ADVANCING YOUTH-LED INNOVATION THROUGH CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION IN BANGLADESH
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Impact Partners

Jun 26, 2025

To advance private sector engagement with youth-led innovation, Orange Corners Bangladesh , an initiative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and implemented by SAJIDA Foundation, YY Ventures, and Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC), organised “Ecosystem in Action: Powering Future Builders” in collaboration with Unilever Bangladesh.

The event featured a fireside discussion with Kamal Quadir (Founder & CEO, bKash Limited) and Zaved Akhtar (Chairman & MD, Unilever Bangladesh), moderated by Sarah Iqbal, Head of Impact Partners at SAJIDA Foundation. Remarks from Lutfey Siddiqi, Special Envoy on International Affairs to the Chief Adviser, and H.E. Andre Carstens, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, reinforced the importance of cross-sector collaboration in building an inclusive entrepreneurial future.

A key feature of the event was the Trailblazer Gallery, which spotlighted five ventures supported by Orange Corners Bangladesh: BD Recycle Technologies, Drip Irrigation BD, Polka Flex, Aqualink Bangladesh, and Watt Motors—offering bold solutions across climate resilience, agri-tech, circular economy, and green mobility.

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