Newvem is proud to announce our participation in the “Entrepreneurship for Development” conference held at the United Nations on June 27th, 2013. The conference, co sponsored by the Israeli Mission to the United Nations, was held to champion entrepreneurship as a means to tackle the world’s most pressing problems.

1. High-Level Thematic Debate
United Nations, New York
June 26, 2013

2. Blue
Ventures, Mad
agascar
Introduced
temporary fishery
closures to
increase local fish
stock – thereby
increasing local
income and food
security.

3. Amun
Thapa, Sasto
Deal, Nepal
“Everyone told me
that online
businesses would
never work in
Nepal. But I
always knew they
were wrong.”

4. Benjamin
Kilosop, Juhud
i Kilimo, Kenya
Runs
a social business
that provides rural
farmers with
financing to
purchase
equipment.

5. Andy
Schroeter,
Sunlabob
Renewable
Energy, Laos
Provides
developing
countries with
access to clean
water, and plugs
the neediest
communities in
Laos into the
energy grid.

6. Debbie Aung
Din, Proximity
Designs
Designs
affordable, durabl
e, and income-
boosting services
for the rural poor
in Myanmar.

7. Evans
Wadongo, Su
stainable
Development
for All, Kenya
Designed the
“MwangaBora,”
a simple, cheap
and efficient
solar lamp for
rural
communities in
Africa.

8. Entrepreneurship Means…
“A life-long vocation of innovating for
human comfort and advancement.”
“Making a difference in other people’s lives.”
“Enabling social, economic and
environmental progress.”

9. EcoPost, Kenya
Recycles plastic waste
into aesthetic, durable,
and environmentally-
friendly fencing posts in
Nairobi.

10. Francois
Jaquenoud and
Chay
Lo, Founders, 10
01 Fontaines
Provide safe drinking
water through a
micro-franchise
model in
Madagascar, India, a
nd Cambodia.

11. Alex Adje
Bram, SMSGH, G
hana
Improves business
communication with
SMS. Seven million
subscribers rely on
his company to share
mobile data.

12. Dr. Ronen Tal-
Botzer, Co-
founder, Correl
or, Israel
Uses social media
to match web
content to clients’
personalities.

13. Leo Prieto and Francisco Sandoval, BetaZeta, Chile
Revolutionized how people share news by creating the second-
largest independent Internet community in Latin America.

14. Micro
Power, Senegal
Provides
environmentally-
friendly and reliable
hybrid power
systems for rural
villages.

15. Mitch
Besser, Founder, Mothers2m
others, African Continent
Employs mothers living with
HIV to be health care
providers. These women
then provide health education
and social support to other
HIV-positive women.

16. Entrepreneurship Means…
“Solving tough problems for farmers in Kenya.”
“Creating localized solutions
for local problems.”
“Building your own future.”

17. Mois
Cherem,
Enova,
Mexico
Revolutionized
education in
Mexico by
providing
underserved
communities with
access to the
Internet and
innovative
educational
software.

18. Adaptao
Sertao, Brazil
Improves the
resilience of
farmers to climate
change by offering
technological
innovations
through a
microcredit system.

19. Oro
Verde, Colombia
Created the first
Certified Green Gold
programme, which
makes sure that gold
is extracted
responsibly by
miners who comply
with strict ecological
standards.

20. Tomer Bar Zeev, Co-
Founder, IronSource,
Israel
Created InstallCore, a
software product that
efficiently downloads
applications.

21. Paolo
Richter, Bicycles for
Africa, Switzerland
Recycles old
bicycles, and ships them
to African countries –
where they provide a
low-cost, fuel-free form of
mobility.

22. -Zev Laderman,
Founder,
Newvem, Israel
Created a start-
up that helps IT
professionals
manage and
optimize their
public cloud
operations

23. Rafael
Cordeiro and
Ernesto
Villela, Found
ers, Enox
On>Life, Brazi
l
Created an
advertising start-
up that naturally
incorporates
brands into
peoples’ lives.

24. Solid Waste
Management
Programme, Nepal
Collects household
waste and turns it into
compost – thereby
creating a cleaner
environment and a
stable income for local
waste collectors.

25. Rural Enterprise
Network, Sri
Lanka
Links farmers to
markets through
improved product
quality, and access
to market
information.

26. Entrepreneurship Means…
“Tackling a problem no one has solved
before, and affecting the world as a result."
“Using innovation to foster
systemic social change.”
“Anyone has the power to
change the world.”

27. Claire Reid Reel
Gardening, Sout
h Africa
Provides needy
communities with
pre-fertilized
vegetable and seed
strips – and planting
instructions in seven
languages.

28. Solar
Sister, Uganda
Trains women to
become entrepreneurs
by providing them with
a “business in a bag” to
distribute solar-
powered lanterns.

29. -
Tom
Szaky, Founder, Terr
acycle, USA
Created a business that
uses other people's trash
to make new products.

30. Tomer
Dvir, Founder, Soluto,
Israel
Created an IT service that
can manage computers
remotely from any device.

31. Solar
Women of
Totogalpa, N
icaragua
Sells solar
cookers, installs
solar panels in
houses, and
runs a solar
restaurant on
the Pan-
American
Highway.

32. Jane
Chen, Embrace
Created a social
enterprise that
distributes
innovative infant
warmers to
vulnerable babies.

33. Entrepreneurship Means…
“Creating a way of doing things better and
taking it to the world."
“Shifting the paradigm of the
current business world.”
“A better future for my family
and community.”