How can you improve lives within your community? How do you solve real problems around you? Hear from people who took matters into their own hands, to help those around them through innovative initiatives with social purpose. Find out how social entrepreneurs drive impact to make a difference.

This podcast is by Expo Live, produced by Kerning Cultures Network. 


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Innovate with purpose - expo live 

Hear from people who help those around them through innovative initiatives with social purpose.

In our final episode, we leave the mic to Yousuf Caires, the Senior Vice President of Expo Live, one more time, as he reflects on the impact of this programme and what's next for our Global Innovators.

Innovate with Purpose

Yousuf Caires: What’s next for our Global Innovators?

Innovate with Purpose Podcast

In today's episode, we're exploring Conrad's innovations at GIC Space, and how context is pivotal for the success of any business. 

Conrad Tankou: A New Take on Screening Cervical Cancer

Jurij Dreo is the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of a company called BrainTrip, based in Malta. In today's episode, we're exploring Jurij's disruptive innovation and the challenges of having a startup in the medical sector.

Jurij Dreo: Detecting Dementia Early On

Kitty Liao is the founder of Ideabatic. Ideabatic is working to ensure that all children, wherever they are in the world, have a fair chance at life by innovating a vaccine delivery system.

Kitty Liao: The Last Mile of Vaccine Delivery

Siddharth Hande is the founder and CEO of Kabadiwalla Connect: they provide decentralised waste management solutions for cities in the developing world that's really powered by the informal sector. 

Siddharth Hande: Decentralised Waste Management

Irina Mkrtchyan is one of the co-founders of Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Development, an NGO that is working to solve the issue of waste management in Armenia. What initially started as an initiative to introduce recycling bins and environmental awareness has grown to be a much bigger operation.

Irina Mkrtchyan: Tackling Waste Management in Armenia 

Suzanne Shian is one of three co-founders behind PichaEats, a social enterprise in Malaysia that aims to empower lives among the refugee community through a food business. 

 Suzanne Shian: Partnering with Refugee Chefs

Back in 2015, Shaun Vorster, a strategist and advisor, was responsible for incubating the Expo Live programme. What makes the Expo Live programme stand out? Shaun shares the journey, challenges, and aspirations of Expo Live. 

Shaun Vorster: Finding Untold Stories Around the World

When Renat's wife's grandfather became ill and bound to a wheelchair, he and his partner became convinced that travelling should be accessible for all. Today Renat is the head and co-owner of Globe4All, one of the pioneering enterprises that's creating barrier-free travel and tourism.

Renat Anpilogov: Making Travel and Adventure Accessible

When Tarun Bothra co-founded Saathi, only 16% of women had access to sanitary napkins in India, the world’s sixth largest economy. Today, Saathi is impacting communities around the world and using innovation to normalise taboo topics.

Tarun Bothra: Innovating Women’s Hygiene Products

As the founder and global director of Liter of Light, Illac Diaz has built both a grassroots and a global movement. It uses inexpensive, readily available materials to make high-quality solar lighting for people with limited or no access to electricity.

Illac Diaz: Making Solar Energy More Accessible

Emer Beamer is the co-founder and programme lead for Design-a-thon Works, an organisation that helps children develop their problem solving skills, empowering them to be changemakers.

Emer Beamer: Designing a Better Future Through Imagination

Seenaryo is an organization that uses play-based learning and theatre to work with marginalised communities. Today they’ve reached more than 2,000 teachers and over 30,000 children and are still growing.

Oscar and Naqiya: Play-based Learning with Seenaryo

Rowan Alawi founded ‘Amal in 2019. At first, it was a simple Google form connecting construction workers with contractors. Today, ‘Amal has evolved into a construction workforce management platform.

Rowan Alawi: Merging Construction and Tech

In 2017, Iva Gumnishka founded an initiative, Humans in the Loop, to provide work opportunities for refugees coming into Bulgaria. Today the social enterprise has expanded to Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon.

Iva Gumnishka:  Humans in the Loop

Loubna is one of the founders of Meet My Mama, a culinary project that enables women from all over the world to make a living with their cooking skills, and has grown to include over 200 chefs.

Loubna Ksibi: Meet My Mama

Shantha is the founder and managing director of Mobility for Africa, a social enterprise that is providing electric mobility to rural communities in Zimbabwe. Shantha’s work is proof that investing a little money in sustainable mobility is a long lasting solution.

Shantha Bloemen: Mobility for Africa

AgUnity was born out of a hackathon that David and his co-founder took part in in 2016. After the hackathon, they developed a blockchain-powered low-cost smartphone, driven by a desire to create tools that can help farmers around the world earn a better living.

David Davies: AgUnity, A Different Kind of Smartphone

So far, we’ve heard from an array of wonderful, passionate, and determined Global Innovators from around the world. They’re all part of the Expo Live programme that’s funding new and innovative solutions to make our world a better place. But how does this programme work? Who are the people making it happen? Today, we learn about the other side of the coin from the people organising the Expo Live programme.

Dana and Sofiya: Supporting Global Innovators

In 2009, Reem Al Franji learned that her two sons have a developmental disability. After struggling to find reliable resources in Arabic, she eventually co-founded Habaybna, an Arabic online resource for families of children with disabilities.

Reem Al Franji: Habaybna, Our Loved Ones

Fascinated by fog, Jamila founded Dar Si Hmad, a women-led NGO in Morocco, stepped in to create the world’s largest operational fog water harvesting system.

Jamila Bargach: Harvesting Water in Morocco

Hear from Atle Idland, General Manager of Desert Control, a start-up that came up with a solution that could revolutionise the global war against desertification. 

Atle Idland: Turning Sand into Fertile Soil

Social stigma surrounding mental health support is stil an ongoing challenge - but things have come a long way since Shezlong started.

Ahmed Abu Elhaz: Breaking the Stigma around Therapy

Inspired by her father’s teachings, Maria launched GoRaymi.com alongside her brother, Diego, to promote lesser-known destinations in Ecuador.  

Maria Soledad Lopez: Empowering Tourism in Ecuador

With only six months of her business partner’s salary and some savings, Sabrina Habib and her partner gave themselves a year to put their idea into motion: improve access to high-quality, affordable childcare in low-income populations.

Sabrina Habib: Affordable and Accessible Childcare

Powered by a heartwarming philosophy of kindness, Be My Eyes serves over 300,000 blind and visually impaired users through their app.

Christian Erfurt: Volunteering Eyesight

With 82 million people displaced throughout the world, Talent Beyond Boundaries is breaking ground by helping refugees build their future.

Noura Ismail: Creating Opportunities for Refugees

Labyah, Basim Albeladi's telemedicine app, has over 300,000 users and continues to advocate for mental health in Saudi Arabia. 

Basim Albeladi: Advocating for Mental Health in Saudi Arabia

When Charles and his team started Second Harvest in Japan, they didn’t just want to reduce food insecurity, they set out to eliminate food waste as well.

Charles McJilton: creating Japan’s first food bank

Yousuf Caires, Expo Live’s Senior Vice President, shares what it takes to empower changemakers across the globe.

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Hear from people who took matters into their own hands, to help those around them through innovative initiatives with social purpose.

Innovate with Purpose

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Podcasts

Yousuf Caires: What’s next for our Global Innovators?

Conrad Tankou: A New Take on Screening Cervical Cancer

Jurij Dreo: Detecting Dementia Early On

Kitty Liao: The Last Mile of Vaccine Delivery

Siddharth Hande: Decentralised Waste Management

Irina Mkrtchyan: Tackling Waste Management in Armenia

Interview

Yousuf Caires: What’s next for our Global Innovators?

Interview

Conrad Tankou: A New Take on Screening Cervical Cancer

Interview

Jurij Dreo: Detecting Dementia Early On

Interview

Kitty Liao: The Last Mile of Vaccine Delivery

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