Challenges

Here is an overview of all challenges that have been tackled as part of the lab of tomorrow programme, as well as the different thematic areas, business opportunities and venues that have been created.

Challenge in Spotlight

Take a glance at our most recent lab of tomorrow business opportunities.

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e-commerce | western-balkans

Improving cross-border e-Commerce services in the Western Balkans

How might we make cross-border delivery services more reliable, faster, cheaper and climate-friendly for businesses and consumers?

Currently running and completed challenges

Each lab of tomorrow programme aims to solve local development challenges through private sector engagement. Learn more about the challenges that have already been successfully solved or are still in progress.

running
delivery | e-commerce | sustainability
Greening and advancing e-commerce in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Rwanda
running
e-commerce | western-balkans
Improving cross-border e-Commerce services in the Western Balkans
completed
energy-efficiency | renewable-energy | tunisia
Energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in Tunisia
running
circulareconomy | kosovo | wastemanagement
From waste management to circular economy in Kosovo
completed
egypt | packaging | sustainability
Innovative and sustainable packaging for food processing industries in Egypt
completed
e-commerce | nigeria | transport
Intercity and last-mile transport services for people and goods in Nigeria
completed
biodiversity | namibia | tourism
Biodiversity pays off digitally in Namibia
completed
biogenic-waste | serbia | wastemanagement
Utilisation of biogenic waste in Serbia
completed
circular-food-system | rwanda
Towards a circular food system in Rwanda
completed
food-loss-reduction | western-kenya
Cooled transport to reduce food losses in Kenya
completed
ecommerce | south-eastern-europe | trust
Increasing trust in eCommerce in South-Eastern Europe
completed
ghana | ncds | prevention
Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Ghana
completed
agri-food-industry | industry-4-0 | tunisia
Industry 4.0 solutions in Tunisian agri-food industries
completed
clean-energy | mexico | solar-pv
Connecting distributed solar PV projects to the Clean Energy Certificate market in Mexico
completed
plastic-waste | thailand
Decreasing plastic waste in Thailand
completed
egypt | tourism
More and better skilled staff for the Egyptian tourism sector
completed
energy | uganda
Access to affordable and reliable energy in Uganda
completed
kenya | ncds | prevention
Prevention and control of non-communicable diseases in Kenya
completed
cambodia | labour-inspections
Sustainable garment production in Cambodia through effective labour inspections
completed
access | diagnostics | kenya | medicines
Access to medicines and diagnostics in Kenya

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