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Kitkit School by EnumaUPDATED JUL 2021
Kitkit School, a winner of the Global Learning XPRIZE, is a proven tablet-based application that engages and empowers ALL children to master foundational literacy and numeracy skills, regardless of their abilities and circumstance.
FOCUS AREAS
Education, Inclusive Education, Literacy and 7 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and 2 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$8,284,576 Funds Raised
JokkoSantéUPDATED JUL 2021
JokkoSanté is a Health-focused digital payments platform. Health Campaigns funders and managers have here an unique tool to improve their impact with online transactions, third-party targeted payments, traceability, automated awareness SMS
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Humanitarian Assistance, Social & Micro Finance and 7 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Senegal
Build up Nepal - Building the way out of povertyUPDATED JUN 2021
Breaking the poverty cycle in rural Nepal through safe housing and jobs for poor families
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Economic Empowerment, Housing and Infrastructure
TO DATE$715,000 Funds Raised
ERTH (E-waste Recycling Through Heroes)UPDATED JUN 2021
ERTH🌏 is a digital platform that provides a free/on-demand electronic waste recycling service to individuals and businesses, and pays them in cash.
FOCUS AREAS
Climate Change and Resilience, Environment, Waste Management
doctHERsUPDATED MAY 2021
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
Ubongo: Edutainment Made in Africa, for AfricaUPDATED MAY 2021
We leverage the power of entertainment, the reach of mass media and the deep insights of kid-centered design to bring fun, localized edutainment to millions of kids in Africa.
FOCUS AREAS
Cognitive Development, Communications and Media, Social Development and 3 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and 5 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$3,197,094 Funds Raised
Lejan Energy LTDUPDATED APR 2021
A renewable energy company recycling biomass waste into biomass briquettes which are of high calorific value, economical, 100% eco-friendly for use by factories and institutions reducing carbon emission and deforestation.
FOCUS AREAS
Biomass/BioFuel, Clean Cooking, Waste Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya
EL-kanis and PartnersUPDATED APR 2021
Builds platforms that open new opportunities and create economic sustainability for poor rural smallholder farmers and families by integrating them into a broader AgriFood system and connecting them to stakeholders who mutually benefit.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Digital Inclusion & Connectivity, Economic Empowerment and 9 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nigeria
Technology for Social Change and Development InitiativeUPDATED APR 2021
Women Techsters Initiative - Empowering 5,000,000 women across Africa with digital and tech skills by 2030
FOCUS AREAS
Gender, Technology, Youth and 2 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ghana, Kenya, Egypt and 2 moreSEE ALL
HarvestPlus (Biofortification)UPDATED APR 2021
HarvestPlus uses conventional breeding to enrich everyday food crops with vitamins and minerals (biofortification) to transform food systems and fight nutrition insecurity - affecting 3 billion people globally who cannot afford a healthy diet.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Climate Change and Resilience, Nutrition and 3 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda, Colombia, Nigeria and 11 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$15,462,000 Funds Raised
Wanji GamesUPDATED APR 2021
The Wanji Games platform uses basic telephony to provide interactive narratives through spoken audio. This allows a geographically remote audience with limited literacy access to engaging entertainment-education in their own spoken language.
FOCUS AREAS
Communications and Media, Other, Social and Behavior Change
IMPLEMENTED IN
Uganda, Pakistan, Ghana and 9 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$26,950 Funds Raised
(SCOPE CODA) Conditional On-Demand Assistance Solutions UPDATED APR 2021
CODA (Conditional On-Demand Assistance) Services
is digital solution designed to simplify and streamline nutrition programme guidelines and the recording of individualized beneficiary data.
FOCUS AREAS
Data Collection/Needs Assessments, Digital Development, Nutrition and 3 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
El Salvador, South Sudan, Uganda and 4 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$1,960,000 Funds Raised
Practical Education NetworkUPDATED APR 2021
PEN equips Ghanaian STEM teachers to learn, design, and share hands-on activities which complement the national curriculum and are created from low-cost and locally available materials.
FOCUS AREAS
Basic Education, Teacher Development and Training, Technology and 5 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ghana
TO DATE$67,000 Funds Raised
We Care Solar UPDATED APR 2021
Saving Lives in Childbirth with Innovative Solar Suitcases
FOCUS AREAS
Gender Equity, Health, Solar and 4 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Ethiopia, Nigeria, Nepal and 6 moreSEE ALL
TO DATE$2,000,000 Funds Raised
Kitovu Technology CompanyUPDATED APR 2021
Kitovu is a social enterprise that uses data to eliminate guesswork and supply chain inefficiencies in African agriculture so as to enable smallholder farmers to make more money off their farms.
FOCUS AREAS
Agriculture, Data/Analytics, Supply Chains and 2 moreSEE ALL
IgnitiaUPDATED MAR 2021
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
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap TeamUPDATED JAN 2021
Crowdsourcing, digital map creation, participatory mapping, community-led development, humanitarian response, open data and tech.
FOCUS AREAS
Crowdsourcing and Open Source, GIS/Mapping, Humanitarian Assistance and 36 moreSEE ALL
Dispensers for Safe WaterUPDATED JAN 2021
A simple, cost-effective innovation providing millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa with access to safe water.
FOCUS AREAS
Health, Sanitation, Social and Behavior Change and 1 moreSEE ALL
IMPLEMENTED IN
Kenya, Malawi, Uganda
TO DATE$9,366,557 Funds Raised
BioLite HomeStoveUPDATED JAN 2021
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
Agriworks UgandaUPDATED DEC 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
Maji Mamas: Women Building Scaleable Water BusinessesUPDATED DEC 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
Central Treatment Facility for the Healthcare Waste ManagementUPDATED NOV 2020
Waste service provide complete bio medical waste management and disposal solution to the healthcare institutes of Nepal.
FOCUS AREAS
Entrepreneurship, Public-Private Partnerships, Waste Management
IMPLEMENTED IN
Nepal
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
STI Forum 2021 Call for Innovations
The STI Forum 2021 Call for Innovations is initiated by the United Nations in collaboration with Global Innovation Exchange at Results for Development.
