PH Represented in Young Sustainable Impact Global Innovation Program 2019

PHOTO: Filipino inventor Earl Anthony Pagatpat (left) is developing a mobile app that would help Filipino farmers increase their yield throughout the year. Through the Young Sustainable Impact (YSI) Global Innovation Program, Mr. Pagatpat hopes to pitch his startup to different companies and organizations in Norway.

The Filipino is among the 27 applicants meticulously selected by YSI, out of the more than 12,500 applications it received from over 178 nations. He is a 2017 MBA graduate of the Asian Institute of Management.

YSI is a global non-profit organization that brings together young talents and startup companies from all over the world to create and implement actual solutions to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations through entrepreneurship.

YSI Global Innovation Program Filipino participant Earl Anthony Pagatpat with Philippine Embassy in Oslo Deputy Chief of Mission Mariel Algabre (right )on 12 August 2019. (Oslo PE photo)

For more information, visit https://www.oslope.dfa.gov.ph or https://www.facebook.com/PHinNorway/.