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World Bank Announces 2020 Ideas for Action Winners
Today, the Ideas for Action (I4A) Initiative announced seven winners of its global competition. The annual contest jointly supported by the World Bank and the Zicklin Center of the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania, provides a one-of-a-kind platform for young entrepreneurs, catalyzing innovative ideas to solve the world’s most pressing development challenges.
The seven winners were selected from a highly competitive pool of 4,000 global submissions based on their originality and potential to influence policy. The 2020 winners are:
The KABIOF Team in Burundi, led by 25-year-old Delphin Kaze, proposes an eco-friendly charcoal made from biodegradable solid waste to help tackle deforestation and recycle metallic and plastic waste, while fighting indoor air pollution.