My Lessons Learned Inspiring African Girls to Transform Their Digital Future
I want to connect underprivileged schoolgirls with role models to advance career exposure, entrepreneurship, and life skills development in Science, Technology,...
Surprise! Technology is NOT Key Need for Refugee Entrepreneurship
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in 2018 more than 70 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes because...
Apply Now: $1 Million African Digital Startup Funding and Support
A majority of failed startup companies associate poor execution, limited funding, and market access as the primary drivers of most innovative ideas. The founders...
Apply Now: $1 Million Cisco Technology for Good Startup Funding
A new generation of entrepreneurs are using emerging innovations like the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital technologies to connect devices and data in tech-enabled...
Apply Now: $1.5 Million Grant Funding for Inclusive Digital Economy Solutions
Automation, artificial intelligence, and other advanced technologies continue to rapidly transform the nature of work. Meanwhile, COVID-19 is expected to cause...
Why Would Anyone Want to Launch an ICT4D Startup Organization?
We all talk about encouraging entrepreneurship in developing countries. Yet how many of us have launched our own business, or spun off an initiative from our employer...
How Start-Ups Can Partner with Mobile Network Operators
Mobile devices in emerging markets are becoming ubiquitous. By 2020, 80% of global unique mobile subscribers will be in emerging markets. While this exponential...
DER Senegal: Innovative Government Funding for African Entrepreneurship
Most of the coverage of La Délégation Générale à l’Entreprenariat Rapide – “la DER” in Senegal fund has been in French, yet the Rapid Entrepreneurship...
Apply Now: 200,000€ in Innovation Awards for Your Technology Solutions
Millions of people face immense basic needs supply challenges on a daily basis. Food, water, sanitation, waste management, education, healthcare, and mobility are...
The Future of Digital Development is Local Entrepreneurship
The future of digital development: who’s building it?
This is Yar Zar Min Htoo and his cousin Michael Lwin. Six years ago they decided they wanted to use technology...