Tuesday 6 October, 2026
GSMA Foundry Innovation Spotlight #13 | Watch on demand
How can connectivity create opportunities and transform lives in underserved communities?
What happens when students have digital devices but no electricity to power them? When displaced families struggle to access healthcare? Or when geographical barriers prevent essential medicines from reaching remote communities?
In this edition of the GSMA Foundry Innovation Spotlight, we explore how innovators are using connectivity, technology and collaboration to overcome these challenges and deliver real-world social impact.
Featuring ChargeByte , Hera Digital Health and Barça Foundation, this conversation brings together three inspiring initiatives demonstrating how innovation can improve access to education, healthcare and essential services.
What you’ll discover
- Bridging the digital divide: How solar-powered connectivity hubs are bringing digital opportunities to underserved communities.
- Making healthcare more accessible: How familiar mobile technologies are helping displaced families navigate healthcare services.
- Connecting remote communities: How drones are improving access to medicines, diagnostic services and essential medical supplies.
- Scaling innovation through collaboration: Why local partnerships, community ownership and sustainable business models are essential for lasting impact.
- The role of mobile operators: How the connectivity industry can help innovations like these reach more people
Meet the speakers
Quinter Ochieng | Co-Founder & CEO, ChargeByte
Exploring how renewable energy and connectivity can work together to unlock digital education, business opportunities and access to essential services.
Berktuğ Kubuk | Senior Program Manager, Hera Digital Health
Sharing how mobile technology, digital health records and accessible platforms such as WhatsApp can help displaced communities maintain continuity of healthcare.
Marta Segú | Executive Director, Barça Foundation
Discussing how drone-enabled healthcare delivery and cross-sector collaboration are helping overcome geographical barriers in remote communities.
Moderator: Jessica Bukenya | Associate Innovation Manager, GSMA Foundry
Innovation with a purpose
This Spotlight builds on GSMA Foundry’s partnership with Mobile World Capital Barcelona and the Mobile World Capital Awards 2026, recognising innovative projects that use technology to address pressing social and environmental challenges.
Through the Innovation Spotlight series, we continue to amplify these stories, share valuable lessons and inspire collaboration across the mobile and technology ecosystems.
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Let’s turn innovation into impact
Have an innovative idea or challenge worth solving? GSMA Foundry brings together mobile operators, technology companies and industry partners to develop, test and showcase solutions that deliver real-world impact.
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Discover the stories behind these initiatives and the lessons they offer for building a more inclusive and connected world.
Read the blog: Connectivity That Changes Lives – How Innovation Is Bridging the Digital Divide
