Tech for Development

A Finnish startup is giving everyone everywhere access to mobile learning tools to close the education gap caused by technology.

A fintech company uses blockchain technology and digital IDs to help ensure that aid reaches the right person at the right time.

A tech startup in Australia is piloting the use of blockchain in ensuring traceability, provenance, and authentication in the supply chain.

Instead of using diesel generators, remote islands can build a local energy grid that uses hydrogen as a pollution-free alternative.

A financing scheme using Internet of Things gives tricycle drivers access to credit without collateral and promotes discipline in loan repayments.

A pilot project in the Philippines will demonstrate how irrigation canals can be used in producing clean and reliable energy off the grid.

A pilot project in Viet Nam will test a heat exchange technology that reuses industrial wastewater for heating and cooling production processes.

A Korean firm develops a low-maintenance flowmeter that can measure a wide variation of sewage flow rates to improve efficiency and prevent flooding.

A startup offers a closed-loop solution for the large volumes of plastic waste generated by the construction and buildings sector.

Access to information, evidence, and policy development help identify situations and monitor the effects of policy interventions.

Indonesia’s first returnable and reusable packaging system is plugging the plastic waste and altering consumers’ consumption behavior.

LOCA demonstrates how frontier markets can promote green urban mobility through local innovation and sustainable transport solutions.

A pilot in Metro Manila shows how autonomous cleanup vessels and data can support smarter river management.