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Empowering persons with disabilities through digital innovation: Insights from the GSMA Innovation Fund

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Wednesday 10 May 2023 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | India | Innovation Fund | Kenya | Pakistan | Report | Research | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This report shares insights from the GSMA Innovation Fund for Assistive Tech, highlighting important lessons for AT start-ups and other stakeholders about how digital innovations can influence how persons with disabilities use mobile internet.

Driving the Digital Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities: Policy considerations for low- and middle-income countries

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Thursday 5 May 2022 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | Report |

Drawing on insights from recent research on the mobile disability gap and a policy review in 28 countries across Africa and Asia, this report provides a framework for action to increase digital inclusion for persons with disabilities.

Inclusive Digital Agriculture: Making value chains work for farmers with disabilities

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Tuesday 27 Apr 2021 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Assistive Tech | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | Digitisation of agricultural value chains | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | Global | Mobile for Development | Report | Resource |

For the first time, this report provides evidence of the barriers facing farmers with disabilities in the agricultural value chain in LMICs and the opportunities to support disability inclusion in agriculture through digital tools.

Principles for Driving the Digital Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities

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Thursday 3 Dec 2020 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | Report |

The 'Principles' set out a framework for action for the mobile-industry, together with recommended activities, to help address the barriers that currently prevent persons with disabilities from accessing and using mobile-enabled products and services.

Opening the Doors to Digital Innovation and Inclusion for People with Disabilities

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Tuesday 3 Nov 2020 | Assistive Tech | East Asia and Pacific | Presentation | Resource | Thrive APAC Sessions | Video |

The current COVID19 pandemic response has disrupted and changed the ways in which societies operate. Yet people with disabilities, who may be particularly vulnerable in such disruptive times, are likely to be further isolated due to the inaccessibility ...

Breaking Down the Barriers for People with Disabilities through Innovation in Africa

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Wednesday 30 Sep 2020 | Assistive Tech | Presentation | Resource | Thrive Africa Side Sessions | Video |

During this interactive session, hosted by GSMA’s Assistive Tech team, we shared insights on the mobile disability gap, including findings from our gender and disability research, and lessons learnt from the innovation landscape.

Vodafone Ghana: Driving digital inclusion of people with disabilities

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Thursday 8 Oct 2020 | Assistive Tech | Resource | Thrive Africa Shorts | Video |

Naa Andrews from Vodafone Ghana discusses promoting digital inclusion for all and their Super Care product for people with hearing and speech impairments.

The digital lives of refugees and Kenyans with disabilities in Nairobi

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Monday 27 Jul 2020 | Assistive Tech | English | Kenya | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Refugee crisis | Report | Research | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This research focuses on disability, using human-centred design methods to better understand how refugees and Kenyans with visual and hearing impairments in Nairobi use mobile technology and potential opportunities that it could provide.

The Digital Exclusion of Women with Disabilities: A Study of Seven Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Thursday 16 Jul 2020 | Assistive Tech | Bangladesh | Brazil | Connected Women | Gender | India | Kenya | Mexico | Mobile access and use | Pakistan | Report | Research | Uganda |

Edit: This version of the report was revised and uploaded on 20 August 2020. Figure 2 has been corrected in the new version. The GSMA Assistive Tech programme continues to research the mobile disability gap, and the ...

Advancing digital inclusion for persons with disabilities: About the Assistive Tech programme

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Tuesday 31 Mar 2020 | Assistive Tech | Global | Mobile access and use |

The GSMA Assistive Tech programme is working towards driving greater access and use of mobile technologies for persons with disabilities in emerging markets and to maximise opportunities for social and economic inclusion.

Improving the mobile customer journey for persons with disabilities

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Monday 9 Mar 2020 | Assistive Tech | Global | Mobile access and use | Video |

As users of mobile products and services, persons with disabilities experience their mobile phone in different ways to non-disabled users. To ideate solutions that can help close the mobile disability gap and support usage, customer ...

How mobile operators are driving inclusion of persons with disabilities

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Tuesday 3 Dec 2019 | Assistive Tech | Case study | Global | Mobile access and use | Resource |

This case study aims to highlight how mobile operators are closing the mobile disability gap and also driving inclusion. The report spotlights two mobile operators that are championing disability inclusion - Safaricom and Turkcell.

Leveraging the Potential of Mobile for Persons with Disabilities

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Wednesday 5 Dec 2018 | Assistive Tech | English | Global | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Resource |

The GSMA is pleased to announce its involvement in the “AT 2030 – Life Changing Assistive Technology for All programme”, funded by DFID, to test new approaches and widen accessibility of Assistive Technology; the GSMA ...

GSMA Innovation Fund for Assistive Tech: Meet the start-ups

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Tuesday 25 Jul 2023 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | India | Innovation Fund | Kenya | Mobile for Development | Pakistan | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Video |

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Assistive Tech was set up to find start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises in Africa and Asia that are driving the digital inclusion of people with disabilities.

GSMA Innovation Fund Start-ups: I-Stem

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Thursday 29 Jun 2023 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | Hindi | India | Innovation Fund | Innovation Fund Video List | Mobile for Development | South Asia | Video |

I-Stem’s mission is to empower students and professionals with disabilities to realise their potential by enabling equal access to information, resources and opportunities.

GSMA Innovation Fund for Assistive Tech: Meet the founders

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Tuesday 30 May 2023 | Assistive Tech | India | Innovation Fund | Video |

The GSMA Innovation Fund for Assistive Tech was set up to find start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises in Africa and Asia that are driving the digital inclusion of people with ...

Mobile for Development Theatre at MWC Africa: Session recordings

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Wednesday 14 Dec 2022 | Mobile for Development |

At MWC Africa 2022, we hosted our very first dedicated ‘Development Theatre’. Watch these video recordings to catch up with our sessions on climate resilience, digital inclusion, gender, humanitarian innovation, financial inclusion and partnerships.

Digital Inclusion: Driving mobile internet adoption and use

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Wednesday 4 May 2022 | Connected Society | Connected Women | Digital literacy | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Mobile internet for women | Research |

Mobile internet connectivity delivers significant economic benefits, reduces poverty and transforms lives, providing people with access to information and services that not only assists them in their daily lives but that they would not ...

GSMA Innovation Fund Start-Ups: Vceela

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Thursday 28 Apr 2022 | Connected Society | English | Innovation fund and grants | Innovation Fund Video List | Mobile access and use | Pakistan | South Asia | Video |

The artisan and creative sector makes up 15% of the total workforce in Pakistan, making this sector the second largest employer in the country. More than 85% of artisans are not connected digitally which unfortunately makes them more ...

Closing the Mobile Disability Gap in Ghana: Insights and Recommendations

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Tuesday 12 Apr 2022 | Assistive Tech | Connected Society | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | English | Ghana | Mobile access and use | Report | Sub-Saharan Africa |

In Ghana, persons with disabilities are 34 per cent less likely to own a mobile phone and significantly less likely to own a smartphone than non-disabled persons. In this short report we present six key findings on the mobile ...