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Current ICT4D Project Funding Opportunities
Here are the current requests for proposals for ICT4D projects around the world. Be sure to check the requirements of each donor and the funding priorities of each call for proposals.
Apply directly to each solicitation and follow their specified guidelines – incomplete grant applications are usually not accepted.
Published on: Nov 28 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now for $5 Million in GSMA mWASH Grants
Currently 10% of the world’s population does not have access to ‘improved’ water resources, nearly 20% are without access to energy, and almost 35% lack access...
Published on: Oct 28 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Win $10,000 in USAID Mobiles for Development in Asia Award
Do you have a mobile service, product, app, or add-on that is being used to address a development challenge in Asia? Do you want the opportunity to promote your...
Published on: May 21 2014 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Today for ISIF Asia Awards
The ISIF Asia Awards seek to acknowledge the important contributions ICT innovators have made with creative solutions to the social and economic development of...
Published on: Oct 25 2013 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The ICT4D Funding Conundrum And Why Pilotitis Needs to Change
I am Erica Hagen and in a recent post, I talked about how effective feedback loops are close to being realized in Dar es Salaam. In this post, I discuss the challenges...
The GSMA mWomen team is delighted to announce the launch of the fourth round of Innovation Fund grants. The goal of the NGO grants is to provide seed funding for...
Published on: Sep 02 2013 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply for $15,000 to Test Mobile Money Payment Systems
Does your organization uses physical cash in operations or programming to implement a development project in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Haiti, Indonesia, Malawi,...
Published on: Apr 17 2013 by Aaron Mason - Comments Off on Apply Now for the 2013 ISIF Asia Awards
Are you or your partners using the Internet to promote social causes in Asia? Could you use several thousand dollars to help move your cause forward? If so, the...
Published on: Dec 19 2012 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on Apply Now for TechWomen: a Professional Mentorship and Exchange Program
Harnessing the power of business, technology and innovation, TechWomen brings emerging women leaders in technology sectors from the Middle East and Africa together...
Recently, I had an interesting conversation with a major retailer of technology in the USA. It is looking to grow its corporate social responsibility to focus on...
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USAID recently launched its second Grand Challenge for Development, All Children Reading, that follows on the earlier Saving Lives at Birth. Both of these endeavors...