COVID-19: Using innovative technology to overcome the crisis and reshape the future of the economy
Friday 11 February, 2022 | Africa | Blog | blog | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Mobile for Development | Tunisia
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech industry has witnessed a surge in innovations empowering governments, societies, and businesses with tools and assets to deal with social and economic challenges. In Tunisia, many start-ups have provided value across several sectors ...
The Indo-Pacific: A look at the 427 active hubs in the region
Monday 29 November, 2021 | Blog | East Asia and Pacific | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement
This blog has been authored by Briter Bridges. For more information on the Indo-Pacific investment landscape, please see our report. The technology landscape across the Indo-Pacific region over the past decade has been heavily influenced by the presence of India and China, ...
Impactful Innovations: Insights from evaluating Cyber Food
Friday 26 November, 2021 | AgriTech solutions | Blog | COVID-19 | East Asia and Pacific | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Fiji | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use
This post is part of a two-part blog series on a programme for Scaling Innovation and Supporting Entrepreneurship across the Indo-Pacific during the pandemic. This programme was funded by the Australian Government’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and ...
Impactful Innovation: Insights from evaluating ATEC
Thursday 25 November, 2021 | Bangladesh | Blog | Cambodia | East Asia and Pacific | Ecosystem Accelerator | Energy | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use
This post is part of a two-part blog series on a programme for Scaling Innovation and Supporting Entrepreneurship across the Indo-Pacific during the pandemic. This programme was funded by the Australian Government’s Department for Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and ...
Starting Out Smart: Gender-Smart Strategies for Start-up Success
Wednesday 10 November, 2021 | Asia Pacific | Blog | blog | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Gender | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use
When pandemic restrictions locked down Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea’s capital), many women absorbed additional unpaid care work, making it more difficult to do food shopping during the safer daylight hours. Shalom Warrey saw an opportunity and created “At Your Doorstep” ...
COVID-19: Strengthening well-being through innovation
Thursday 30 September, 2021 | Blog | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement | Tunisia
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global disruption in the provision of essential goods and services, and Tunisia is no exception. Tunisia recorded its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020 rising to 423 cases by the end of the same month and the government quickly responded by ...
Insights from evaluating SkyEye
Friday 10 September, 2021 | Asia Pacific | Blog | blog | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Frontier Technology | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement | Rural network coverage | Smart infrastructure
SkyEye is a Samoan start-up that provides localisation and mapping solutions to solve logistical challenges in Pacific Island countries. In November 2018, the Ecosystem Accelerator programme – supported by the Australian Government and UK Foreign, Commonwealth & ...
Impactful Innovation: Insights from evaluating Qlue
Thursday 2 September, 2021 | Asia Pacific | Blog | blog | Ecosystem Accelerator | Indonesia | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Policy and regulation | Smart infrastructure
Qlue is an Indonesian start-up that provides smart city solutions to governments and businesses. In November 2018, the Ecosystem Accelerator programme – supported by the Australian Government and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) – awarded Qlue an ...
Impactful Innovation: Insights from evaluating Sehat Kahani
Tuesday 10 August, 2021 | Blog | blog | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Gender | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Mobile health | Mobile internet for women | Pakistan | Partnership engagement | South Asia | Uncategorized
Founded in Pakistan, Sehat Kahani is a digital health start-up that connects home-based female doctors with communities where access to quality healthcare is limited. In February 2018, the Ecosystem Accelerator programme – supported by the Australian Government and UK ...
When great minds meet to address the future of the platform economy in Tunisia
Friday 16 July, 2021 | Blog | Ecosystem Accelerator
In recent years, Tunisia has witnessed an increasing growth in start-up innovation thanks to its regulatory framework, the Start-up Act. By prioritising entrepreneurial culture and digital transformation, the Start-up Act has positioned Tunisia as an important hub in the ...
Staying connected: Digital Platforms supporting MSME COVID-19 recovery in Asia Pacific
Friday 2 July, 2021 | Asia Pacific | Blog | blog | Ecosystem Accelerator | Employment | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement | Policy and regulation | Smart infrastructure | State of the industry and trends
This blog is the final in a two-part series on how digital platforms can help emerging economies recover from the economic downturn of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first blog explored the same topic for Africa. As COVID-19 continues to disrupt businesses across the globe, the ...
The value of partnerships in the pandemic
Wednesday 26 May, 2021 | Africa | Benin | Blog | blog | Cote d'Ivoire | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Ghana | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Mobile health | Pakistan | Rwanda | South Asia | Sri Lanka | Sub-Saharan Africa
This post is part of a blog series on funding provided by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) that the GSMA awarded to nine previous grantees in the water, sanitation, education, health and food security sectors which enabled them to continue ...
Scaling digital services in the pandemic
Wednesday 19 May, 2021 | Africa | Blog | blog | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Mobile health | Partnership engagement | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa
This post is part of a blog series on funding provided by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) that the GSMA awarded to nine previous grantees in the water, sanitation, education, health and food security sectors which enabled them to continue ...
The impact of funding digital innovations to respond to COVID-19: Health, education and food security
Wednesday 28 April, 2021 | Africa | Benin | Blog | blog | Cote d'Ivoire | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Ghana | Innovation fund and grants | Kenya | Mobile access and use | Mobile health | Pakistan | Partnership engagement | Rwanda | South Asia | Sri Lanka | Sub-Saharan Africa
This post is part of a blog series on funding provided by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) that the GSMA awarded to nine previous grantees in the water, sanitation, education, health and food security sectors which enabled them to continue ...
Five key insights from user-centred evaluation and design thinking sprint of a recycling start-up in Côte d’Ivoire
Thursday 11 March, 2021 | Africa | Blog | blog | Cote d'Ivoire | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement
More than five million tonnes of waste is generated each year in Côte d’Ivoire, a number that is expected to double by 2030. Less than half of the current waste is collected, and only about three per cent is recycled. The rest ends up primarily in open landfills or streets, ...
Staying connected: Digital platforms supporting MSMEs through Africa’s COVID-19 crisis
Thursday 11 March, 2021 | Blog | blog | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement | Sub-Saharan Africa
This blog is the first in a two-part series on how digital platforms can help emerging economies recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second blog will explore the same topic for the Asia Pacific region. This blog is co-authored by Matthew ...
Five key insights from evaluating a GSMA EdTech grantee in Côte d’Ivoire
Friday 5 February, 2021 | Africa | Blog | blog | Cote d'Ivoire | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement
Côte d’Ivoire has made significant strides in improving access to education for all children; however key challenges still exist to keep students in school and ensure they receive a quality education. While primary school enrolment rates have increased to nearly 100 per ...
Low Tech, High Impact: USSD in the time of COVID-19
Thursday 17 December, 2020 | Blog | blog | Building the financial ecosystem | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile access and use | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uncategorized
Basic and feature phone technologies have revolutionised how people in emerging markets interact, as stated in our 2018 report on Mobile Technology for the SDGs: Reaching Further with Low Tech. Despite growing smartphone penetration on the continent and the growing ...
Supporting entrepreneurship in the Indo-Pacific region – Extending our partnership with the Australian Government
Thursday 3 December, 2020 | Asia Pacific | Blog | blog | COVID-19 | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement | South Asia
We are excited to announce that our GSMA Mobile for Development (M4D) Ecosystem Accelerator programme, which has actively supported entrepreneurship in the Indo-Pacific region since 2017, is now extending its partnership with the Australian Government. The COVID-19 ...
Start-ups have begun their journey through the LaunchPad 2020
Thursday 19 November, 2020 | Asia Pacific | Blog | blog | Ecosystem Accelerator | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Partnership engagement | South Asia
The COVID-19 pandemic represents one of the most profound challenges to economic development and human wellbeing in a century. The pandemic will exacerbate the inequalities and hardships faced by already vulnerable groups and threatens to undermine the Indo-Pacific’s ...