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How agricultural innovations are improving livelihoods Image
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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...

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Jun 30, 2023
How television can change lives: insights from GIF investees

Television allows audiences to identify with characters that represent aspects of their own lives. It can therefore be leveraged as a powerful and versatile tool for education and behaviour change. That’s why innovators are exploring the power of educational entertainment...

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Jun 21, 2023
How SwipeRx is Scaling Impact in Asia

GIF investee SwipeRx stands today as the largest digital pharmacy network in Southeast Asia, connecting one third of all pharmacists across Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and Cambodia, and working towards improving health outcomes for millions who lack access...

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Apr 14, 2023
GIF supports innovation to prevent early female marriage in Bangladesh

GIF is pleased to announce we have awarded a $805K grant to the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) and the University of Kent to deliver and evaluate a new programme designed to reduce child marriage amongst girls aged...