TaQadam

TaQadam is a technology start-up which makes visual data AI ready. They offer on-demand image annotation using a mobile application and a team of agents trained on a growing number of use cases.

Sona Circle

Sona Circle is the world’s first networking and recruitment app that connects refugees with their immediate surroundings, local opportunities and each other. Formed as a response to the global refugee crisis, Sona Circle connects refugees with potential employers and each other; enabling them to share their skills and gain employment to support their livelihoods. Sona Circle also created Sona Translate as the world’s first translation services agency committed to creating employment and opportunities for refugees.

Skilllab

Skilllab is a social business developing technology-based solutions to empower the integration of refugees into local labour markets. Skilllab develops software technology that captures the employable skills of disadvantaged job seekers such as refugees and migrants and matches their skills to local labour markets. They are motivated by a belief that the dignity of independence through work is a fundamental right that functioning labour markets should provide.

ROAR for Good

ROAR for Good is a women-led and mission-driven technology company dedicated to creating safer workplaces for women and other at-risk populations. Founded by Yasmine Mustafa, a refugee from Kuwait in 2014, ROAR for Good is currently headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Their staff safety platform, AlwaysOn, protects staff no matter where they are. The patent-pending security solution is powered by fail-safe technology to empower employees to feel secure and connected.

Needslist

NeedsList is a global B2B marketplace connecting local non-profits working with displaced people with INGOs and corporate donors to create efficiency and transparency in the humanitarian aid system. We offer real-time information sharing and tracking tools to first responders from vetted charities and make this data available to the private sector in order to engage their communities in direct, measurable, authentic giving, to meet real needs for real people with their products, services and talent.

A.I. Forte

A.I. Forte is a Canadian social enterprise which seeks to develop telecommunication platforms as well as blockchain encrypted reference systems to be used by aid agencies, governments, and forcibly displaced people more broadly. The team comes with a wealth of experience in digital security, communications, and health technology. Prior to establishing A.I. Forte, the founding team was responsible for the design and implementation of Dubai Ports World’s supply chain application stack, ATF Health Canada’s security stack, as well as identity management solutions in the eHealth domain for a provincial government in Canada.

Sparrow

Sparrow was founded in 2014 by a group of social entrepreneurs determined to end digital poverty and connect people across the globe using the company’s product-as-impact model.