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UNICEF Ghana launches new incubator model to support local innovations for children

UNICEF Ghana launches new incubator model to support local innovations for children

Access to information Partners Product innovation Youth engagement

By UNICEF Ghana Innovations

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 →←
Can you design a wearable or sensor tech that saves lives? Enter now

Can you design a wearable or sensor tech that saves lives? Enter now

Partners

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←
Children outside of classroom, Southern Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region of Nicaragua, 2013
Re-imagining the future in Bluefields, Nicaragua: launching the Innovation Lab

Re-imagining the future in Bluefields, Nicaragua: launching the Innovation Lab

Partners Youth engagement

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←
UN, Government and Push Mobile Join Hands to Boost Readiness on Ebola

UN, Government and Push Mobile Join Hands to Boost Readiness on Ebola

Partners Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←
mHealth, UNICEF WASH Program, Zambia
TWO MILLION

TWO MILLION

Partners

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←
Sharad Sapara, Director of UNICEF’s Innovation Centre and Christian de Faria, MD & CEO, Airtel Africa exchanging contracts
UNICEF and Airtel form Pan-Africa partnership to empower children and youth

UNICEF and Airtel form Pan-Africa partnership to empower children and youth

Partners

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←

Idibon Supports UNICEF to Provide Natural Language Processing to SMS-Based Social Monitoring Systems in Africa

Partners

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←
UNICEF helps education take flight with Rovio’s Angry Birds #BirdDay celebration

UNICEF helps education take flight with Rovio’s Angry Birds #BirdDay celebration

Coverage Partners

By UNICEF Innovation

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 →←
Yours truly, Luis G (sitting), with a friend, thinking about collaborative solutions
The Sociopreneur Fellowship: students + entrepreneurs

The Sociopreneur Fellowship: students + entrepreneurs

Partners Partners - Academia

By I'MPOSSIBLE POLICY

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 →←
Camila shows proof of her many talents
Developing brand identity for the Sociopreneur Initiative

Developing brand identity for the Sociopreneur Initiative

Partners

By I'MPOSSIBLE POLICY

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 →←
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Partners - Int’l Agencies & Orgs

UNICEF Innovation promotes the use of open source solutions, which helps strengthen global efforts focused on reducing challenges facing women and children.

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UNICEF designs tools that empower young people to be agents of change and give them a way to connect to decision makers about issues in their communities.

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Private Sector UNICEF partners with tech companies to extend the impact of innovations, and to shape conversations around tech areas that can have tremendous social impact.

Access to information

UNICEF creates locally tailored, mobile-ready resources that provide access to information, especially to the most marginalized children.

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Through academic partnerships, UNICEF builds a community of practice and practitioners and connects with a new generation of problem solvers.
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