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Our Merits
Nominations, Exhibitions, and Trainings We've Attended
Bangkok, Thailand.
Entrepreneurs’ Organisation’s Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards, (EO - GSEA)
The Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition for student entrepreneurs who actively run a business. EO GSEA nominees compete in qualifying competitions for the chance to advance to the Global Finals, in our case it was held in May 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand. With more than 1,700 competitors from more than 50 countries, EO GSEA is an exclusive opportunity for student entrepreneurs to make connections, find resources, and grow their businesses. We obtained national and international business recognition following the Millennium Engineers Enterprises Ltd, CEO award as the National Student Entrepreneur of the year 2016 during the GSEA competition held in Dar es salaam Tanzania. The platform exposed the company to an array of business networks and opportunities.
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Trainings Attended
We’ve attended numerous trainings worldwide to gain unique knowledge and innovative ideas that we can use to better meet our community’s needs.
Autumn School for Sustainable Entrepreneurship (Engagement Global)
Berlin, Germany November (2016)
A program designed for young change makers from African countries and Germany organised by ASA program within the framework of the African German Youth Initiative (AGYI). Their vison is to create a platform for network of sustainable entrepreneurs who think and learn globally. As the only Tanzanian company selected for the event, we joined a team of 24 other participants in a week-long boot camp on a variety of courses that where organised for the program.
Tony Elumelu Foundation
TEF Program (2018)
The Tony Elumelu Foundation is the leading champion of entrepreneurship in Africa. With the objective to empowering women and men across the continent, catalyzing economic growth, driving poverty eradication and ensuring job creation. MEE Ltd was selected as one of the award-winning startups for the TEF program. The program provided us with startup enterprise tool kit (12-week training program), Online Mentorship, Online resource library, Seed Capital for the Sardine fishing industry business project and the TEF Alumni network.
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Exhibitions Attended
As a company we’ve participated in various exhibitions where we had the opportunity to showcase our skills and our successful projects.
Dar es salaam Energy Safari
Tanzania August (2015)
Our participation in the week-long program called the Dar es Salaam Energy Safari, which was an initiative by the Energy Change Lab, a Programme of HIVOS and IIED which aimed at better understanding Tanzania’s Energy challenges and how they can be met, bring bright and creative minds together in a community of innovation that lasts beyond the safari and lastly help develop collective problem-solving capabilities and skills in the field of energy.
SITF Swaziland International Trade Fair
Mbabane, Swaziland (2016)
Our participation in the week-long program called the Dar es Salaam Energy Safari, which was an initiative by the Energy Change Lab, a Programme of HIVOS and IIED which aimed at better understanding Tanzania’s Energy challenges and how they can be met, bring bright and creative minds together in a community of innovation that lasts beyond the safari and lastly help develop collective problem-solving capabilities and skills in the field of energy.
Renewable Energy Day
Njombe, Tanzania (2016)
Tanzania Renewable Energy Association (TAREA) had organized a renewable energy day that took place in Njombe, in order to increase the awareness of the end users on the potentials of renewable energy technologies in Tanzania. Furthermore, to provide a platform for renewable energy entrepreneurs advertising their services and to build partnerships with project developers. Our team was present at the event and exhibited on our products and services provided, also on behalf of our partners ECOLIBRI’ at the two-day event which was held on 11thand 12thNovember of 2016. www.tarea-tz.org, https://sites.google.com/site/tareatzevents/red2016.
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Conferences
In order to network, share and learn new ideas, Millennium Engineers loves to participate at various conferences worldwide. Here’s a few that we have attended:
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation Trustee meeting
Flint, Michigan USA (2016)
The Mott Foundation has the aim of supporting non-profit organisations that are working towards improving their hometown of Flint (Michigan, USA) and communities around world. The foundation funds projects that deal with civil society, environment, education entailing ideas which develop peoples’ welfare. https://www.mott.org/
Our company had the opportunity to work with the foundation, as we were invited as a guest speaker to the Trustee meeting. As an energy start-up company in Tanzania, we were able to enlighten the Trustees with the actual challenges young entrepreneurs and start-ups like ourselves face in the sector, elaborated the investment potential in the energy sector in Tanzania, business opportunities in the sector and finally what should be done to assist and sustain entrepreneurship in the sector.
Global Impact Acceleration Program
Helsinki, Finland November (2016)
The program brings impactful entrepreneurs from emerging markets to accelerate their business, attract additional financing and make even greater impact on their societies and beyond. The program includes online pre-event coaching and Helsinki boot camp program. As one of the two companies selected from Tanzania, we were able to make the most out of this opportunity by building a global network, learning from other entrepreneurs around the world and being inspired by some of the most powerful business people and impactful start-ups in the world.
Slush
Helsinki, Finland December (2016)
Slush event is an occasion made for entrepreneurs. The event is usually designed for industries and growing companies at all stages. Whether you are looking for investors, customers, media exposure or mentoring, Slush offered us a unique opportunity to showcase our company to a global audience and to the who’s who in the tech community. The event is focused on the next generation of world-conquering founders forward. The event can involve up to a total of 1,700 startups gathered at Slush (in one place!) to meet with investors, founders, executives, and the media. Our company was able to meet with fellow startups at a global level, create partnerships connections and importantly collecting new ideas by exchange of information. There were nearly 6,000 investor–startup meetings, most of which were pre- booked online.
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News Worthy Moments
The Citizen https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/magazines/sound-living/promoting-clean-energy-in-tanzania-2582422
“Diana S. Mbogo: Innovation + Entrepreneurship”
Funguo Tanzania
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYVSPEDh6gQ
Kutoka koroboi hadi taa za sola Ziwa Victoria
United Nations
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/sw/news/kutoka-koroboi-hadi-taa-za-sola-ziwa-victoria
2018 Top 25 of 50 Most Influential Tanzanians
http://tz.avancemedia.org/2018-2/
Tanzania Student Entrepreneur of the Year Visits Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program Michigan State University https://muslimstudies.isp.msu.edu/muslimstudies/news/?id=2977
Aljazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2019/11/26/how-are-women-changing-enterprise-across-africa
Yes, she can! A tale of two women transforming their local energy landscapes
Medium
https://medium.com/thebeammagazine/yes-she-can-a-tale-of-two-women-transforming-their-local-energy-landscapes-cc4800fea32
HIGH-LEVEL LUNCHEON ON BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN IN A CHANGING ENERGY VALUE CHAIN IN AFRICA
United Nations Environment Program–African Women Energy Entrepreneurs Framework (AWEEF)
http://aweef.theargeo.org/files/Luncheon%20report.pdf
Bongo5
https://bongo5.com/meet-the-tanzania-student-entrepreneur-of-the-year-02-2016/
Twiga Cement Awards Biodiversity Researchers
HabariLeo
https://habarileo.co.tz/habari/twiga-cement-awards-biodiversity-researchers.aspx#
Energy Safari Alumni Story: Diana Mbogo
Energy Change Lab
https://energychangelab.org/energy-safari-alumni-story-diana-mbogo-2/
Renewable Energy For Better Tommorow
Millennium Engineers, we are working to facilitate the present uses and protect the future with renewable energy that is environmental friendly and very affordable.