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6/30/25, 3:32 PM Manipal Academy of Higher Education Dubai students win Green Entrepreneurship Program for start-up tackling UAE’s $3.5B food …

Manipal Academy of Higher Education

Dubai students win Green

Entrepreneurship Program for start-up

tackling UAE’s $3.5B food waste crisis

Posted on June 26, 2025 UTC 0
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DUBAI: In a powerful display of youth-led climate action, students from the Manipal

Environmental and Climate Society (MECS) at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
Dubai were named champions at the Green Entrepreneurship Program, hosted by Ajman
University at the Ajman Youth Hub.

Their winning initiative, LoopBite, is a community-driven circular economy platform designed to

address the UAE’s mounting food waste challenge, where over 3.2 million tonnes of food are
wasted annually, costing the economy nearly $3.5 billion. The platform enables households,

farms, and businesses to turn food scraps into compost via smart waste collection systems,
while incentivising behaviour change through a gamified rewards app. The team was awarded

AED 5,000 as a prize and is now entering the incubation phase, where investors will be
involved. Ajman University will guide them through this process, providing ongoing mentorship
and technical support, alongside guidance from key industry stakeholders, as they scale their

impact. The team has already established partnerships with key government bodies supporting
the initiative.

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