Felipe Vila: Increasing Access to Fair Credit and Financial Products

Oct 09, 2023 Posted by: Shikha Tandon Colombia,  Felipe Vila,  SDG 10,  SDG 11,  SDG 8,  SDG 9

Felipe: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! In Latin America, retail is 62% hyper local. 50 million families rely on their independent shops to survive. However, they have no bank account, business license, or bookkeeping. This makes them invisible to the financial system, and blocks them from accessing fair credit and financial products. They are forced to borrow from loan sharks, risk fraud in payments, and loss of margins. At Bolsiyo, we’re committed to make shops visible via our cash register app. With minimal effort, shops are able to keep detailed accounts of their operation, access payments, deposits, and soon credit products. This means they have the base level tools to become more efficient in a way that works for them, with all the fair financial tools at their disposal. 

Luisa Velez: A Platform For Easier Management of Learning Diversity and Inclusion

May 18, 2022 Posted by: Anushree Nande Colombia,  Luisa Velez,  SDG 4

Luisa: It’s great to meet you too, Spiffy, thanks for having me! To answer your question, teaching a classroom where all students have different motivations, emotional backgrounds, abilities, difficulties, or disabilities, is not an easy task. We built Skalo, a platform for teachers to ease the management of this learning diversity by customizing and monitoring strategies and accommodations for students that are facing learning barriers and that learn at a different pace. With Skalo, teachers for grades Pre-K to 12 teach each student in the way they learn according to their needs and monitor their progress to get useful data for pedagogical decisions about learning barriers based on evidence. It provides a customized plan with accommodations for instruction, interaction, and evaluation for each student.

Julio Corredor: A Data Platform Designed to Improve Businesses and the Environment

Dec 16, 2020 Posted by: Jill Jha Colombia,  Julio Corredor,  SDG13

Julio: Hi Spiffy, it’s great to be with you. So, a confluence of factors are driving businesses to operate more sustainably, and at the same time, the sustainability world has become complex and fragmented. Zooterra is a sustainability data intelligence platform that was created to help businesses navigate this ever-changing world. Specifically, we help companies save time and make smarter decisions. Our mission is to organize the world's sustainability data to drive sustainable organizations and protect our planet.