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Juan Carlos is an industrial engineer with an MSc in Project Management. He has several titles to his name, including: Alumnus of the Global Solutions Program at NASA Research Center of Singularity University; MIT Innovator Under 35 for Colombia; Fellow of the Inter-American Development Bank’s Demand Solutions Program for Social Business; Fellow of Georgetown University on its leadership program (GCL); Member of Global Shapers at Bogota’s Hub; Founder of AcuaCare, a company that makes waste water treatment using worms, and Chalet Andino, a sustainable boutique hotel. Juan Carlos has also received an honorable mention on agriculture by the U.S. Department of State's Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST).
Juan Carlos Guaqueta - Colombian, Latin America and the Caribbean
2017 Winner | | Colombian
I want to democratize knowledge on water, sanitation and agriculture (WSA) through an online educational platform that shares high quality content and provides online mentorships. The courses will teach practical knowledge in how to build WSA solutions, so anyone, anywhere, can built them with local materials and local workforce. The target market will be rural communities that are increasingly getting connected to the internet that lack of proper infrastructure on water, sanitation and agriculture on developing countries (by 2020 will be 4 billion additional internet users) and will be based in a freemium model.
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