Dare to Change Dar 2015

21 AUGUSTBaNK OF TANZANIA1Pm - 9PM

PROGRAMME

DARETO CHANGEDAR:INNOVATION

FOR CHANGE

In this time of social, economic and political change in Tanzania, we believe that now is the time to mobilise the youth to participate in these changes with the hope that they too can join others in shaping Tanzania for the

better.

This year’s conference is centred around the idea that entrepreneurship is a viable medium for change beyond the economic sphere. DARE to Change DAR will provoke our audience to think of how collective inn innovation can be utilised to alleviate the challenges faced in a

fast-growing city like Dar es Salaam. Through our panels, guest speakers and student pitches, we hope to expose the audience to start-ups, corporate directors and NGO leaders who are already pioneering

innovative solutions in a sustainable way.

‘DARE to Change DAR’ will be the first opportunity for the 11 11 DAREnterprisers student teams to re-tell their entrepreneurial jouney to the wider public, and to pitch their social business ideas to an audience that will include potential mentors and future investors.

We invite you all to join us in channelling the day’s inspiration into your own vision of a better Dar es Salaam, a better Africa and a better world.

The Cambridge Development Initiative (CDI) is a student-led, non-profit organisation from the University of Cambridge that seeks to partner with local Tanzanian stakeholders on four projects (Education, Entrepreneurship, Health and Sanitation) in its development efforts across Dar es Salaam.

We train small teams of volunteers to implement sophisticated and inn innovative development solutions in Dar es Salaam. Our vision is to create a model for other universities to follow so that students around the world can become instrumental in helping to take some of the best solutions in

international development to scale.

Changing the world begins with local changemakers. Empowered with the skills and knowledge to make sustainable differences, they can be a

powerful force for good.

At the heaAt the heart of CDI’s values is the belief that students can be the catalysts for change.

www.cambridgedevelopment.org

Citigas provides clean and affordable biogas to Rwandan society. We deliver our products to clients through agents and stop centres, reaching our customers wherever they are. We also provide

consultancy services to individual clients interested in constructing their own biogas plants. We have p products in various sizes to fit all customer needs

ranging from 3-50 Kg.

Dream Line Energy deals with solving energy related problems mainly in off-grid communities by supplying energy to serve their demands through installations of solar power systems. The energy generated is offered to our customers at an affordable price so that everyone can have access to our services, hence reducing the need for kerosene lamps, ddry cells and battery-powered torches.

Founder: Hilary Muramira(University of Rwanda)

Founders: Frank Prosperous,Petro Mwamlima & Ally Mwanja(Ardhi University)

Chemolex aims to provide off-grid rural households with a clean, affordable home lighting system by harnessing and storing solar energy in rechargeable batteries, which is our unique selling point. We then collect the discharged batteries, which we recharge at our solar charging station, then distribute back to our agent kiosks using electric powered motor bikes.

A lack of access to reliable, affordable and eenvironmentally friendly energy for cooking in rural areas that are off the grid is a big problem. African Powering is a Tanzanian based company that focuses on providing best off-grid energy services in African rural areas by using modern biogas technologies. Our company will incentivise people to use biogas

productively to increase incomes.

Founders: James Ogola& Clifford Okoth(Nairobi University)

Founders: Dominick Kihanda& Cosmas Muhagachi(St. Augustine UniversityUniversity of Tanzania)

LYEZIAMOTO is a company focused on eradicating the problem of scarcity of toilets in Dar es Salaam and the negative impact on the environment that is

associated with this. We provide the convenience of standard mobile toilets in public spaces as well as luxury mobile toilets (which are primarily aimed at

high profile events).

RECOWAS is mainly concerned with the design, operation, maintenance and supply of clean and safe water to communities with poor or no access to a water supply network. We find potential sources of water in an area (via the drilling of bore wells, for example)example). We then treat the water using moringa seeds to meet required standards, and finally we

distribute it to the community through a pipe network by providing public water points and in-house

connections.

Founder: Pastory Lyezia

Founders: Moses Mtei& Joel Kissava

(University of Dar es Salaam)


BOTTCO is a housing company that recycles plastic bottles to create new products such as houses, stalls

and garden fences. The buildings will be constructed in such a way that is sustainable and

affordable for our customers, especially those who are in need of shelter.

Tanzania Décor deals with the conversion of solid plastic waste into useful local products such as

decorations. These products are made at a low cost, allowing lower income earners to afford luxury products whilst simultaneously preserving the eenvironment by the proper management of waste. We collect waste directly from the field or through other agencies from collection points and then

transport this to our factory where the processing is done.



Founders: Irene Yona,Lilian Gatty

& Loveness Hiluka (not in picture)

Founders: Benson Mongi,Gerald Mpangala& Raya Said(not in picture)

MagProtein uses houseflies (Musca domestica) as the cell factory to produce maggots (larva) as a sustainable protein substitute in order to replace the use of small fish in animal feed. Organic waste is used as the raw material for nutrient recycling in the production of maggots. Maggots have a high protein content (39%-60%), which is almost three times than that p produced by fish. The remaining substrate will be used as a bio fertilizer due its high nitrogen content.

Tray Tech is a mobile software company that intends to help people access products and services by

allowing them to search and locate specific products and services quickly and more efficiently. From a business standpoint, our application acts as an advertising platform which allow businesses and organizations that of organizations that offer their products and services from a fixed location, the ability to advertise and making their offerings more easily accessible.



Founders: Vivian Mushi& Bhoke Nyaisaba

Founders: George Motta& Ng’ambo Jumanne

Agri Africa deals with the dehydration of fruit such as mangoes, bananas, pineapples and papayas using a simple tunnel solar mechanism. Our goods are produced in an environmentally friendly way which enables us to preserve nutrients without the use of any presevatives or additives. Our products range from 25 to 300 grams to meet our customers’

rrequirements.

All of these young entrepreneurs are graduates of the DAREnterprisers Entrepreneurship Pratical Training Course and will be taking to the stage to deliver a 5 minute business pitch, which will be followed by 5 minutes of

Q&A from the judges.

The winning team from each track will receive $3000 of seed capital which will give them the opportunity to turn their business idea into a reality.

WWe are sure you will join us in wishing these young changemakers the best of luck for the next few hours!


Founders: Furahini Mmbakweni

& Peter Lukumayi

DARE to Change DAR would not have been possible without the support of our partners. We would like to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt thank

you to some of them.

First and foremost, we would like to thank the Bank of Tanzania for kindly providing this venue in kind.

We are also greatly indebted to Smart Villages and theNational Economic Empowerment Council for the incredible support they have p provided for the DAREnterprisers course and the 3 tracks in particular.

A huge thank you also goes to Coca-Cola for providing drinks.

We are also grateful to the judges and panellists for taking time out to be here with us today and for providing us with their insight and knowledge.

The delivery of the DAREnterprisers course would not have been possible without the facilities and the support provided by the University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Dar es Salaam Entrepreneurship Center.

FinalFinally, for all their hard work in organising this conference and the DAREnterprisers programme over the past few months, a big thank you must

go to the rest of CDI and the Entrepreneurship Team in particular:

Georgia Ware - Project DirectorCobi-Jane Akinrele - Conference DirectorShaun Teo - Curriculum Coordinator

Muqeet Majed - Director of Stakeholder EngagementMichael Stec - Off-GridMichael Stec - Off-Grid Track DirectorJeevan Jayaprakash - WASH Track Director

Richard Ollington - Manufacturing and Urban Living Track Director

More than 1.3 billion people in the world have no access to electricity, and 3 billion are still cooking on dangerous and inefficient stoves. Many

of them live in remote rural village communities. Until such communities have access to modern energy services, little progress can

be made to develop their economies and improve their lives. The Smart Villages Initiative aims to provide policy makers, donors and ddevelopment agencies with new insights into the real barriers to energy access in villages in developing countries, how they can overcome, and to encourage innovative entrepreneurial solutions to rural energy

access.

Over a 3 year period commencing in 2014, we will be active in six rregions of the world (East and West Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and Central and South America). Our activities bring together a diverse set of players - scientists and engineers, entrepreneurs, villagers and civil society organisations, NGO’s, financiers, policy makers and regulators - who are actively involved in addressing the challenges of village energy

for development.

Smart Villages have kindly sponsored the Off-Grid Track and their support towards DAREnterprisers and DARE to Change DAR has been invaluable.

MALAYSIAN COMMONWEALTH STUDIESCENTRE, CAMBRIDGE

CAMBRIDGE MALAYSIAN EDUCATION ANDDEVELOPMENT TRUST

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