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Interested in working with us as a consultant or supplier? See what projects are currently open for tender.  

Mobile for Development’s projects focus on advancing digital and financial inclusion – with a strong emphasis on gender inclusivity, climate action, humanitarian assistance, and investment in innovative digital solutions. 

Across our programmes, the projects fall into two categories which you’ll see reflected in the tendering process:  

Active projects

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Policy Landscape of Mobile Based Early Warning Systems

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Deadline for applications: 18 July 2025

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Pre-grant project technical due diligence for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Humanitarian Replication and Scale (Cameroon and Nigeria)

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Deadline for applications: 8 July 2025

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Pre-grant assurance review and enhanced due diligence (Ethiopia)

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Deadline for applications: 8 July 2025

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Development of ‘mobile for business’ digital skills training content

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Deadline for applications: 8 July 2025

Archived projects

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Environmental impact assessment for HydroNeo, Thailand
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Case studies on Early Warning Systems in France
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Knowledge product on mobile-enabled microinsurance
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Environmental impact assessment for Sommalife, Ghana
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Case studies on Early Warning Systems in France and the Netherlands
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Knowledge product on mobile money lessons from the Philippines
A woman in a pink shirt stands behind a table of red and blue plastic bags, smiling as she holds up her phone for another person, who is scanning it with their own phone. Cardboard boxes and a wire fence are visible in the background.
Gender Specialist for Female Inclusion Learning Assessment
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How digital health can combat communicable diseases, and the role of the mobile industry
A person is sitting at a counter, holding a smartphone displaying a BNI banking app. The screen is in focus as they type. In the background, a vendor sits opposite, surrounded by phone accessories. The person has a striped shirt and the vendor wears a patterned shirt.
Driving Financial Inclusion through Innovation
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EW4A Support in the Pacific
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Digital Finance for All Monitoring Partner
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Technical assistance for the Early Warning Systems development in Tanzania
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Global and Sri Lanka insights capturing and recommendations sharing
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Leveraging blockchain for agricultural value chain digitalisation in Kenya
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Generative AI-based solution for GSMA Innovation Fund for accelerated Growth Grantee: Orenda, Pakistan
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Safety and privacy of women using mobile money applied research
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Assessing the impact of IoT for sustainable aquaculture in Indonesia
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Impact Assessment for GSMA
Innovation Fund for
Accelerated Growth grantee:
Orenda, Pakistan
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Inclusivity Assessment for GSMA
Innovation Fund
for Accelerated Growth grantee:
I-Stem, India
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Digital Tech for Soil Health and
Regenerative Agriculture
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Enabling Environment for Inclusive, Innovative and
Sustainable Digital Technologies
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Innovation Fund Round: AI and
Emergent Technologies
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Increasing Digital Literacy Skills and
Digital Inclusion
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GSMA Digital Innovations for the Blue Economy
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Strengthening Climate Action through Digitalisation
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Leveraging EdTech to improve learning outcomes in the Philippines
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Scoping the GSMA Innovation Fund’s Investment Inclusivity 
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Identifying promising AI use cases in Ethiopia 
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Development of the GSMA’s Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation (M4H) humanitarian positioning and solutions hub
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Mobile operator strategies in the smart city agenda