 Okay, the ladies are two beautiful ladies who are still students but are making it their winners of the heart prize. And I've also been able to start up a business that is doing well. Without further ado, I'll let them introduce themselves and tell us what they do and what they are all about. Welcome! Karibuni Sanna, we will start with you! Thank you so much for having us. My name is Abby Chabeth. I'm a Sinana student at Multimedia University of Kenya. I'm pursuing become a CPA majoring in finance and at Vardismad I'm the co-founder and in charge of finance. Okay, thank you. Patricia Mativo, our fourth year student at Maltweeder University of Kenya. I'm taking bachelor's degree in analytical chemistry. I'm the campus director for Hall Prize where Vardismad got to participate. Well, I'm also part of Vardismad somewhere. So before we even get to Vardismad, maybe you can explain to us some of us who don't know what the Hall Prize is. Maybe you can explain to us what it is. Okay, so Hall Prize is a global community that gives students an opportunity to become or think like entrepreneurs. So Hall Prize has four cycles. The on campus level, the regionals or the impact summit, then the club accelerator and finally they are wedding and ceremony where we get the top winner of all the Hall Prize globally. So on campus level that's where Vardismad started. We have campus directors from each university and my core duties are to look for teams, look for, first I have to organize a committee to help me pick the teams, to look for partners and sponsors to ensure that we have mentoring sessions, just to ensure that these students start thinking like entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs in that manner. Also Bill Clinton is part of the Hall Prize. It's a very big global community over 300,000 students participate in over 121 countries. And for how long have you been a campus director? Okay, so I was elected last year. I went through an interview. I applied then I went through an interview and won the interview. So it's been one year. Actually my term should end right now when I'm speaking. Yes, but thankfully there's another level after campus director which I'm applying, let me say. So what happens after you've chosen the teams? Are these teams already existing? Are they teams that are born when you guys send out the invitations? No, so it depends. We have teams, for various it has been there three years, let me say. Then we have other teams who first year of the Hall Prize. We have first years who are just fresh from the high school. So when they hear of Hall Prize, they're like, okay, I want to be part of this community. I want to have a start up. So it's both the ones which have been existing and those who would wish to exist. And they're guided by a theme. Okay, and what can you say do the winners or the students who participate in this gain at the end of the competition? Okay, so after winning don't come past level you go to the regionals or the impact summits. Where again my team here is one, the regionals in Malaysia. Then they have to go through the whole cycle until the global accelerator. We have the digital and the physical which happens in the UK. And the top six are picked from the accelerator participants. Then the winner overall get $1 million, that's $100 million. And is there any form of mentorship on how the money will be, on how they can use the money. It all stops on winning. Like do you guys follow up your teams, the winners and know how their businesses are running? Oh yeah, so during the digital accelerator that taught all of this. Right, they are brought in very prominent people. Let's say big people who know exactly what startups are and how they should. So they are first mentored, trained, coached, all that. And also after winning the million USD they still follow up. So maybe Abhi you can tell us your experience in the competition so far. Okay, the competition for the health prize in multimedia university first. Of course we had like several teams and then we won. And something that I have realized at the cost of all these journeys that like with time you get to improve. The kind of idea that we pitched in our own campus competition. We made it better for the regionals. And we are definitely making it better for the accelerator because you get to learn, you get to see how other people are pitching, you get to be trained on how to effectively pitch your idea out here. And so with time you improve with all that. So for the regionals we had like over 70 teams from all over the world. Majority actually being Asian countries. Like those people who are so aggressive and everything. But out of the 70 teams we first competed and then they picked the first 16 where we were the best. And then out of the 16 you pitched lead and then the winner is declared. And then we happened to be the winner again. So we are now proceeding to the... We already own the digital accelerator and goodwill in end of July will be headed to the UK. Okay, maybe you can tell us something small about Wadi Smartt how it started, where the idea was born. Okay, Wadi Smartt is a startup company. We are all students of Multimedia University. So basically what Wadi Smartt does is we have Wadi's app which you can access it through Play Store which help consumers identify counterfeit products in the market. Helps consumers to like outline their preferences and everything so that by the time they come back shopping it's going to be easier for them to identify what exactly they want because sometimes you get to a supermarket the same product with like a thousand and one brands you wonder now which one is going to be legit which one is good for me and maybe have underlying conditions like such kind of thing. So the app helps you to identify and to form a circular economy we have a Smartt recycling bin. So a Smartt recycling bin uses AI intelligence where you scan through the same app you get a unique QR code for yourself you scan on the bin and then the bin opens when you drop your litter it actually takes an image of what you have dropped so it separates whether it's plastic or non plastic it can separate over a million types of plastic so after when you drop it and then you earn the points so basically you earn points that you can redeem for cash discounts or discounts on products. And when did you start this venture? We started it in 2019 but we had the first prototype which was a small one and then with time we have improved and actually currently piloting our first bin in Kokakwala thanks to the partnership where the workers of Kokakwala which stands right now over 1200 are using the Smartt bin and then they are giving the cash out of their kijani coins kijani coins are the points that you earn when you drop your litter they redeem it for a snack at the cafeteria and then with time they are going to be awarded which has depending on who has the highest points so what they do because the company has regulated plastic within the company so workers come with their plastics from home and then they come and deposit so and trying that is recycling plastic So when I... Okay let me understand So this is a bin, a dustbin right? So I have to scan? Ya you have the app the same app that is helping you with the preferences the same app that is helping you with Ya that gives you a unique QR coin So I scan with my phone or whatever Ya with your phone then they bin opens then you drop your waste there then it's separated Ya it has two partitions so it takes a picture of what you have dropped and then it identifies whether it's plastic or not plastic and then it puts it on the plastic side and then you un-pun Okay and what is because this is a really bright idea I have never thought of it like that meaning to talk or shatakataka in you So what motivated you or what inspired you to venture into this type of business The first one is we have so much plastic which is affecting like the funds it's affecting the farmer it's affecting the people who are fishing in the ocean it's literally affecting everyone this plastic pollution your roads every time they've been constructed like at the end of the day it has to affect you because it's non biodegradable so we saw that instead of just having it to look at we create a solution for this problem and at the same time be able to help ourselves creating a secular economy because most of the time actually when we're having like this environmental conservation talks and conferences we only talk of secular economy but no one actually stops and decides you know what, let's put this into action and how has it been accepted by people since you started that is Okay something that helps us of course we have our founder is Eric Munehme we have practitioner we have like a whole team so basically it's not we didn't identify ourselves as just friends everyone comes with their own skills and what they are good at which has been something that's helping us because we have really good marketers we have Lilian who is in charge of our publicity and I think she's done a really good work of course all of us backing her up and everything so with that like you have to identify brands where you want to work with them creating solutions because at the moment we decided let's start fast with Coca Cola because as it stands in Kenya they are the biggest contributions of plastic waste because of their various brands and then their packaging we don't get back to the company for recycling so we are like let's decide with this because it's a major contributor and then with time they will of course have been live all over the country and then we'll have also other brands coming up and soon it will be next to you apartment or something and to you Patricia because you said that you're part of a dismant what are some of the positive things that you've seen since you guys started this company in Pakasai well so one thing she didn't mention is how we found first Vadi Smart I love the environment say I'm an environmentalist so I met with Eric we had this project of collecting plastic bottles according to people's age from my club that's the environment club so first it was passion that we needed to be part of this community that stops plastic pollution so it has really helped with controlling the plastic pollution also in another way it benefits it sort of motivates people to litter responsibly because they know that when they use the smart bin they get the points which can be redeemed for either you buy say Coca-Cola or you go to a market and buy something such as vegetables and as we wind up maybe you can explain to us where you guys see yourself in the next few years or even after winning this prize because I am praying that you guys win it thank you man actually this sounds very beginning because we hope to get to other parts of Africa and even across the world because we're looking to having a branch of a startup in Rwanda already with the same company and actually got into the normal mananchi out there in the village for them to drip their worst and not only focus on the on the company's part so that everyone is going to access and at the end of it we're going to have a circular economy and just ensure that there are no counterfeit products in the market okay parting short for your viewers someone who wants to start up a business what would you tell them oh okay so through our prize I've learnt that actually no idea is useless like every idea has has an impact it depends if let's say you can start with just hoping one person still that's something then let's in the next few years to come you can help people in your community doesn't have to necessarily start with helping the whole of Kenya or the whole world but as long as you start by solving a simple problem then maybe you can share your social media handle so that people can find you if there's voting where they can vote for you so on Facebook BadiSmart Global on Instagram BadiSmart Global Twitter BadiSmart Global our website is www.BadiSmart.co.ke okay thank you so much thank you for joining us thank you for sharing your ideas with us and we pray that you win so that was Patricia and Abhi from BadiSmart and we're going for a short break but we'll be right back don't forget to follow us on all our social media platforms at Y254 channel