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The development sector has a problem… ... and ICT4D has made it more visible

Map of mHealth Pilots in Uganda Source: Sean Blaschke, Technology for Development Specialist at UNICEF Uganda

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What do other sectors know about speeding the pace of innovation?

Knowledge & Skills Building

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The SXD Roadmap

The SXD Roadmap

Co-Creation with participants & partners

What’s the response?

Changing Mindsets: Shifting our traditional thinking on scale & sustainability and introducing news skills & ways of working. 100% of participants report i i i Changing Practices: Supporting staff to practice new behaviors and implement changes in their programs. 90% of participants reported using new techniques in human-centered Reducing Barriers to Scale: Supporting teams to tackle practical challenges in business models, marketing, legal, fundraising, etc. 59% of teams were supported in fundraising and 85%

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with mentors or pro- Supporting Teams to Scale: Enabling teams to spread to new geographies, reach new demographics, and develop transformational partnerships. 68% of teams reported scaling “wins” within the first 6 months of

Value to Peers

“Being part of a cohort, alumni, network in this industry that is planning to look beyond these challenges – donor requirements/staged programming really gives hope. Often ask myself if I’m doing what I am supposed to be doing, am I being responsible in this role? This professionally and personally gave me hope that we can be doing this.”

• Participant from Habitat for Humanity International

Meet AloWeather

Meet AloWeather

ALOWEATHER:

Meteorological source is forecasting 60-80% chance

• f rain continuously from

28 June – 4 July. We advise that farmers not spread fertilizer this week

Good Data: 21% crop yield

increases

Thru SXD:

• Developed full, sustainable

business model

• Created prototypes of their ITC

innovation and tested it with their customer base

• Developed full financial model

based on business model and customer research

• Found out social enterprise is

possible! AloWeather hopes to reach 200,000 households, accounting for 20% of farmer households in 5 years

Join us!

• 1. Thinking about similar problems or starting

similar programs? Email us to talk! Whitney Adams: whitney.adams@care.org Savannah Miller: savannah.miller@care.org

• 2. Follow our journey at:

http://sxdaccelerator.care.org/