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Driving mobile internet use in low- and middle-income countries: Lessons and insights from the GSMA Innovation Fund

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Thursday 23 Mar 2023 | Connected Society | Digital literacy | Education | Employment | English | Ethiopia | Financial inclusion for women | India | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Pakistan | Report | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe |

3.2 billion of the unconnected population worldwide live within the footprint of a mobile broadband network but are not using mobile internet. About 93% of this unconnected population reside in low- and-middle-income countries ...

M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Improving refugee access to clean energy

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Tuesday 21 Mar 2023 | Case study | Energy | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Rwanda | Uganda |

The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in using mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The second round of the Fund focused on providing support to test new technical solutions; ...

The GSMA Innovation Fund Start-ups: Meet the Founders Video

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Thursday 16 Mar 2023 | Innovation Fund | Resource | Video |

As our innovators are continuing to drive impact and growth, we invite you to get to know the Founders and Co-Founders of a selection of our 30+ innovators and discover the impact they are having around the world.

An International Women’s Day message from Mats Granryd

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Wednesday 8 Mar 2023 | Connected Women | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Research | Video |

The mobile gender gap is not going to close on its own. Its root causes are driven by a complex set of social, economic and cultural factors. But we know that with informed, targeted action we can make a difference. As we celebrate ...

GSMA Mobile Money API Product Suite

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Monday 6 Mar 2023 | Mobile Money | Video |

The GSMA’s Mobile Money API specification comes with a suite of products that can help reduce the costs and time normally associated with API implementation and integrations. Developed in collaboration with the mobile money ...

GSMA Gender Analysis Identification Toolkit (GAIT)

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Monday 6 Mar 2023 | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Mobile Money | Mobile money subject | Video |

Closing the gender gap in mobile usage could add an average of $28 billion to the mobile industry’s annual revenue. However, determining the gender of customers is often complicated by social norms and inaccurate data. The GSMA’s ...

IoT for Development: Use cases delivering impact

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Wednesday 1 Feb 2023 | Climate | Digital Utilities | East Asia and Pacific | Energy | English | Health | Mobile access and use | Mobile health | Report | Sanitation | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Water |

This report outlines the opportunities IoT solutions present for achieving development outcomes in LMICs.

Empowering women micro-entrepreneurs through mobile

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Tuesday 21 Feb 2023 | Connected Women | Employment | English | Gender | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Report | Research |

This landscaping report illustrates how women micro-entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries are currently using mobile phones for their business, the barriers they encounter and the opportunities to better serve them.

Enabling climate services through mobile network operator data

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Thursday 16 Feb 2023 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Climate | English | Improve Climate Resilience | Report | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa |

This report outlines the opportunity of CML rainfall observation to build the climate resilience of rural populations.

Webinar: Applying for the GSMA AgriTech Accelerator

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Tuesday 24 Jan 2023 | AgriTech | AgriTech solutions | Climate | English | Financial inclusion for farmers | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Webinar |

This webinar expanded the content from the previous two, to address questions we have received from prospective applicants.

Tanzania’s Digitalisation Journey: Opportunities for value creation

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Tuesday 24 Jan 2023 | Central Insights Unit | English | Mobile for Development | Policy and regulation | Report | Research | Resource | Sub-Saharan Africa | Tanzania |

This study aims to support wider government efforts by investigating the drivers of digitalisation in Tanzania, investments and policy enablers, gaps and ecosystem challenges, and other areas for value creation.

GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion – Life Stories

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Monday 23 Jan 2023 | Connected Society | Connected Women | Digital literacy | Education | Employment | English | Ethiopia | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Innovation Fund | Innovation fund and grants | Innovation Fund Video List | Life stories | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Pakistan | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda | Video | Zimbabwe |

Mobile is an enabler for digital inclusion. It empowers people with new opportunities and life enhancing services. But the usage gap is still 40% which means that 3.2 billion people live in an area with mobile broadband coverage but ...

Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Podcast – Episode 11:
Climate Change

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Monday 16 Jan 2023 | Kenya | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Podcasts |

In Episode 11, Carol Gitobu (Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation at GSMA) hosts an interview-style discussion with Daniel Odongo from Ushahidi and Jedidah Ganira representing World Vision Kenya. The podcast ...

Advancing women’s financial inclusion in Tanzania: The role of mobile money

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Wednesday 11 Jan 2023 | Financial inclusion for women | Gender | Global and regional studies | Mobile for Development | Mobile Money | Mobile money subject | Report | Resource | Tanzania |

Mobile money is a driving force behind women's financial inclusion in Tanzania. Looking at usage data on mobile money and digital financial services from the 2021 World Bank Global FINDEX Database, women’s ...

M4H Innovation Fund lessons and outcomes: Enabling access to energy through innovative battery solutions by UHD in Uganda

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Wednesday 4 Jan 2023 | Case study | Disaster response | Innovation Fund | Mobile for Development | Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation | Uganda |

The GSMA Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund aims to promote innovation in using mobile technology to address humanitarian challenges. The second round of the Fund focused on providing support to test new ...

GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion – Highlights video

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Monday 9 Jan 2023 | Connected Society | Connected Women | English | Ethiopia | Innovation Fund Video List | Mobile access and use | Nigeria | Pakistan | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda | Video |

Mobile is an enabler for digital inclusion. It empowers people with new opportunities and life enhancing services. But the usage gap is still 40% which means that 3.2 billion people live in an area with mobile broadband coverage but ...

Tackling social norms to reduce the gender digital divide

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Thursday 5 Jan 2023 | Connected Society | Connected Women | Digital literacy | English | Gender | India | Mobile access and use | Mobile internet for women | Presentation | Research | Resource | South Asia | Webinar |

This session brings together new research by the GSMA and BBC Media Action India, to discuss innovative solutions to reducing the gender digital divide in India, and how to enable more women to take advantage of the many benefits of mobile internet access.

Accelerating Rural Connectivity: Insights from the GSMA Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity

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Thursday 5 Jan 2023 | Connected Society | English | Ghana | GSMA Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity | Innovation fund and grants | Report | Rural network coverage | Sub-Saharan Africa | Uganda |

This report outlines the solutions implemented by the grantees of the GSMA Innovation Fund for Rural Connectivity and looks at the performance and impact of the sites deployed, as well as the lessons learnt and key recommendations.

How can technology and data-sharing improve sustainable urban mobility and healthcare in Malaysia?

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Wednesday 7 Dec 2022 | Central Insights Unit | East Asia and Pacific | Health | Malaysia | Public-Private | Transportation and mobility | Video | Webinar |

A webinar discussing the use of frontier technologies and data-sharing to improve sustainable urban mobility and healthcare in Malaysia.

Webinar: Introducing the GSMA AgriTech Accelerator

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Friday 16 Dec 2022 | AgriTech | English |

The GSMA AgriTech Programme recently hosted two webinars to present the recently launched