The 2007 Laureates

Laureate for Africa
Lucie Avoaka, project Santa Maria Medical Centre (Côte d’Ivoire), healthcare provider in the underprivileged region of Abobo.
For the pragmatic approach of the Center and its ambition to include low-income patients while building a sustainable business.

 Laureates for Asia
Nandini Pandhi and Yasmina McCarty, project GreenMango (India), a mobile phone and internet-based virtual marketplace for low-income entrepreneurs and their customers in developing countries.
For Green Mango’s innovative social networking concept and its high growth potential.

 Laureate for Europe
Bettina Götzenberger, project LOmasLEGAL (Spain), low-cost legal services available from high-street stores, over the phone, and via internet.
For successfully applying the low-cost concept to an important social awareness mission.

 Laureate for Latin America
Antonia Sanin, project The Globe (Colombia), day-care center for children aged 3 to 6 which offers educational products and services developed from the experiences learned at the centre (workshops, manuals, blog…).
For the educational mission of the Globe and the creativity of its multimedia products.

 Laureate for North America
Angel Chang, project Angel Chang LLC (USA), luxury apparel with “performance” elements and functional designs: special stain-proof, wrinkle-free and odor-free material, color-changing silkscreen prints, 3-D optical illusion prints, fiber optics etc.
For the futuristic approach of the line, the understanding of women’s changing needs.