Improving Farmer Livelihoods: UK aid-funded agricultural content becomes...
Since April 2017, the GSMA mAgri programme has shifted its strategic direction. From supporting the launch and scale of agricultural value-added services (Agri VAS) delivering information directly to...
View ArticleDoc990’s Medicine to Your Doorstep feature brings time and cost savings for...
Dialog’s Doc990 digital Health service In January, the GSMA mHealth team will be publishing a case study on Doc990, a digital health service operated by Digital Health (Pvt) Ltd. (DHPL), a joint...
View ArticleDigital identity opportunities in Malawi, Sri Lanka, Uganda, and Zambia
Over one billion people around the world, including more than 230 million women and girls in the Commonwealth, lack official proof of identity. Recognising that mobile technology and mobile network...
View ArticleExploring new developments in the Sri Lankan tech ecosystem
It’s been almost two years since our last piece on the Sri Lankan tech ecosystem. Between 28 August –1 September 2019, Bilal Ali Qureshi from the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator team, visited Sri Lanka to...
View ArticleWhen ID works for women: initial findings from Sri Lanka
Guest blog written by Hélène Smertnik and Savita Bailur, Caribou Digital. First published here on 3 September 2019. As part of the Commonwealth Digital Identity Initiative, our [Caribou Digital]...
View ArticleMeet our portfolio start-ups: oDoc, Sri Lanka
According to the World Health Organization, there are fewer than 0.9 physicians per 1,000 people in Sri Lanka on average, making access to doctors and healthcare a serious issue. This ratio hides an...
View ArticleThe weather data gap: How can mobile technology make smallholder farmers...
In the new GSMA AgriTech report, Mobile Technology for Climate Resilience: The role of mobile operators in bridging the data gap, we explore how mobile network operators (MNOs) can play a bigger role...
View ArticleDigital health during COVID-19
Today marks the 72nd anniversary of World Health Day and this year’s timely theme is ‘Support Nurses and Midwives’. This theme is a reminder that healthcare workers are the foundation of all healthcare...
View ArticleBalancing tradition and digitisation in the tea sector in Sri Lanka
This is the second blog in a series introducing the grantees and key partners supporting The GSMA Innovation Fund for Digitisation of Agricultural Value Chains. “I’ve heard of mobile money, but I’m...
View ArticleThriving in crisis: how oDoc adapted during COVID-19
Start-ups are key for driving economic growth and employment, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where markets and industries are less mature. In OECD countries, start-ups employ...
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