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IgnitiaUPDATED OCT 2019
Revolutionary Tropical Weather Forecasts providing highly accurate weather forecasts to small scale farmers in West Africa.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Environment, 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
doctHERsUPDATED OCT 2019
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
Economic Growth and Trade, Entrepreneurship, Social Development and 18 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
United States, Mexico, Pakistan
TO DATE$939,950 Funds Raised
ayzh UPDATED 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
Jiko RahaUPDATED AUG 2019
Jiko Raha ( briquettes) – a fuel-efficient biomass stoves featuring an innovative in
built jacket that enables user
to simultaneously boil water whilst cooking enabling
households have safe drinking water free of disease causing micro-organisms.
FOCUS AREAS
Biomass/BioFuel, Clean Cooking, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and 6 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya, Rwanda
TO DATE$168,750 Funds Raised
Agriworks UgandaUPDATED JUN 2019
Mobile Irrigation System for African Smallholders
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Agriculture, Economic Growth and Trade and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda
TO DATE$142,516 Funds Raised
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
Dispensers for Safe Water UPDATED APR 2019
Free chlorine dispensers (physical devices) placed in immediate vicinity of wells and other water sources for public use.
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Sanitation, Social and Behavior Change and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya, Malawi, Uganda
TO DATE$10,366,557 Funds Raised
OMOMIUPDATED FEB 2019
Mobicure's Omomi Growth Monitor feature, helps to prevent your child from taking ill. It helps mothers personally check their baby’s health health weight, height, arm size, and provide ready diagnosis on Oedema, Malnutrition and color code.
FOCUS AREAS
Digital Development, Maternal Newborn and Child Health, HIV/AIDS and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nigeria
TO DATE$225,000 Funds Raised
ATEC* Biodigesters InternationalUPDATED JUN 2018
ATEC* produces, sells and distributes the first commercially scalable biodigester in SE Asia. 600 units have been sold, providing gas for cooking, 20 tons of organic fertilizer/year, and US$5,850 household savings over its lifetime.
FOCUS AREAS
Biomass/BioFuel, Climate Change and Resilience, Livestock & Agriculture and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and 3 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$1,100,000 Funds Raised
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
Maji Mamas: Women Building Scaleable Water BusinessesUPDATED OCT 2019
A social startup studio founding enterprises with women to develop, test, and bring water and sanitation solutions to market.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture Water Management, Entrepreneurship, Gender and 2 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya
TO DATE$189,840 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
JokkoSantéUPDATED JUN 2019
JokkoSanté is a Health-focused digital payments platform. We give to all stakeholders an unique tool to manage drugs traceability, online prescriptions, third-party targeted payments, billing, awareness SMS messages broadcast, etc.
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Humanitarian Assistance, Social & Micro Finance and 6 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Senegal
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, Gender and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Jordan, Lebanon, Sudan 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
Housing and Infrastructure, Architecture, Design, Construction, Human Centered Design and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Namibia, South Africa
Paper Airplanes-Language and Skills Accessibility for RefugeesUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Education, Youth, Digital Development 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
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Education, Gender and 15 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ukraine
Missing MapsUPDATED MAY 2019
crowdsourcing digital map creation
FOCUS AREAS
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Economic Growth and Trade, Education and 48 moreSEE ALL
Farmer Query SystemUPDATED MAY 2019
FOCUS AREAS
Cultivation & Tools, Processing & Production, Seeds & Stock 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, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) 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
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