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Urban Green Recovery

Urbanization and climate change are well-known challenges in terms of social and sustainability issues - even more so for developing countries facing massive urban growth. Help the state of Rwanda in building its capital Kigali as a blueprint for sustainable and green cities. Develop climate-friendly and revolutionary innovations for green urban development!

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Finalists of the Innovate 2030 - SDG 11 Programm

In the course of the Innovate 2030 - SDG 11 programm, 237 submissions by almost 1.000 innovative future minds from 65 countries around the world were handed in. 23 teams were selected with their project plans to work out their ideas and concepts over the next few weeks based on seven challenges.

Finalists for Urban Green Recovery

One of the challenges was aligned by the State of Rwanda. The following teams are selected to participate in the next steps of the innovation challenge:

  • RefresherBoxx
    App driven-Washing machine that works without any water or any chemicals. It works with a combination of physical methods and only needs energy.
  • Ecolution
    The innovative green roof is called “Green Tiles”; a detachable garden that can be attached easily in local informal settlements.