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Oct 11, 2024
How one GIF grantee is treating depression in Africa

World Mental Health Day is designed to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an opportunity for all stakeholders working on mental health issues to talk...

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Oct 03, 2024
How tech innovations are enabling universal access to information

In today’s globalised world, digital connectivity is practically a prerequisite for equal participation in society. Digital technology allows people to connect easily to vital services, such as healthcare, online banking and risk warnings, and to source information within seconds. Despite...

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Sep 23, 2024
GIF invests in climate-resilient housing solution in Indonesia

GIF is pleased to announce that we have invested $460k in Build Change, a social innovator working alongside one of Indonesia’s largest microfinance institutions to develop loan products that enable women living on low incomes to invest to make their...

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Sep 16, 2024
How agricultural innovations are improving livelihoods

The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation estimates that, today, about one in nine people globally are chronically undernourished, whilst one in three are malnourished. To meet growing demands from a projected population of close to 10 billion people in 2050...

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Sep 09, 2024
GIF makes its first investment in Myanmar

GIF is pleased to announce that we have provided a grant of $500k to Proximity Designs, a social business in Myanmar offering a practical solution for farmers to clear rice stubble after harvest.Proximity’s innovative approach promotes the use of a...

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Aug 12, 2024
How innovation in education can support youth for a better future

Today is International Youth Day 2024, and the theme this year, ‘From Clicks to Progress’, highlights how digitalisation is transforming our world, offering unprecedented opportunities to accelerate sustainable development.Digital technologies such as mobile devices, services, and artificial intelligence are instrumental...

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Aug 12, 2024
GIF supports business empowering climate action with data and analytics

GIF is pleased to announce that we have invested $500k in Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform providing early natural disaster warning systems and weather data analytics. The Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world experiencing...

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Jul 30, 2024
How innovation can address the early education crisis

Education is a key driver of sustainable development, global peace and human rights. Yet the UN estimates that around 84 million children are set to remain out of school by 2030 unless urgent action is taken to transform education worldwide...

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Jun 20, 2024
How two GIF investments are giving refugees autonomy and purpose

Today is World Refugee Day, the international day to honour people who have been forced to flee as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.Forced displacement surged to historic new levels across...

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Mar 22, 2024
The Ripple Effect: When investing in innovation is a catalyst for peace

Today marks United Nations World Water Day, which this year has the theme, ‘Water for Peace’. Access to safe water is not only a basic human right, intrinsic to every aspect of life, but also a crucial enabler of sustainable...

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Mar 05, 2024
Funding AI for Good: Reflections from MWC Barcelona 2024

I’ve just returned from MWC Barcelona (formerly but still commonly referred to as Mobile World Congress), an annual trade show dedicated to the mobile communications industry. As the world's largest and most influential connectivity event, it attracted 100,000 delegates, showcased...

GIF supports innovation to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Tanzania Image
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Feb 09, 2024
GIF supports innovation to prevent age-disparate transactional sex in Tanzania

GIF is pleased to announce that we have awarded a $230k pilot grant to Amani Girls Organisation (AGO), a non-profit using a radio drama to tackle age-disparate transactional sex between young girls and older men in Tanzania. Age-disparate transactional...