In addition to funding and technical support, DLIIC provides its sub-grantees with access to a mentor or mentoring services. The men and women who serve as DLIIC mentors have vast experience in a variety of fields, from electrical engineering to sexual and reproductive health to communications to computer science. Each mentor brings a unique perspective...
Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC) is a national project, supported by several partners, that helps young people learn how to innovate. DLIIC provides support for innovative solutions that use data to positively impact lives, often adolescent girls and young women. However, just as with business undertakings, innovation projects face real challenges to survive...
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...
The collection and use of data is vital in all levels of community development in any society. This theme was highlighted recently at the first data festival or ‘Data Tamasha,’ which was hosted by Tanzania Data Lab (dLab).
The Data for Local Impact Innovation Challenge (DLIIC) is happy to announce the opening of its third challenge window, which focuses on Youth Empowerment.
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...
After two successful Challenges, the Data for Local Impact (DLI) Innovation Challenge is planning a third Challenge Window. DLI held its second Challenge Window in May 2017 after the first one in October 2016. While the first Challenge focused on improving health and the second Challenge focused on protecting adolescent girls and young women against...
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...
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.
You have a creative, innovative idea that will change an industry and help many people. Great! Now how do you convince a stranger to invest in your idea? It is likely that at some point, you will have to “pitch” your idea to investors. The standard meaning of “pitch” is to throw something, like a...
