KIWOKO is National Company of the Year 2025!

What started as a simple idea in the classroom became an entrepreneurial success: the mini-enterprise KIWOKO was named "National Company of the Year 2025" as part of the National Final of the Company Programme.

With their concept, the team was able to convince both the jury and the audience in the hall of Zurich Main Station. For two days, the top 25 mini-enterprises in Switzerland presented their products, presented their business ideas and held discussions with experts. The goal was to take home the national title and secure a place in the European Final (Gen-E).

KIWOKO will now represent Switzerland at the European Final Gen-E in Athens (Greece) in July.

In addition to the main prize and the official ranking, further awards were given by selected partners:

Podest:

Company of the Year 2025 | KIWOKO | Alte Kantonsschule Aarau (Kantonsschule)

2nd Place | KonfiGnuss | Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus Brig

3rd Place | ShamPure | Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus Brig

Awards:

Best Brand Award
ShamPure | Kollegium Spiritus Sanctus Brig

Best Presentation Award
UpDemin | Scuola Cantonale di Commercio

Best Vocational Education Team Award
UpDenim | Scuola Cantonale di Commercio

Accenture x YES Alumni Moonshot Award
KIWOKO | Alte Kantonsschule Aarau (Kantonsschule)

The Entrepreneurial School Award
Kantonsschule Alpenquai Luzern

Teacher of the Year Award
Laurent Gemelli | Gymnase d’Yverdon

YES Media Award
PLANET PASTA | Gymnasium Biel-Seeland

Swiss Prime Site Best Marketing & Sales Award
KIWOKO | Alte Kantonsschule Aarau (Kantonsschule)

UBS Innovation Award
necessity + | Stiftsschule Einsiedeln

Coop Nachhaltigkeitsaward
necessity + | Stiftsschule Einsiedeln

IGE IPI Management Award
KIWOKO | Alte Kantonsschule Aarau (Kantonsschule)

Special thanks to the members of the main jury for their time and expertise, as well as the YES team and the YES Alumni, who made the preparation and implementation of the event possible with their commitment.

Many thanks go also to all partners who support the Company Programme: UBS, Accenture, Coop, Weischer.Cinema, Manpower, Swiss Prime Site, SHINING Film, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property, ZHdK Cast / Audiovisual Media, Fondation Gossweiler, BEKB.