Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. When we last met Salima Visram about a year ago, she had just ...

Salima Visram is the 23-year-old entrepreneur behind the Soular, a backpack company equipped with solar panels, which allow children who don’t have access to electricity in rural parts of Africa to ...

We have seen a wide range of solar devices here on Geeky Gadgets that are designed to keep all your gadgets juiced up, from jackets to backpacks. The latest one looks like something you might actually ...

Born on the outskirts of Mombasa, Kenya, Salima Visram saw thousands around her living in poverty. "Being exposed to that made me realize it's my responsibility to use my education to benefit the ...

Twenty two-year old social entrepreneur Salima Visram has received an additional $21,500 (Sh2.19 million) to finance her Soular Backpack venture which focuses on promoting education in areas that lack ...

A crowdfunded solar-powered backpack project is aiming to give millions of impoverished children the ability to study at night by letting them control their own power supplies. The brainchild of ...

Soular Backpack is partnering with Disney for the Sept. 30 release of The Queen of Katwe, which is about a poor girl in Uganda who becomes a chess star despite having access only to lighting from ...

According to Salima Visram, 1.3 billion people around the world rely on kerosene lamps as their only source of light — a dangerous method that results in entire villages and communities being burned ...

Salima Visram is currently a student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. Along with her studies in International Development, the 22 year-old is busy crowd-funding for her Soular Backpack. Born ...