Smart Mobility: Using Assistive tech and digital mapping to promote urban accessibility
Can alternative transportation solutions improve accessibility in urban Kenya?
Using AI to scale access to forest carbon markets
Can AI successfully analyse satellite images of forest cover and provide a more accurate calculation of carbon levels in Tanzanian forests?
Enabling smallholder farmers to access the global carbon markets
Can satellite imagery and GPS technology monitor the growth of trees on smallholder farms in Uganda whilst utilising a mobile application to enable farmers to sell carbon credits on the international market?
Validation of low-cost sensors for optimal insect protein production
Can existing low-cost, low-power wireless IoT sensor technology be adapted to reliably measure and transmit data on parameters critical to insect growth?
Smart geoseals to track delivery of humanitarian aid
Can IoT-enabled geo-seals successfully track humanitarian aid shipments and reduce diverted goods?
Internet of Things (IoT) for an air quality data revolution
Can collecting air pollution data using IoT and sharing it with the world, influence stakeholders to improve air quality and encourage citizens to change behaviours?
Piloting the effectiveness of drones in tackling Desert locusts in East Africa
Can using drones as a complementary technology be successful in tackling desert locust invasions in East Africa?
Kijenzi - Manufacturing for the next frontier
How might we create a network of localised distributed manufacturing hubs?
Portable Benefits and Protection Platform
Can a portable benefits platform that provides protections to ‘gig workers’ in Kenya’s economy protect these workers from economic setbacks?
Delivering medical supplies with sustained UAV Operations in Malawi
Can a multi-purpose UAV operation in Malawi help realise the impact of UAVs in development and humanitarian contexts in a financially sustainable, long-term manner?
Sexual and Reproductive Health Chatbot
Will access to sex-positive sexual and reproductive health information through a chatbot lead to increased contraceptive usage by the Kenyan youth population?
EVs and Mini-Grids
Are electric vehicles the key to unlocking financial success for mini-grids?
Low Cost, Low Pollution Motorised Transport in Kigali
Can electric vehicles provide a more profitable alternative for taxi drivers in Kigali, while also reducing the city’s carbon footprint?
Smart Contraceptive Vending Machines
Can introducing contraceptive vending machines (utilising the Internet of Things) in areas where adolescents’ needs are going unmet successfully create demand and meet the needs of women and girls?
A long distance UAV for multi-role humanitarian response
Can humanitarian emergency response be made more efficient by using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles?