Past GSEC teams

Pictured left-right: Mohamed Ali Niang (Malo Traders), Bill Gates Sr., and Salif Niang (Malo Traders)

“GSEC is a world class competition, we were truly inspired by the knowledge and the generosity of each and every person we met. GSEC was the stepping stone that propelled Malo Traders to the next stage by establishing our credibility and sparking media attention.” -Mohamed Ali Niang, Malo Traders team, 2010 Judges’ Choice Award.
Below is information about the teams that have competed in the Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition.

GSEC 2014 TEAMS

2014 Team Descriptions
Congratulations to the 2014 winning teams:
- Grand Prize ($12,500): Fargreen (Colorado State University, USA )
- 2nd Place Prize ($10,000): , Bhitti, (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Global Health Prize ($10,000): AYUDA Food Aid (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
- Rotary Prize of Social Impact ($1,000): AYUDA Food Aid (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines)
- Investors Choice Winner: Gunawave (University of Washington)
- NCIIA E-Team Program Prize: Nanoly Bioscience (University of Colorado)
2014 GSEC Program

GSEC 2013 TEAMS

2013 Team Descriptions
Congratulations to the 2013 winning teams:
- Grand Prize ($12,500): Jorsey Ashbel Farms (National Open University of Nigeria and Ahmadu Bello University)
- Information & Communication Technology Prize ($10,000): Social Cops (Nanyang Technological University)
- Global Health Prize ($10,000): LifeChair (University of Dhaka)
- Rotary Prize of Social Impact ($1,000): Coffee Promo Co. (National University of Rwanda)
- Investors Choice Winner: Disease Diagnostic Group (Case Western Reserve University)
- NCIIA E-Team Program Prize: Disease Diagnostic Group (Case Western Reserve University)
2013 GSEC Program

GSEC 2012 TEAMS

2012 Team Descriptions
Congratulations to the 2012 winning teams:
- Grand Prize ($12,500): Ruby Cup (Copenhagen Business School)
- Information & Communication Technology Prize ($10,000): SasaAfrica (Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Nairobi)
- Global Health honorable mention ($5,000): Greenovation (University of Dhaka)
- Rotary Prize of Social Impact ($1,000): Srujna
- Investors Choice Winner: Ruby Cup
- NCIIA Invention to Venture Awardees: Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering (Dartmouth College); SasaAfrica
Video of Awards Banquet keynote presentation video, featuring Ben Packard (Starbucks VP of Global Responsibility)

GSEC 2011 TEAMS
2011 Team Descriptions
Congratulations to the 2011 winning teams:

Grand Prize ($12,500): Sanergy
Information & Communication Technology Prize ($10,000): NextDrop
Global Health Prize ($10,000): Wello
Rotary Prize of Social Impact ($1,000): Sanergy
Investors Choice Winner: Sanergy
NCIIA Invention to Venture Awardees: POCiT, and NextDrop

GSEC 2010 TEAMS

2010 Judges’ Choice team Malo Traders has incorporated and also worked with PATH during the summer 2010. Global health prize team ToucHb (Biosense) was selected a 2010 Echoing Green fellow and was invited back to Seattle in summer 2010 to further develop their technology! See the Team Updates tab to learn more about individual teams.

2010 Team Descriptions
Congratulations to the 2010 winning teams:
- Grand Prize ($10,000): The Nuru Light, A Solution to Africa’s Lighting Crisis
- Global Health Grand Prize ($5,000): ToucHb
- Global Health Second Prize ($2,500): The Nuru Light
- Judges Choice Award ($3,000): Malo Traders
- Investor’s Choice Award ($2,500): The Nuru Light
- NCIIA Invention to Venture Awardees: Gift of Sound, The Nuru Light, Malo Traders
Final Round Video Presentations: Malo Traders, ToucHb, Yimiao
Final Round PowerPoint Presentations (PDFs): Malo Traders, Nuru Light, Spark Community Power, ToucHb, Yimiao
GSEC Program
Photo Gallery: GSEC Trade Show; GSEC Awards Banquet