The GSMA Mobile for Development team drives innovation in digital technology to reduce inequalities in our world.
Our unique research and insights platform advances digital innovations and implementations that empower underserved populations to build a better future. Our in-market expertise informs partnerships between the mobile industry, tech innovators, governments and the development sector. And our unparalleled convening power motivates conversations and inspires action. To date our work has impacted more than 220 million lives and counting.
Meet us at MWC Kigali on the GSMA Pavilion (stand E18), to find out more about the challenges we help tackle, in collaboration with our partners, across eight sectors: Agriculture, climate, digital inclusion, digital utilities, financial inclusion, gender, humanitarian innovation, and start-up innovation.
On Day 1 (Tuesday 17 October)
You will have the opportunity to meet a selection of our GSMA Innovation Fund start-ups and AgriTech cohort members:
GSMA Innovation Fund start-ups
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Aquarech
Improving fish farmers’ productivity, enabling market access and creating an inclusive aquaculture value chain through use of mobile technology and IoT sensors.Find out more
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BENAA
Water resource management using IoT to help convert waste water into irrigation water for small farms in rural Egypt.Find out more
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CoAmana
Improving agricultural productivity and helping farmers to manage financial risks related to drought in Nigeria, through a digital marketplace.Find out more
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Crop2Cash
Digital marketplace for farmers facing drought conditions in Nigeria to help manage financial risks and adapt their farming practices through access to agri-insurance and climate smart farming content.Find out more
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GeoKrishi
Maximising farmers' profitability through location based agriculture advisory services in Nepal.Find out more
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Greenagro (Lersha)
One-stop digital service for smallholder farmers that provides advisory content on climate smart agriculture solutions, weather information, and facilitates access to agri-credit and agri-insurance.Find out more
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Hello Tractor
Improving planning and preparedness for farming communities facing unpredictable rainfall patterns in Nigeria.Find out more
In November 2022, the GSMA and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office announced the launch of The GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Action. The fund will support solutions that leverage mobile digital technology to help anticipate potential humanitarian impacts and enable effective early response. We hope to announce the successful grantees of this fund during MWC Kigali and to profile their project aims and plans at the Mobile for Development stand.
AgriTech Accelerator cohort members
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eProd
eProd offers an affordable agricultural supply chain management ICT platform for agribusinesses such as agricultural commodity traders, food processors and farmer cooperatives.Find out more
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FarmSpeak
Farmspeak Technology is a Nigerian agritech company that aims to revolutionise the agricultural sector by leveraging digital technologies and data-driven solutions.Find out more
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MooMe
A Tunisia-based agritech company, MooMe provides a herd-management mobile app that aggregates information from sensors measuring information relevant to advanced reproduction, health, and climate alerts in addition to localised advisory services.Find out more
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Greenovator
Greenovator provides farm advisory services, trade mapping and linkage, community features, cropping guidelines display, and digital farm management with traceable QR codes to farmers and B2B2C clients.Find out more
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OKO
OKO designs and distributes automated and affordable weather insurance to secure the income of African smallholder farmers against adverse weather events.Find out more
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Winich Farms
Winich Farms provides a platform in Nigeria that directly connects both small food producers and off-takers while enabling the off-takers to manage their inventory supply.Find out more
On Day 2 (Wednesday 18 October)
Visit the GSMA Inclusive Tech Lab team to learn about how the Mobile Money team are driving impactful innovations and helping to develop the transformative digital solutions of tomorrow.
On Day 3 (Thursday 19 October)
Meet the Mobile for Development team, and find out more about what we do!