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COVID-19: Using innovative technology to overcome the crisis and reshape the future of the economy

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

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

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

Starting Out Smart: Gender-Smart Strategies for Start-up Success

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The impact of funding digital innovations to respond to COVID-19: Health, education and food security

Five key insights from user-centred evaluation and design thinking sprint of a recycling start-up in Côte d’Ivoire

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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