Practices
Industries such as textiles and leather tanneries discharge harmful effluents like heavy metals and toxic chemicals into water bodies, leading to severe environmental degradation and public health risks. The current wastewater treatment processes are costly and inefficient, contributing to untreated or poorly treated wastewater contaminating rivers and groundwater. At Vasudeva Innovations, we’ve developed a BioElectrochemical Cell (BEC) Technology that not only treats industrial wastewater but also generates renewable electricity during the process. By converting toxic effluents into clean water and energy, we offer a dual-function solution that’s both environmentally and economically sustainable.
Indian manufacturing often suffers from inefficiencies and high production costs. LeanManufacturing 4.0 integrates AI and robotics to streamline processes, minimize waste, and enhance productivity.
The period tracker app addresses the challenge of tracking menstrual cycles and related symptoms, which can be complex and vary from person to person. The solution implemented involves a user-friendly interface where individuals can input their cycle details, symptoms, and mood, which the app then analyzes to predict future cycles and identify patterns. The app also includes customizable reminders for medication or tracking, educational resources about menstrual health, and data visualization tools to help users understand their cycles better and manage their reproductive health proactively.
Diabetes management presents a major challenge for millions of people worldwide, particularly in maintaining stable blood sugar levels and preventing complications. Traditional diabetes treatments often fall short in providing long-term control and minimizing side effects. Dalian Idami Technology addresses this issue through its pioneering “slow-release sugar balancing technology,” which helps diabetics maintain stable blood glucose levels. Combining principles from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with modern Western medical techniques, Idami has developed a comprehensive solution for diabetes treatment. The company leverages advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, Internet of Things (IoT) detection, and bioengineering to offer continuous glucose monitoring, personalized diet plans, exercise recommendations, and complication prevention.
Road accidents kill over 1.35 million people each year, are one of the six highest causes of disability (WHO) and 93 % of these fatalities are concentrated in low-and middle-income countries like India and Brazil. The World Health Organization found that South African cities are more prone to traffic accidents with approximately a million road-traffic accidents each year, they are amongst the most dangerous roads in the world. BRICS already account for approximately 20% of the world’s deaths from road traffic injuries and the associated economic losses estimated at 1 to 3% of gross domestic products . The severity of injuries sustained resulting from road traffic crashes has a significant impact on the South African public health system and economy. A person living in one of the BRICS countries is at a relatively high risk of having a fatal road traffic injury because of one or more – often avoidable – risk factors. There is a paucity of nationally representative and systematically collected data on the risk factors for road traffic injuries in BRICS. This gap in knowledge needs to be filled quickly. At Quality Drive we provide a solution to address this pressing problem. The QDrive platform: - Uses machine learning technology to collect data on driver behaviour on the road (speed, braking, acceleration, over taking etc.)
startups face a high failure rate, with up to 92% closing within their first year. The root causes are a lack of proper business planning, founder inexperience, limited resources, and challenges in attracting investors. Young entrepreneurs, in particular, struggle due to the absence of accessible tools to validate their ideas and receive essential support. Our platform, Sputnik, tackles this issue with AI-powered tools that generate comprehensive business plans in 20 minutes, perform market analysis, assess risks, match entrepreneurs with investors, and offer management tools for business growth. Our goal within the BRICS framework is to reduce startup failure rates by providing effective solutions for business planning and scaling, while streamlining the capital attraction process to foster economic growth and innovation across BRICS nations
Problems: As household balance sheets continue to deteriorate amid high rates and inflation, retail credit delinquency is surging across the globe. Inefficient and ineffective debt collections combined with lenders' inability to assist financially fragile consumers has led to a surge in impairments and impairment provisioning for lenders. Financial facility (which is not being treated by lenders) leads to economic exclusion. Solution: Ubiquity AI has developed the world's first AI avatar designed to predict and treat delinquency, and assist financially-vulnerable consumers prevent and/manage delinquency via chat. Effective deb collection is a critical precursor for rehabilitating a consumer's consumer's credit standing (and score). SimONE is a bot that proactively reaches out to financially-fragile consumers on WhatsApp and other channels to help consumers avoid delinquency or provide them with customer-centric options to manage their delinquent accounts. We conducted a world-first with BNP Paribas and competed with BNP + their external debt collectors. SimONE crushed both BNP + their collectors in pre-delinquency collections. Consumers love SimONE. SimONE empowers consumers and provides them an assistance at the point of greatest impact.
Gopele Edtech addresses the issue of traditional learning methods failing to cater to individual students' needs, leading to learning gaps and disengagement. Its comprehensive learning platform provides personalized learning paths, AI-powered learning style assessments, and real-time progress monitoring. The platform engages students through gamification and incentives, while supporting teachers with resources and collaboration tools. By incorporating parental involvement and continuous refinement, Gopele Edtech fosters an inclusive, effective, and engaging learning environment.
Traditional industries such as construction don't embrace technology and still use outdated manual practices. We're designing robots that understand natural human language commands for these industries to automate their low-skilled and semi-skilled tasks.
Problem 01: The global shortage of high-performance GPUs and their high acquisition and maintenance costs hinder start-ups, research institutions, and universities, limiting technological innovation and academic progress. Solution 01: We provide an affordable cloud-based GPU solution with a pay-as-you-use model, leveraging spot instances and underutilized GPUs for high performance, cost reduction, and scalability. Problem 02: Outdated IT infrastructure in educational institutions and enterprises leads to high upgrade costs and e-waste, while gaming cafes and power users struggle with expensive hardware. Solution 02: Our cloud-based virtual machine solution operates on existing hardware, offering a pay-as-you-go model with high performance and scalability, addressing upgrade costs and scaling limitations.
OLUHLAZA Energy addresses climate change and energy security by producing clean hydrogen fuel through anaerobic digestion of organic waste. This process involves breaking down waste into biogas using microorganisms, then extracting hydrogen—a versatile, zero-emission fuel—from the biogas. The solution reduces greenhouse gas emissions, utilizes waste that would otherwise end up in landfills, and supports a circular economy by converting waste into valuable resources. The byproduct, digestate, serves as a nutrient-rich fertilizer for agriculture, enhancing soil health. This innovative approach promotes sustainability, reduces reliance on fossil fuels, and fosters economic growth in the renewable energy sector.
Egypt's young creative talent often lacks the resources to develop high-quality digital content. CreativeLabs is a digital animation studio providing young creators with the tools and training needed to produce top-tier animation, video games, and visual effects.
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