Innovative Business Ideas for University Students Aligned

with the SDGs

SDG Goal Business Idea Description Impact
Develop a platform Empowers young
connecting young people to start
Microfinance
Promote entrepreneurs in businesses,
Platform for
1: No Poverty Economic developing economies alleviating poverty
Youth
Opportunity with microloans and and fostering
Entrepreneurs
financial literacy economic
training. development.
Create a platform
Provides youth with
connecting
Skills skills and income
underprivileged youth
Bridge the Development & generation
1: No Poverty with online learning
Skills Gap Freelancing opportunities,
resources and
Platform contributing to
freelance work
poverty reduction.
opportunities.
Design an app that
uses AI to analyze Increases agricultural
AI-powered farm data and efficiency and food
Optimize Food
2: Zero Hunger Precision recommend optimal production,
Production
Agriculture App planting, irrigation, contributing to food
and fertilizer usage for security.
maximizing yield.
Design and
manufacture Promotes local food
Vertical affordable vertical production, reduces
Local Food Farming Kits farming kits that reliance on imports,
2: Zero Hunger
Production for Schools & schools and and fosters
Communities communities can use community self-
to grow their own sufficiency.
food.
Build a chatbot that
Increases access to
provides emotional
Mental Health mental health
3: Good Health Mental Health support, resources,
Chatbots with support, particularly
and Well-being Support and connects users
AI Integration in areas with limited
with mental health
resources.
professionals.
Develop a platform
that connects rural
Telehealth Improves access to
Telehealth for communities with
3: Good Health Platform for healthcare services
Rural medical professionals
and Well-being Rural for underserved rural
Communities for remote
Communities populations.
consultations and
health education.
4: Quality Bridge the Interactive Create engaging and Provides access to
Education Education Gap Learning Apps culturally relevant quality education and
 learning apps that
promotes learning
cater to the needs of
opportunities for
for Underserved children in
children in
Communities underserved areas
disadvantaged
with limited access to
communities.
education.
Develop a platform
Encourages language
Gamified that gamifies language
Gamified learning and
4: Quality Language learning, making it
Language facilitates
Education Learning more fun and
Learning communication
Platforms accessible for a global
across cultures.
audience.
Empowers women,
Provide online and
promotes gender
Skills Training offline skills training
Empower equality in the
5: Gender & Mentorship programs and
Women business world, and
Equality Programs for mentorship
Entrepreneurs fosters female
Women opportunities for
economic
women entrepreneurs.
participation.
Create a platform
connecting women in Supports women in
Support Platforms for STEM fields, STEM fields,
5: Gender
Women in Women in facilitating knowledge promotes gender
Equality
STEM STEM Fields sharing, collaboration, parity in science and
and career technology sectors.
opportunities.
Design and
manufacture
Improves access to
affordable water
Affordable Low-Cost Water clean water,
6: Clean Water purification systems
Water Purification promotes sanitation,
and Sanitation for households or
Solutions Systems and reduces
communities lacking
waterborne diseases.
access to clean
drinking water.
Develop an AI-based
Conserves water
AI-powered system that analyzes
resources, promotes
6: Clean Water Smart Leak Leak Detection data to detect water
water efficiency in
and Sanitation Detection Systems for leaks in municipal
urban areas, and
Water Utilities pipelines, minimizing
reduces water loss.
water waste.
Design and
Increases access to
manufacture
clean energy, reduces
Portable Solar affordable, portable
7: Affordable reliance on fossil
Renewable Chargers for solar chargers that
and Clean fuels, and promotes
Energy Access Rural provide communities
Energy sustainable
Communities with access to clean
development in rural
electricity in remote
communities.
areas.
7: Affordable Smart Energy Smart Grid Develop a system that Reduces energy
 utilizes AI and data
Management analysis to optimize consumption,
and Clean Systems for energy use within promotes sustainable
Management
Energy Businesses & homes or businesses, energy use, and
Homes promoting energy lowers energy costs.
efficiency.
Create online or in- Equips individuals
person programs that with skills for green
8: Decent train individuals for jobs, promotes
Green Jobs
Work and Green Jobs jobs in the green sustainable
Training
Economic Training economy, such as development, and
Platforms
Growth renewable energy or creates new
sustainable employment
agriculture. opportunities.
Develop a tool that Enables individuals
analyzes the job to adapt to a
8: Decent
AI-powered market and identifies changing job market,
Work and Bridge the
Skills Gap skills gaps to help improves
Economic Skills Gap
Analysis Tools individuals upskill or employability, and
Growth
reskill for in-demand promotes economic
jobs. mobility.
Research and develop
innovative building Promotes sustainable
Sustainable
9: Industry, materials that are eco- construction
Sustainable Building
Innovation and friendly, durable, and practices, reduces
Construction Materials
Infrastructure cost-effective for environmental impact
Development
sustainable of buildings, and
construction.