Bill Gates’ Plan to Help the Developing World Profit from Its Sewage
The OmniProcessor is a new kind of low-cost waste treatment plant funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which they believe can transform global sanitation. Using an innovative blend of steam power and water filtration, this plant can convert up to 14 tons of sewage into potable water and electricity each day. Now that a prototype is up and running, the foundation hopes to bring the OmniProcessor to India, Africa, and other developing parts of the world.
The Cloud-Based Tool Improving Health Care across the Developing World
Health care delivery is particularly challenging in the developing world. Enter Reliefwatch, a for-profit social enterprise offered to health centers in emerging markets. It is a cloud-based tool to track both essential medical supplies and outbreaks of infectious diseases. Reliefwatch sees potential for food and disaster aid, as well as in agriculture since the database can track any type of inventory: wheat, lettuce, bananas, whatever.
A Venture Firm Looking For the Next Generation of Food Businesses in 2015
Backed by SOSventures, a San-Francisco-based investment group with a $200 million fund, Food-X partners with early stage entrepreneurs and provides a 2-3 month accelerator program for food startups that investors hope will result in the next generation of America’s food producers, manufacturers and distributors.
A Bamboo Tower That Produces Water from Air
The WarkaWater tower in Ethiopia is designed to wring water out of the air, providing a sustainable source of H2O for developing countries. The towers harvest water from rain, fog and dew, using mesh netting to capture moisture and direct it into hygienic holding tank accessed via a spout.