Announcing the Recipients of the IEEE/UN-MGCY Video Pitch Competition at G-STIC 2020

IEEE Entrepreneurship is excited to announce the 2020 video pitch recipients of the IEEE/UN Major Group on Children and Youth (UN-MGCY) Video Pitch Competition!

TIREGRID is the ideation category recipient for the IEEE/UN Major Group on Children and Youth (UN-MGCY) Video Pitch Competition!

myclinic.ng is the founded start-ups category recipient for the IEEE/UN Major Group on Children and Youth (UN-MGCY) Video Pitch Competition!

Organized by IEEE Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the UN-MGCY, this year’s video pitch competition was open to organizations and companies with smart, original, and innovative ideas on technological solutions and/or business concepts that hold great potential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in light of the ‘decade of action’ to accelerate progress between 2020-2030. Students, researchers, companies, and individuals will compete in three different categories: ideation, founded start-ups, and mature companies.

Energy
Oceans
Food
Health
Circular Education
Housing
Climate Change

The videos were judged based on our 5 IEEE Entrepreneurship criteria:

Innovation
Market
Product
Diverse Team
Traction

Be inspired by the stories of our 2019 video pitch recipients of the IEEE/UN-MGCY Video Pitch Competition include:

Greenovation: Among the video pitches on products originating from workshops and competitions that support any of the selected Sustainable Development Goals, Greenovation (Bhutan) was selected as the winner.

Aevice Health: Among the video pitches by companies launching a market-ready product that supports any of the selected Sustainable Development Goals, Aevice Health (Singapore) was selected as the winner.

Cygni Energy: Among the video pitches by growth companies generating substantial sales of products that support any of the selected Sustainable Development Goals, Cygni Energy (India) was selected as the winner.