Solutions to society’s most pressing problems are often found by those most affected by them. Many “new” technologies are really combinations and modifications of existing, independent ideas. Innovating means tweaking. In Ghana, as in many other countries, innovative tweakers are already working locally to improve the lives of… Read more →←
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To enter the challenge, visit: http://wearablesforgood.com/ Call for Submissions: ‘Wearables for Good’ Design Challenge from UNICEF, ARM and frog UNICEF, ARM and frog have a question: could you create the wearable and sensor technology that could save people’s lives in resource constraint environments? We are calling all… Read more →←
Kevin Mendes, UNV Specialist in Social Policy and Innovation with UNICEF Nicaragua When thinking about innovation, one’s mind goes – as mine does, or did, before joining UNICEF in January – to state of the art technologies and big infrastructures. That being said, launching the first UNICEF supported innovation lab in Central… Read more →←
Using SMS Technology to Save Lives 24 February 2015, DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Today, Tanzania’s Government, the United Nations (UN) and Push Mobile, a mobile communication company providing SMS aggregation services across all the available mobile networks in Tanzania, have sealed a partnership to reach over 10 million Tanzanian… Read more →←
By Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa “Did you know, there are more cellphones in the world than there are toilets?!” You’ve heard this before, maybe from a friend during lunch one day, as you compare your phones with one another. However, when you think about it, it’s more than just incredible – it’s concerning.… Read more →←
Nairobi/Dakar, 17 February 2015 – UNICEF and Bharti Airtel, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, have entered a partnership agreement to expand their collaboration across 17 countries in Africa. The partnership aims at improving Africa’s population access to health and… Read more →←
Originally published February 9, 2015 on Business Wire. To see original release, click here.SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Idibon announces a collaboration with UNICEF to provide scalable natural language processing and analytics to their U-report applications. U-report applications leverage UNICEF’s open… Read more →←
The UNICEF Global Innovations Centre recently partnered with Rovio to host an Angry Birds level design challenge at a local youth centre in Kampala, Uganda. The event, held over the course of two days, offered participants the opportunity to have their levels included in the 5th Anniversary Edition of Angry Birds. In preparation for the… Read more →←
I’m so proud of having met the amazing students from the Business Club at the American College in Nicaragua. They’re an innovative and enthusiastic bunch with a big heart who believe we can really make the world a better place. As true entrepreneurs, they actually do more than believe. They act. Here’s a post from one… Read more →←
Last year I met Camila Garay. Camila is an amazing Designer, Art Director, and a certified Life-saver. During that time, I was busy negotiating a corporate alliance with Mukul Beach, Golf & Spa, the first luxury boutique hotel in Nicaragua. As part of my negotiation tactics, I had argued that the hotel should combine funds from their… Read more →←
