners of course three years now so why don’t we just go ahead with announcing the 12th 11th and the 10th place they will each win €1,000 and Project funding shall I go on yes please place number 12 this project utilizes abundant Citrus waste in Egypt and Africa to create moisturizers Sandfly repellent spray and organic fertilizer promoting health and income in spice producing regions congratulations to project Zer from enactus Alexandria University in Egypt congratulations life the world living hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl 11 the project uses Nettles and underutilized plan to combat Mal nutrition and improve Women’s Health in rural communities by creating various Health Products including supplement powder Nettles tea toothpaste shampoo body lotion and pesticide congratulations to project ver vital from inact Cairo University in Egypt hes and dreams of and girl [Music] you and on place number 10 the project offers scar healing cream serum and night cream enriched with snail slime and medicinal herbs transforming snail farming with smart incub beta technology for optimal snail productivity congratulations to project pure Helix from enactus higher Institute of Applied languages and computer science of Asia in [Music] Tunisia and dreams of every girl you [Applause] fly perfect congratulations to all these placements and of course hello UD did from the BF thanks so much for being here yeah thanks for having me absolutely it’s a celebration do you want to tell us how BASF supports action with Africa this year yeah happy to so at BSF we create chemistry for sustainable future and sustainable future I think wouldn’t be sustainable and wouldn’t be a future without the potential of young entrepreneurs of young students of all of you um this is why we love an actors all over the world and especially this project which lives by cooperation participation by complimenting local insights um Global um creativity and it’s just amazing an inspiration and really an honor to see all these young people all of you um bringing their ideas um to life and we’re happy to accompany all of you on this journey and to be part of this journey thank you for doing so and I can tell you besides inspiration another fun part is of course announcing the winners so let’s continue with the upcoming teams HED all right place number nine goes to the project that produces 100% organic fertilizer that also acts as a pesticide offering a sustainable solution for agriculture congratulations to project asaa from an actus University of minds and technology in Ghana you could be larer than life bigger than the world living out the hopes and dreams of every [Music] every all right let’s continue with a project that creates dairy free milk cheeses and more addressing lactose intolerance dietary preferences and environmental concerns with Innovative plant-based products congratulations to project plant Le from an actors as preschool of business in Tunisia living the hes and dreams of every boy and every girl you fly [Music] high and we have one more amazing project that tackles the significant issue of coffee grounds waste which contributes to climate change and water pollution in Egypt by developing Innovative product products to mitigate its environmental impact congratulations to project Javin from in actor hav University in [Music] Egypt congratulations to all winning teams so far thank you for the announcement please stay up on stage with me we have some more winners to announce in just a bit but meanwhile I would love to tell you that the highest number of project entries this year came from Morocco and we would love to take the chance to have a little chat with country leader Maha ET Cha about this great achievement made some noise hello Maha it’s great to see you good chag everyone it’s a pleasure to be here amongst you among this an outstanding opportunity thanks for having me perfect thank you so much for joining us on this special occasion today uh please tell us how did your students and your team experience this whole challenge this whole challenge for us is a real example of one of our dearest organizations’s value which is collaboration so what a magnificant way to Showcase it by showcasing the example of such collaborative CrossCountry uh project that leads many countries to work together on the same and so Vision to improve uh positively the lives of thousands of communities in Africa and across the world that is beautiful and we can see that through the high number of project entries from your country please tell us the secret uh what is the special anaus SP in Morocco that motivated so many project teams to participate in this challenge thank you and it’s such a great recognition for us this year we celebrate our 20th anniversary uh for Progress through social entrepreneurship and Innovation so what a great way to learn that our nges went first in in ranking and what we believe also is really an active Spirit but we all win so uh everyone also is in courage to to contribute to This Global impact we had previously a program working across five African countries so action with Africa for our students is real open door and to all in active students across the world to really collaborate together and showcase and what I like about what Mrs Karen just said is building really together and that’s a perfect way to to do it and also this year we had a report that enact this program of more than 900 new project ideas so I guess that’s a great way to celebrate our anniversary wow that sounds amazing so thank you so much congratulations to your anniversary again thanks and see you in aana bye-bye Maha thank you now from Morocco and beyond all participating team team have generated a positive impact on the 17 sustainable development goals have created jobs and empowered women but now of course we want to know what awaits the teams that will actually make it to the finals for this I welcome back on stage Tobias Dada to tell us all about that [Applause] [Music] welcome yes before I jump into what we do in aana the teams that were just announced all receive €1,000 in project fundings and the top three in early stage projects that we have announced will receive 500 but I think we said that but all the teams that have participated will still receive feedback but give us a bit of time to next week or so so uh we need to sort that out now looking at anec World Cup we will have two sessions the first one is the action with Africa challenge final on 1st of October also at the at the en World Cup location and then there will be the action with Africa war ceremony on Thursday third of October so everyone who’s there and especially the top six who we or hope that it will be there in person we yeah we look forward to meeting you there and I think that we are now approaching the final oh yes and we wish all the remaining teams best of luck and hope you reach the finals but to find out which six teams will pitch their project live in aana like Toby just said each of us on stage will reveal one of them note for that that the order is alphabetical and does not represent a ranking but of course for that we need first two more people and of course the six final golden envelopes and together with Ken again who better to bring these up on stage than one person who has been a driving for for behind action with Africa since the very beginning enactus Germany president Claus P Maya welcome on stage you could bearger the world hes and dreams perfect CLA Peta you have them all in your hands feel free to keep yours and give the rest to the responsible hands of to who has been handling them all this time and I think we can’t wait any longer we have to let them know what is the first team I have gold in my hand so to the team which we will see in aana you project introduces biodegradable capsules placed beneath trees to promote tree health and reduce water usage emphasizing Environmental Conservation congratulations to project C from the Inus University of GSA in [Music] Tunisia congratulations I will just go ahead open the second envelope and tell you that the project offers an alternative fuel solution with brickets providing a sustainable and energy efficient cooking method that reduces deforestation pollution and Reliance on fossil fuels congratulations to project ecofuel from manatis federal University of Technology a in Nigeria congratulations World Liv the hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl you I will be the third one announcing spot three among the top six the project addresses a plastic waste crisis with biodegradable polymers made from plant-based materials promoting sustainable farming and reducing environmental harm congratulations to project ezine fromus Joseph Z University Mari in Nigeria [Music] of every boy and every girl you f sh David to I’m happy to I’m happy to go ahead number four the project aims to combat unemployment treat burn victims and heart diseases and address fish waste pollution by extracting Nano choan from fish congratulations to project Esa from enactus asut University in Egypt than the world living the hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl you f c it I see you opening up your envelope project number five involves extracting chitin from mushrooms to create water treatment agents biopesticides and natural food preservatives it supports women Farmers with income and produces sanitary pets reducing poverty hunger and chalera while improving Women’s Health and equality in agriculture congratulations to project Organics from an active bendur University of Science Education in Zimbabwe the world hes and [Music] dreams Ken and the final team to enter to the finals the final one you you you all want them on stage already don’t you oh yes okay so the final project provides affordable high quality gluten-free biscuits and biscuit flour supporting local farmers and promoting sustainability while improving the life of tunisians with celiac disease congratulations to the project sued succeed from anaus t business school in [Music] Tunisia now congratulations to all winning teams and all there is left to say see you on October at the enactus World Cup in aana goodbye see you thank you all guests on stage come on the future’s here it’s right your eyes step byep you’re on your way you’re welcome to Bri day don’t you know it feels good to be alive you could be Larger than Life bigger the world living out the hopes and dreams of every boy and every girl you can fly higher the shine brighter the Stars you can live for you [Music] [Applause] [Music] want hes and dreams every oh you higher than the sky shine than the stars for you [Music] [Applause] teams
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