Green Coins, a technology-driven business was one of the 8 tourism enterprises in the ICIMOD Tourovation Hub. Oftentimes, businesses are categorized on the basis of what they have to offer directly in products and services and not the socio-environmental impact hidden behind it. The incubation journey with Green Coins was a unique experience for the company and the incubation team to explore the bigger picture of integrating technology to create a sustainable and resilient tourism ecosystem in Nepal.
Green Coins offers an exciting mobile application called ‘Walkman’ for users to earn green coins by walking. You could be walking or cycling to your local shop, school, work, park or trekking in the Himalayas and be rewarded with Green Coins that can be redeemed in the market. Green Coins is more than just earning virtual coins that can be exchanged for goods and services, it is a wholesome experience for users to keep themselves fit, reduce their individual carbon footprint and make conscious everyday choices. Walking is no doubt a cleaner alternative to taking a bus, car or motorbike that uses Internal Combustion Engine (ICE), but the application also aims to promote any means of transport or innovative solutions such as a ride-sharing app that provides a better and cleaner alternative. They look forward to partnering with companies who can provide sustainable mobility options in exchange for green coins.
Following are some of the awards and recoknization received during the startup life.
First Runner up in the Climate LaunchPad Nepal and Top 11 in the Climate LaunchPad South Asia.
PArticipated in The Belt and Road Entrepreneurial Stories, China being selected as Top 20 Entrepreneurs from Nepal.
Selected in the Top 5 Best Startup Award in 2019 ICT Award
The most hardest change is the behavioural change. These group of young men are working hard to encourage Nepalese to bring this small change in their daily habits through this application.
In addition to the Walkman App, other systems were also developed to support the Startup.
We asked them about the hardest challenge that they had faced during their startup journey in which Sushant Chalise, another co-founder of Walkman replied that the hardest part was to figure out what would make the people encourage to download and use this app. As there are many applications on the market and various ways those applications are grabbing the attention of the people. We had hard time coming up with the idea which would excite the people.
I had the experience to network with beautiful minds and left the company on 2022.
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