BiD Challenge: 

BiD Challenge Winners 2005 - 1 year later

  • Update

    Update

Last year's winning entrepreneurs all started, or are starting-up, their businesses. New jobs have been created and the first turnovers are made. But starting a business is not all roses, it goes with ups and downs. Read it in the updates.

Number of businesses started

STAGE Winners
No. of entrepreneurs started* 8
No. of entrepreneurs starting-up² 2
No. of entrepreneurs stopped 0
Total 10
% started 80%
*investments in place and first turnovers created or expected within next 6 months
² establishing preconditions for production, some still in search for partners and funding

Status of the businesses

Entrepreneur Business Country Status
Rinette Soeropawiro Suriname Gourmet Farm Surinam production started, first sales to local restaurants, 3 full-timers and 8 part-timers employed Read on
Harm van Oudenhoven El castillo de cacao Nicaragua the chocolate is very popular on local market, sales will grow, 6 people employed Read on
Hervé Millet Karité butter Burkina Faso over 300 women are trained and will earn twice as much from butter production, first sales by the end of 2006 Read on
Noel Percil Pelletizing plant for waste plastics Philippines stagnated due to disintegration of organisation, starting a test pilot Read on
Jessy Rai Pet products Nepal sales have started, new designs are made... Read on
Jonah Nobleza Mobile units for coconut processing Philippines though not mobile, production of virgin coconut oil has started
Siem Haffmans Ragbag® India 2900 bags sold, seeking for more supply, work for min. 60 people Read on
Enrique de Mul Cocowood production Mozambique starting-up, established partnership with local sawmill Read on
Pepijn Steemers Fish Forward Kenya ponds with females established, first turnover expected in 9 months, 2 people employed Read on
Orna Otto Production of glass beads Namibia production has started, 4 people employed Read on
  • Winner's update: 

    Burkinakarité

    1 year later

    Hervé Millet - Burkinakarité is a union of women associations dedicated to shea butter production and commercialization. Last year over 68 women ...
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    El Castillo del Cacao

    1 year later

    Harm Oudenhoven - The chocolate factory "El Castillo del Cacao" managed to develop quality chocolate during the last year. It has great succes ...
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    AnimalNepal

    1 year later

    In June 2005 AnimalNepal won €5,000 from the BiD Challenge with their business plan "Pet Products for poverty reduction". ...
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    Fish Forward

    1 year later

    Fish Forward is increasing the availability of affordable high-value protein food (fish) by building a structure of sustainable ...
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    Indústria Terra Verde

    1 year later

    Indústria Terra Verde is in the middle of starting up the production of semifinished timber products from plantation grown coconut ...
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    Pelletizing waste plastics

    1 year later

    The start up of this business stagnated during the last 10 months. Noel is now setting up a test pilot.
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    Results of started entrepreneurs

    Read their stories - 1 year after the BiD Challenge 2005

    77% of last year's finalists started, or are starting-up, their business. New jobs have been created and the first turnovers have ...
  • Winner's update: 

    1
    Suriname Gourmet Farm

    1 year later

    Rinette cultivates edible tropical mushrooms on agricultural waste. To produce and maintain vital spawn for the mushrooms is not easy. ...
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    2
    Ragbag®

    1 year later

    During the last year Ragbag® put op a strong brand, bags with a unique story. Ragbag received a lot of media attention and came up with ...
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    2
    Glass beads

    1 year later

    CLaSH (association for children with language, speach & hearing impairments) was winner of the wackiest idea prize in 2005. Wacky ...
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    Nyog Philippines Coco Processing - Virgin Coconut Oil

    1 year later

  • BiD Challenge: 

    2005 Prize Winners

    The BiD Challenge 2005 resulted in 10 winners. The entrepreneurs received €2,500 to €20,000 to start up their business.