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M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Flowminder
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Tuesday 17 May 2022 | Case study | Disaster response | English | Ghana | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Middle East and North Africa | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Mozambique | Preparedness | Resilient technology | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa |
The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The first round of the Fund focused on providing support to help to ...
Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Annual Report 2021
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Wednesday 23 Mar 2022 | Climate | Disaster response | Education | Global | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Refugees and forced migrants | Report | Resource |
In 2021, against the backdrop of the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, humanitarian needs continued to rise. Disasters from climate-related hazards, displacement caused by conflict, and food insecurity – sometimes in combination, remained a ...
Mobile Money and Humanitarian Assistance
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Thursday 10 Mar 2022 | English | Industry assets and standards | Mobile access and use | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Mobile Money | Mobile Money Programme - filter | Mobile money subject | Partnership engagement | Presentation | Report |
Partnerships between humanitarian providers and Mobile Money providers established via open APIs can facilitate cash in emergency situations to those displaced or in need of humanitarian assistance.
Typhoon Rai Response: The role of the mobile industry
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Tuesday 8 Mar 2022 | Case study | Climate | Disaster response | East Asia and Pacific | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Philippines | Preparedness |
On December 16, 2021, the Philippines was hit by Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette) causing devastation in island and coastal communities in the east and flooding cities all over the country. Nearly 8 million people were affected by ...
M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Nokia Saving Lives
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Monday 21 Feb 2022 | Case study | Disaster response | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Philippines |
The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The first round of the Fund focused on providing support to help to ...
Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund Portfolio (2017-2022)
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Wednesday 8 Dec 2021 | Disaster response | Frontier Technology | Global | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Refugees and forced migrants | Report | Resilient technology | Resource |
Within this document you will find a summary of each of the investments from the Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund Portfolio.
National Emergency Telecommunications Plans: Enablers and Safeguards – A brief evaluation guide for policy practitioners
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Thursday 2 Dec 2021 | Disaster response | Global | Guidelines | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Policy and regulation | Preparedness | Resource | Toolkit |
In collaboration with the humanitarian community, some governments are developing disaster response frameworks that rely on telecommunications, often referred to as National Emergency Telecommunications Plans (NETPs). An NETP is a ...
The Climate Crisis: Mobile-enabled solutions in humanitarian emergencies
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Wednesday 10 Nov 2021 | Climate | ClimateTech | Disaster response | Frontier Technology | Global | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Report | Resilient technology |
This report outlines five use cases in which mobile technology plays a critical role in addressing the climate challenge in humanitarian contexts.
Mobile money enabled cash aid delivery: Humanitarian practitioner course
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Monday 27 Sep 2021 | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation |
Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) has increasingly been the modality of choice in many crisis situations and using digital mechanisms for disbursement has been growing alongside it. This course has been designed for participants to ...
Mobile money enabled cash aid delivery: Mobile operator course
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Monday 27 Sep 2021 | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation |
Cash and voucher assistance (CVA) has increasingly been the modality of choice in many crisis situations and using digital mechanisms for disbursement has been growing alongside it. This course has been designed for participants to ...
M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: REFUNITE LevelApp
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Monday 6 Sep 2021 | Case study | English | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Refugees and forced migrants | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda |
The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The first round of the Fund focused on providing support to help to ...
Verifying recipients of cash assistance through Voice ID: Pilot project lessons and outcomes
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Tuesday 17 Aug 2021 | Case study | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Refugees and forced migrants | Resource | Somalia | Somaliland | Sub-Saharan Africa |
Through a partnership convened by the GSMA, partners CARE International and Telesom developed and deployed an innovative solution that utilises a user’s voice as verification for cash and voucher assistance (CVA). The solution was ...
M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: CHANTER
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Thursday 22 Jul 2021 | Case study | Disaster response | English | Haiti | Latin America & the Caribbean | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugees and forced migrants |
The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The first round of the Fund focused on providing support to help to test or scale ...
Building and strengthening digital ecosystems in humanitarian contexts
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Tuesday 6 Jul 2021 | Disaster response | English | Ethiopia | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Refugee crisis | Refugees and forced migrants | Report | Rwanda | Somalia | Somaliland | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda |
This report draws on lessons from the GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation programme's Strategic Partnership portfolio. These lessons were identified in a detailed systematic review of over 150 pieces of evidence, 12 in-depth ...
Developing guidelines for cash transfers in Somalia
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Monday 24 May 2021 | Guidelines | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Resource | Somalia | Somaliland | Sub-Saharan Africa |
In April 2020, the GSMA partnered with the Somalia Cash Working Group to commission this study on cash transfers in the three regions of Somalia: South-Central, Puntland and Somaliland. The overall aim is to improve the effectiveness, ...
M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Lumkani Fire Detection and Insurance
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Monday 3 May 2021 | Case study | Disaster response | English | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa |
The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in the use of mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The first round of the Fund focused on providing support to help to test or scale ...
Building resilience through mobile-enabled solutions: Lessons from the Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund
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Tuesday 27 Apr 2021 | Disaster response | English | Global | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Refugees and forced migrants | Report |
In September 2017, with support from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the GSMA launched the Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund. The Fund aimed to catalyse partnerships that would deliver innovative, ...
Humanitarian cash and voucher assistance programmes in Ethiopia
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Tuesday 9 Mar 2021 | English | Ethiopia | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Report | Sub-Saharan Africa |
This report, in partnership with the Collaborative Cash Delivery (CCD) Network, explores the context and capability of the mobile money ecosystem in Ethiopia.
COVID-19 and digital humanitarian action: Trends, risks and the path forward
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Monday 22 Feb 2021 | Disaster response | English | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Refugees and forced migrants | Report | Resource |
This report looks at how partners and grantees in the M4H portfolio have shifted or maintained their services in humanitarian contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how mobile network operators have engaged in this process.
Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation: Annual Report
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Thursday 18 Feb 2021 | Digital inclusion for persons with disability | Digital literacy | Disaster response | English | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Global | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Partnership engagement | Policy and regulation | Preparedness | Refugee crisis | Refugees and forced migrants | Report | Resource |
This report documents the progress of the M4H programme and partners in 2020, highlighting the key trends impacting the humanitarian sector in this unprecedented year, and summarising the activities and outcomes of research, the M4H ...
