GSMA创新基金影响投资组合2024-25

GSMA Innovation Fund The GSMA is a global organisation unifying the mobile ecosystemto discover, develop and deliver innovation foundational topositive business environments and societal change. Ourvision is to unlock the full power of connectivity so that people,industry and society thrive. Representing mobile operatorsand organisations across the mobile ecosystem and adjacentindustries, the GSMA delivers for its members across three broadpillars: Connectivity for Good, Industry Services and Solutions,and Outreach. This activity includes advancing policy, tacklingtoday’s biggest societal challenges, underpinning the technologyand interoperability that make mobile work, and providing theworld’s largest platform to convene the mobile ecosystem at theMWC and M360 series of events. The GSMA Innovation Fund accelerates digital tech solutions thatare addressing key global challenges. Through grant fundingand tailored venture building support, we enable innovativeorganisations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) toscale and amplify social and environmental impact. For more information, please visit:www.gsma.com/innovationfund Author:Simone Hinrichsen, Insights Manager,GSMA Innovation Fund Contributors:Wade Owojori, Director, GSMA Innovation FundDr. Samjhana Humagain, Senior Marketing Manager, GSMA We invite you to find out more atwww.gsma.com. ||y This material has been funded by UK International Developmentfrom the UK Government and is supported by the GSMA and itsmembers. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect theUK Government’s official policies. This material has been funded by the Swedish InternationalDevelopment Cooperation Agency (Sida). Sida does notnecessarily share the views expressed in this material.Responsibility for its contents rests entirely with the author. Digital innovation provides a uniqueopportunity to accelerate socio-economicdevelopment and climate action in LMICs,where mobile phones are the main –and often only – way to connect to theinternet. More than 3.7 billion peoplein LMICs now access the internet on amobile phone, and this technology hasthe potential to foster economic growth,connect citizens to jobs and otherservices and improve their resilienceto climate shocks. Mobile technologyalso enables startups and small andmedium enterprises (SMEs) to scale, as itprovides the infrastructure for payments,communications and content, and allowsnew and more direct access to markets. In this context, in partnershipwith the UK Foreign,Commonwealth & DevelopmentOffice (FCDO) and otherdonors, the GSMA InnovationFund positions innovativestartups and SMEs in LMICsto scale their operationsand amplify their social andenvironmental impact byproviding grant funding andtailored venture-buildingsupport. The objective of theFund is to accelerate digitaltech solutions that address keychallenges faced by vulnerablepopulations in LMICs. The GSMAInnovation Fundacceleratesdigital techsolutionsthat addresskey globalchallenges. Contents How the GSMA Innovation Fund works8The power of partnerships10Women-led organisations 17Emerging tech for impact18 Impact Portfolio Africa22 Africa 11824Ensibuuko 25WidEnergy 26Zonful Energy27Signs Media28Freetown Waste Transformers 29Koolboks30Regenize31Soso Care32BENAA33CoAmana34Crop2Cash35Dayaxa36Hello Tractor37J-Palm Liberia 38 Impact Portfolio Asia56Knowledge Platform58Navana Tech59Orenda60Vceela61DeafTawk62I-Stem63SignAble64ATEC65Bhumijo66Diyalo67JanaJal68ReCircle69BaKhabar Kissan70Komunidad71GeoKrishi72 ActionAid73Buraq Integrated Solutions74People in Need75Rumsan76NAXA77Aloi78Crop2X79HydroNeo80InQube81Monsoon Tea Company82SenzAgro83CIS84ConnectHear85Somleng86Viamo87 Lersha39Simusolar40Synnefa41Tearfund42TAHMO43Bizy Tech44Farm to Feed45Pricepally46Sommalife47UjuziKilimo48Drop Access Limited49E-Ride50Exuus51Helium Health52Patapia53Raagsan54SmartWTI55 How the GSMA Innovation Fund works To improve the operationalefficiency of the GSMAInnovation Fund and respondto the funding needs of smallgrowing businesses, the processhas been refined based on areview of operational lessonsand feedback from applicants. Selectionpanel Application Projectappraisal Contracting Projectevaluation Recommendationpanel A recommendation panel(comprised of the GSMA,donors and independentexperts) assesses theshortlisted projects andrecommends the mostimpactful applications.Applicants will have theopportunity to (virtually)pitch their projects in frontof this panel. The GSMA receivesapplications, screensthem for eligibility andscores them based ona defined set of criteria.Around 30 applicants areshortlisted. Shortlisted applicantsundergo a virtual duediligence assessmentof their company’soperational, fiduciaryand reputational risks,and develop a projectproposal. The GSMA conducts anin-person due diligencevisit to (1) understandthe nuances of therecommended projectsand companies, and(2