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Maji Mamas: Women Building Scaleable Water BusinessesUPDATED JUL 2020
A social startup studio founding enterprises with women to develop, test, and bring water and sanitation solutions to market.
FOCUS AREAS
Entrepreneurship, Gender, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and 3 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya
TO DATE$269,760 Funds Raised
JikoRahaUPDATED JUL 2020
Jiko Raha an innovative stove enabls households have safe drinking water free of disease causing micro-organisms and reduced vulnerability to COVID-19
FOCUS AREAS
Clean Cooking, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Climate Change and Resilience and 3 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Rwanda, Kenya
TO DATE$228,750 Funds Raised
Broad Class - Listen to LearnUPDATED JUL 2020
An Interactive Radio Instruction program that provides lessons and teacher training. It reaches the poorest and remotest schools with interactive life skills and Literacy. Measurable gains have been gained in quality, equity and inclusiveness.
FOCUS AREAS
Citizen Participation, Gender Equity, Leadership Development and 12 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Pakistan
TO DATE$1,552,588 Funds Raised
IgnitiaUPDATED JUN 2020
Revolutionary Tropical Weather Forecasts providing highly accurate weather forecasts to small scale farmers in West Africa.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Data/Analytics, Digital Inclusion & Connectivity and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana and 4 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$591,968 Funds Raised
Agriworks UgandaUPDATED MAY 2020
Irrigation For Hire for African Smallholders
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Technology, Agriculture and 2 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$142,516 Funds Raised
doctHERsUPDATED MAY 2020
Leverage Technology to Connect Women & Improve Health (SDG 3), Promote Gender Equality (SDG 5), Provide dignified work (SDG 8), Reduce inequalities (SDG 10) and Coordinate sustainable partnerships for the SDG goals (SDG 17)
FOCUS AREAS
Digital Inclusion & Connectivity, Entrepreneurship, Gender Equity and 17 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
United States, Mexico, Pakistan
TO DATE$1,339,950 Funds Raised
LAWIN Forest and Biodiversity Protection SystemUPDATED APR 2020
FOCUS AREAS
Biodiversity, Digital Development, Environment and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Philippines
Remote App Store Based Adaptive Learning Platform for COVID-19 ResponseUPDATED APR 2020
Mobile App Store Based Adaptive Learning Platform that provides children with dynamically tailored content suitable to their individual learning level. Runs on inexpensive tablets or any parent's phone to enable self learning at each student's pace when they can't go to school.
FOCUS AREAS
Basic Education, Curriculum, Non-formal Education (OOS/ALP) and 12 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
India, Nepal
TO DATE$1,680,000 Funds Raised
JokkoSantéUPDATED APR 2020
JokkoSanté is a Health-focused digital payments platform. We give Health Campaigns funders and managers an unique tool to improve their impact with online transactions, third-party targeted payments, traceability, transparent billing, automated awareness text messages, etc.
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Humanitarian Assistance, Social & Micro Finance and 7 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Senegal
We Love ReadingUPDATED OCT 2019
We Love Reading is a grassroots community-based program fostering in children a love for reading. We have developed a simple solution flexible to fit within any context through community read-aloud sessions.
FOCUS AREAS
Entrepreneurship, Refugees, Social and Behavior Change and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Azerbaijan, Egypt, Germany and 50 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$2,185,313 Funds Raised
ayzhUPDATED SEP 2019
Manufacturing and distributing low-cost, high-quality women’s health products designed for low-resource settings targeting reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCH+A).
FOCUS AREAS
Gender Equity, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, Menstrual Hygiene
IMPLEMENTED IN
India, Kenya
TO DATE$1,240,019 Funds Raised
BioLite HomeStoveUPDATED JUL 2019
A fan-assisted biomass stove that burns wood like gas, turns fire into electricity, and reduces smoke emissions by 90% and fuel consumption by 50% compared to traditional open-fire cooking.
FOCUS AREAS
Economic Empowerment, Lighting, Post Harvest and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
India, Ghana, Uganda and 1 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$1,000,000 Funds Raised
Can't Wait to LearnUPDATED MAY 2019
Custom-made digital game-based learning to bridge the education gap for conflict-affected children
FOCUS AREAS
Basic Education, Inclusive Education, Digital Development and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Lebanon, Jordan, Uganda and 1 moreSEE ALL
SweetSense Remote Water Monitoring Platform For Improved Water Service Delivery, Accountability, and HealthUPDATED MAY 2019
SweetSense Inc. creates Internet of Things (IOT) solutions to improve the quality and value of water, sanitation, and energy services in emerging markets.
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Agriculture and 11 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda
TO DATE$974,000 Funds Raised
Lumkani Fire DetectionUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Architecture, Design, Construction, GIS/Mapping, Housing and Infrastructure and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Namibia, South Africa
Paper Airplanes-Language and Skills Accessibility for RefugeesUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Digital Development, Education, Public-Private Partnerships and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
United States, Algeria, Belgium and 7 moreSEE ALL
PetaBencana.idUPDATED MAY 2019
PetaBencana.id is a free web-based platform that produces megacity-scale visualizations of disasters in Indonesia using both crowdsourced reporting & government agency validations in real time. By democratizing decision support, the platform increases the safety and resilience of cities through greater inclusivity.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Crowdsourcing and Open Source, Disaster Risk Reduction and 10 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Indonesia
TO DATE$784,200 Funds Raised
Women Originated Media Entrepreurship Network (WOMEN)UPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Communications and Media, Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Digital Development and 15 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ukraine
Missing MapsUPDATED MAY 2019
crowdsourcing digital map creation
FOCUS AREAS
Ageing, Basic Education, Child Protection and 48 moreSEE ALL
Farmer Query SystemUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Cultivation & Tools, Data/Analytics, Digital Development and 13 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Bangladesh
Using UAVs to Map, Monitor and Protect Indigenous TerritoriesUPDATED MAY 2019
UAVs are a low-cost, powerful and effective tool for indigenous communities to map, monitor, and protect their territories. UAVs help collect important data and are an alternative to satellite images for precise photogrammetry and 2D and 3D mapping.
FOCUS AREAS
Forestry, Land Tenure, GIS/Mapping and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Peru, Panama, Guatemala
A roof A skill and A market for WomenUPDATED MAY 2019
Providing a roof, A skill & A market to end Housing Poverty in Africa & take a slice of Africa’s Urban $155 Billion Housing market
FOCUS AREAS
Economic Empowerment, Finance, Housing and Infrastructure
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
Zelij InventUPDATED MAY 2019
Zelij Invent is a greentech solution that transform plastic waste into sustainable construction materials.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Housing and Infrastructure, Waste Management and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Morocco
TO DATE$100,000 Funds Raised
DIYlawUPDATED MAY 2019
We are the one-stop hub for all things legal in Africa.
We create access to legal and business support services, service providers & information for African entrepreneurs.
FOCUS AREAS
Entrepreneurship, Financial Sector & Investment, Trade
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nigeria
TO DATE$40,000 Funds Raised
The Prey Lang appUPDATED MAY 2019
A forest monitoring smartphone application used to
monitor and report on illegal logging and biodiversity loss by indigenous
communities.
FOCUS AREAS
Forestry, Natural Resources, Rule of Law and Human Rights and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia, Myanmar
STI Forum 2020 Call for Innovations
The STI Forum 2020 Call for Innovations is initiated by the United Nations in collaboration with Global Innovation Exchange. The call will be open and accepting applications until Tuesday, March 9, 2020.
