Category: Awards

Nine innovators win grants through the DLI Fourth Challenge Window
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Nine innovators win grants through the DLI Fourth Challenge Window

The Data for Local Impact (DLI) Innovation Challenge has selected 9 innovators (5 organizations and 4 individuals) to receive awards under the DLI Fourth Challenge Window. This window focused on community level problems identified by ordinary citizens in the context of DLI’s sister project, Data Zetu, which aims to increase data use at the subnational...

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018by
41 finalists pitched for DLI Fourth Challenge Window
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41 finalists pitched for DLI Fourth Challenge Window

Out of the 344 applications received during the fourth Challenge Window, the Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC) has selected 41 finalists (13 females and 28 males) to reach the pitch stage. These 41 finalists pitched their ideas to a panel of expert judges from the Ministry of Health and the Prime Minister’s Office...

September 14, 2018September 14, 2018by
61 Finalists Pitched for the DLIIC Third Challenge Window
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61 Finalists Pitched for the DLIIC Third Challenge Window

Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC) is delighted to congratulate the 61 finalists (12 organizations and 49 individuals) who reached the pitch session stage in the DLIIC Third Challenge Window, which focused on Youth Employability and Economic Empowerment.

April 5, 2018April 6, 2018by
DLIIC second window winners are set to fight HIV among girls and women in Tanzania
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DLIIC second window winners are set to fight HIV among girls and women in Tanzania

DLIIC awarded grants to nine Tanzanian innovators and one Tanzanian not-for-profit social enterprise, Ubongo Kids. The grants support data-focused solutions that aim to reduce the risks of contracting HIV/AIDS among Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW). These entrepreneurs will receive awards ranging from 10,000 to 25,000 USD (individuals) and 100,000 USD (organization) as well as...

December 22, 2017December 22, 2017by
Announcing the Second Challenge Winners
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Announcing the Second Challenge Winners

Nine individual innovators from across Tanzania and one Tanzanian not-for-profit social enterprise, Ubongo Kids, have been awarded grants to implement data-focused health solutions through the Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC) funded by the U.S. Government’s President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) under the Data Collaborative for Local Impact (DCLI) partnership overseen by...

October 13, 2017October 30, 2017by
18 Finalists Pitched for the DLI “DREAMS” Challenge Window
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18 Finalists Pitched for the DLI “DREAMS” Challenge Window

  The Data for Local Impact (DLI) Innovation Challenge congratulates all 20 finalists of the Second Challenge Window for having reached the pitch session stage. Out of 20 finalists, 18 were able to participate in the pitching event, sharing their different ideas on how to protect Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) against the risks...

August 25, 2017August 25, 2017by
The Innovation Funds Supporting #data4SDGs
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The Innovation Funds Supporting #data4SDGs

Around the world, funders and investors are recognizing the powerful potential of “innovation funds” and “innovation challenges” to identify entrepreneurs with creative, high-impact ideas to tackle society’s most pressing problems, including health, water and sanitation, education, social justice, and gender equality.

August 17, 2017August 25, 2017by
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