Accelerating Green Innovation through Youth Entrepreneurship (AGIYE) 2.0
Empowering the next generation of eco-innovators with sustainable frameworks, mentorship networks, and key regional venture capital infrastructure.
Accelerating Green Innovation through Youth Entrepreneurship (AGIYE) 2.0 is the second version of the ‘green’ acceleration programme of BYEI that seeks to support green business ideas to benefit people in climate-vulnerable communities. AGIYE aspires to transform Bangladesh’s grassroots economy into a circular and zero-waste production system for meeting low-income consumers’ necessities (food, housing, sanitation, and health etc.). In the process, build a stronger grassroots economy, climate resilience, nutritional security, and conservation of nature and biodiversity.
With funding and advisory support from the British Council and implementation support from ActionAid Bangladesh, AGIYE 2.0 is looking for innovative business ideas that offer low-cost, community-driven, and scalable solutions for low-income populations in climate-vulnerable areas of Bangladesh. The winning ideas will receive catalytic funds and business development support to connect with technical support providers.
Focus Areas
In AGIYE 2.0, we are primarily looking for ideas or piloting stage business that focus on the following four areas:
Agro-ecology inputs and technology
Zero-waste sustainable materials in construction, packaging, electronics, etc.
Green Service Innovation (organic gardening service, eco-tourism, environmental training, etc.)
Green Business Aggregation models such as small retail with cooperatives of farmers on native crops, poultry, livestock, trees, nuts, oilseeds, etc.
Guiding Principles for Ideas
Climate sensitive
The business idea must benefit people who are on the frontlines of climatic impacts
Innovative
The business idea must have unique features, either in the business model, product, service or structure of collective cooperatives.
Ecologically sustainable
The Business idea must have a positive environmental impact, reduce pollution, strengthen climate resilience, or conserve biodiversity.
Scientifically proven
The business ideas must have tested the scientific foundation of the technology (if applicable) or must have proven business models consistent with the respective community's socio-economic culture.