Congratulations to 2009 Winners


Winners for the 2009 contest announced by the Hon Pansy Wong in New Zealand's parliament were:


Winning Team


Team 45: Rice Husk Technology Solutions 

Colombia           Ana Cecilia Greiffenstein

Colombia           Daniel Jaramillo Velez

New Zealand     Stefan Hampker

Philippines        Michael Joantahn Biscocho

Philippines         Rozelle Anne Noriega

USA                   Jason Olaivar

USA                   Zaneta Owens


Winning Journal

Nigeria               Giwa Jelilat Romoke       Team 8


Te Kaihau Commitment Awards

Nkomejegusenga Dieudonne (Team 31)                  Rwanda

Shiva (full name suppressed for safety - Team 6)    Iran

Olaoye Oyinkansola Kofoworola (Team 20)              Nigeria

Jessica Smith (Team 31)                                          New Zealand

Harry Akbar Sutiono (Team 64)                                Singapore

Jemmifer Soto Cardona (Team 5)                            Colombia

Suraj Shrestha (Team 57)                                         Nepal

Alejandro Zapata (Team 5)                                      Colombia


For full details of the winners, highly commended, and stories of commitment, please see the archives section.


This year's topic was to develop a six page business concept proposal to develop a profitable product or service to foster socially and environmentally sustainable homes, villages or cities".


The contest was aimed at university students studying international business, peace studies, leadership, business communications, and development studies however it is open to anybody who seeks to develop their capacity to work globally in partnership with diverse peoples.  



The prize giving was held at Parliament in New Zealand on June 2.  Judges were the Hon Pansy Wong (NZ MInister of Ethnic Affairs), Ros Noonan (NZ Chief Humand Rights Commissioner) and Karen Fukofuka (Leader in development projects in the Pacific Islands)



Comments about the Global Enterprise Experience

Participants from all countries rate the Global Enterprise Experience as an exceptional learning experience, with comments such as:

This was the best learning experience I have received in all my years at university. (Vincent Tan, Filippino student studying in New Zealand)

This contest is not possible without the generous sponsorship from Victoria University of Wellington (www.vuw.ac.nz), HSBC (global banking, www.hsbc.com) and Te Kaihau Ltd (New Zealand innovation consultancy www.windeaters.co.nz).


For me ‘GEE’ shows how interconnected our globalised world is already and especially how the young generation can do so much to bring countries and people closer together. (Jonas Knipper Germany)
Wow! The last three weeks were exciting and I cannot believe that it is already over. (Teresa Chan, New Zealand)
For me GEE is an instrument to inspire future leaders (Jean Bosco Gakwandi, Rwanda)
I never realized that through this small competition, I could change a lot within myself. That I could find my own strong place in the crowd.” (Anil Prasain, Nepal)
“Now I understand the meaning of leader, understand the difficulty and happiness of dealing with people from different parts of the world, learning how to wait, how to forgive, how to accept the difference, how to put the right people in the right position, how to adjust to different people, and more importantly how to lead a team to the target, to be a leader. I actually like it!” (Chenjie, He, Chinese student studying in New Zealand)
This competition enriched my views on things, expanded my network of social circle, sharpened my knowledge of the world, and more importantly, granted me the opportunity to do a part for the world which I’ve always taken for granted.” (Law Yock Song, Singapore)
I really appreciated being a part of this huge international online competition which helps you to learn things you can’t learn at university – personal growth, human interaction and especially the international human interaction.“ (Katharina von Kracht, Germany)