ULostIFound - ICT, Egypt

Ahmed Mansour is Co-founder of ULostIFound. ULostIFound is an online global lost and found office connecting owners or people who have lost something with people who can help track down whats lost, and allowing both parties to post on the platform. The service is currently available in seven languages.

http://bit.ly/ULostIFound

Medi Seafood & Krustacean (MSK) - Agriculture, Tunisia

Mohamed Sadok Krifa has an extensive career in management and marketing and is serving as CEO of MSK - a high tech, organic, sustainable and environmentally friendly shrimp farm. MSKs biological treatment of water allows water purification and reuse.

http://bit.ly/MediSeafood

NANO-TECH - Health, Pakistan

Anum Imtiaz, who is currently pursuing her Masters in Environmental Engineering, developed NANO-TECH Pvt Ltd. - an organization that specializes in design and manufacture of high quality water filtration and treatment products using emerging technologies to serve as barriers against harmful micro-organisms, to provide pure and safe drinking water.

http://bit.ly/NanoTech90

AdvanTag - ICT, United Arab Emirates

Adam Eldaba is a serial entrepreneur who founded two successful software companies, one of which is AdvanTag. AdvanTag is a loyalty platform empowered by social media that allows consumers to have access to the supplier base and provides them with the ability to share rewards with friends on social networks.

http://bit.ly/advantagg

GuideMe - Health/ICT, Algeria

Badreddine Zebbiche is Cofounder and CEO of GuideMe - a detection device for the visually impaired. The device communicates between a smart phone application and the customers shoe to detect potential obstacles in their walking path and provide audio instruction.

http://bit.ly/GuideMe90

The GIST Initiative is a partnership led by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global.

Braci - Health/ICT, Jordan

Anwar Almojarkesh started inventing devices to help people with special needs at a young age. One of his investions is Braci. Braci is a wireless solution for the hearing impaired that detects a broad range of sounds and alerts them through vibration and flashing lights.

http://bit.ly/Braci

Vehicle Caretaker - ICT, Pakistan

Muhammad Jafry is Cofounder of Vehicle Caretaker - a smartphone application that allows people whose car has broken down to find a mechanic nearby or request onsite services. Through the platform, users are able to able to rate the services of the mechanic.

http://bit.ly/Caretaker90

Imagi - ICT, Indonesia

Christian Wirawan is the mastermind behind Imagi - a B2B augmented reality mobile application allowing shoppers visualize how an item, such as furniture, would fit in their space. People can scan an items QR Code, and immediately see the item in either their camera, or their photos.

http://bit.ly/Imagi90

TaxiBUL - ICT, Turkey

Mert Kucukozkan, who has experience in mobile and residential device as well as data service strategies, is the founder of TaxiBUL. TaxiBUL is a mobile taxi finding solution using location based technologies to direct taxi drivers to customers within close proximity.

http://bit.ly/TaxiBul

QR++ Service - ICT, Tunisia

Nizar Ben Neji, who specializes in computer engineering, is the inventor of the QR++ concept. QR++ Service is a standard QR code offering wider storage capacity compared to standard codes. Up to 4 megabytes of data comprised of audio and video images, as well as huge texts can be saved, even without internet access.

http://bit.ly/QRServCodes

The GIST Initiative is a partnership led by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global.

Kytabu Textbook Subscription - ICT, Kenya

Tonee Ndungu is a technology enthusiast and founder of Kytabu - a textbook subscription application that allows users to access curriculum textbooks locally stored on a mobile payment gateway. The user is able to purchase only the part of the book that he or she desires.

http://bit.ly/kytabu

SMART SurgiSol - Health, Pakistan

Syed Hassan serves as Team Leader for SMART SurgiSol. SMARTSurgiSol is working on the Tele-Surgical Training Robot & Simulator for minimally invasive surgery is a robotic device that allows surgeons to conduct minimally invasive surgery with increased accuracy and with potential benefits for patients.

http://bit.ly/smartsurgisol

Handasiyat.net - ICT, Jordan

Nermin Sad, Founder of Handasiyat.net., has over twelve years of experience working as a freelance engineer for leading companies in Jordan. Handasiyat.net is a virtual online office that offers tailored mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire-fighting, and technical services for a variety of building design purposes.

http://bit.ly/handasiyat

Teletest - ICT, Bangladesh

Syed Ataullah Ibrahim is serving as CEO of Teletest and currently a Bachelor Candidate in Business Administration at the University of Dhaka. Teletest uses mobile technology to create an affordable online interactive distance learning experience for students for students in Bangladesh.

http://bit.ly/Teletest

Hometown - Other, Pakistan

Sidra Qasim is a graduate of Punjab University and the Co-CEO of Hometown. Hometown is a startup shoe company based in Lahore, Pakistan. The company sells handmade shoes and connects buyers with artisans from around the world.

http://bit.ly/Hometown90

The GIST Initiative is a partnership led by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global.

Presto Wireless - ICT, Jordan

Ala Khalifeh is the team lead for Presto Wireless and Assistant Professor at German Jordanian University working to improve the transmission quality of voice and audio over wireless mobile networks. Presto Wireless enables wireless data users to experience faster speeds and higher coverage and reliability.

http://bit.ly/PrestoWireless

diaSMASH Beverage - Health, Bangladesh

Tonmoy Paul is a student at the University of Dhaka and serves as the Chief Marketing and Brand Communications Officer of diaSMAH. diaSMASH Beverage is an engineered health drink that utilizes its core ingredient, mushrooms, to reduce blood glucose and cholesterol as well as protects against kidney disease.

http://bit.ly/diaSmash

Smart Mouse - Health, Tunisia

Snene Wassim is an Assistant Technologist at the Higher Institute of Technology Studies and the lead for Smart Mouse. Smart Mouse is a computer mouse that monitors employee health, by tracking their body temperature and other behavioral indicators that would indicate that he or she is falling sick.

http://bit.ly/SmartMouse90

Chef Maha - Health, Saudi Arabia

Maha Khalaf, who specializes in developing websites for businesses, is the founder of Chef Maha. Chef Maha is an e-catering business for healthy food. The idea is to extend it into a healthy, environment-friendly, casual dining environment, where orders are placed electronically using touch screens.

http://bit.ly/ChefMaha

Exa.io - ICT, Bahrain

Zakaria Ben Hamouche has a MSc in Software Engineering and is the Co-Founder of Exa.io. Exa provides services for animation studios & freelancers, by helping them enjoy a 100x speedup in the rendering process without the fixed costs.

http://bit.ly/exaio

The GIST Initiative is a partnership led by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global.

Votek Technology (iArabi Ltd.) - ICT, Lebanon

Lojain Jibawi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Votek Technology (iArabi Ltd). Votek Tehnology (iArabi Ltd) is an intelligent Arabic voice-enabled virtual assistant (named Juhaina). Features include the ability to recognize speech with 95% accuracy, understand standard and dialectical Arabic, and work offline on mobile devices.

http://bit.ly/Votek90

Fingers Hear Sounds

Suha Tbakhi, a third year industrial engineering student studying at the University of Jordan is the Co-Founder of Fingers Hear Sounds. Fingers Hear Sounds is a device to help deaf people communicate effectively by converting the vibration of sound to pulses on the fingertips.

http://bit.ly/FingerSound

Eneza Education - ICT, Kenya

Chris Asego, who graduated from Jomo Kenyatta University with a degree in IT, is the Co-Founder of Eneza Education. Eneza Education, an educational organization in rural Kenya, provides access to quality study material aligned with local content using mobile devices.

http://bit.ly/enezaeducation

Odd Jobber - Ideacentricity - ICT, Pakistan

Adnan Khawaja is the Founder of Odd Jobber. Odd Jobber is a mobile platform that helps make odd jobs easier to find for potential workers, and thus increases income opportunities for low skilled workers. The target odd job seekers include taxi / rickshaw drivers, domestic workers, cooks, delivery men and construction workers.

http://bit.ly/oddjobber

FASO Soap - Health, Burkina Faso

Niyondiko Grard has over 7 years of experience as a Chemist and Technical manager of Punch Tropical Beverage Company. Faso Soap is an anti-malaria solution that repels mosquitos. The soap is produced from local sources and sold at an affordable cost to low income households.

http://bit.ly/FasoSoap

The GIST Initiative is a partnership led by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global.

Farmspace Africa - Agriculture, Kenya

Alex Muriu was voted among the top 25 Mobile Startup Entrepreneurs in East Africa. He works on Farmspace Africa - an online platform for farmers to apply for loans and vet their application through local banks. The application is then posted to Farmspace Africas web platform for crowdsourcing from organizations and private individuals.

http://bit.ly/FarmSpace

DAWTEC - Energy, Lebanon

Sandra Aoun Pergola founded DAWTEC in 2003 and has since been working in renewable energy. DAWTEC offers architectural solutions to mechanical systems without affecting performance through its product. It transforms solar energy into thermal energy to heat water or while preserving an aesthetic image.

http://bit.ly/Dawtec

FireFighter - ICT, Bangladesh

Tarikul Islam is the Founder and CEO of FireFighter. FireFighter is a comprehensive initial firefighting system that simultaneously enables fire extinguisher of fire affected place, and transmits signals to the fire brigade and traffic police, so that fire brigade force can reach the fire affected place the fastest after a fire starts.

http://bit.ly/FireFightr

Goutra - Energy, Algeria

Mustapha Lakhdari is a civil engineer with professional experience in software development and embedded system. Goutra is a system based electromechanical device designed to measure water consumption. The device is connected to a software allowing the user to see a detailed report of water consumption in real time.

http://bit.ly/Goutra

Netizen Testing - ICT, Malaysia

Wee Li is the Co-Founder and COO of Netizen Testing - provides simple, affordable and accurate usability testing for website owners who want to improve the conversion rates of their website. This is done by showing website owners video recordings of their crowd-sourced users displaying their behavior while accessing the clients website.

http://bit.ly/Netizen90

The GIST Initiative is a partnership led by the U.S. Department of State and CRDF Global.