GSMA - Mobile for Development

🔔 Missed the live webinar? Get practical insights from the UX Design Guidebook session! 🌾 How many steps does it take to complete an action in your digital agriculture service?  Fast, streamlined interactions are key to building habits. When users know they can complete tasks quickly, they are far more likely to return. This session introduced a practical tool to support agritechs in designing inclusive and intuitive digital solutions, especially for users with limited digital literacy in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). 📘 Explore the GSMA Agritech UX Design Guidebook: https://lnkd.in/eHUQKB38 🎥 Watch the webinar replay: https://lnkd.in/ebhjs-3M This report is commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), on behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. #UXDesignGuide #DigitalAgriculture #UserExperience #agritechs #AgricultureSolutions #webinar #i4ag

📱️ The mobile industry is playing a growing role in #digitalhealth and mobile technologies are unlocking significant #publichealth impact. This includes improving efforts to combat communicable diseases such as polio, HIV and malaria. 📣 At MWC Kigali 2025 GSMA Mobile for Development convened a roundtable with key stakeholders from across the mobile, global and digital health ecosystems which explored practical examples of success to date, outstanding barriers to progress and opportunities to enhance collaboration to drive further impact. Thank you to all those who joined the discussion! Zipline eHealth Africa Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. UNICEF UNICEF Digital Technology Daystar University ITU Regional Office for Africa Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Soline D. Mugeni, Nidhi Joshi, Pierre Kayitana, Kazeem Balogun, Emmanuel Chifuel Manasseh, Harriet Ratemo, Clara H., Daniele Tricarico, Lieke van de Wiel, Charles Juma #MWC25 Curious to find out more? 🔴 In Côte d'Ivoire, the M-Vaccin mobile app, developed in partnership between Orange Côte d'Ivoire, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Health Ministère de la Santé, de l'Hygiène Publique et de la Couverture Maladie Universelle (Côte d'Ivoire), is improving the uptake of routine immunisation for children and aiming to reach national scale 🔴 Digital payments for healthcare workers via mobile money are improving the efficiency of mass vaccination campaigns for diseases such as polio in over 20 countries across Africa, supported by the World Health Organization, Digital Finance Team 🔴 Digital solutions led by Mezzanine of Vodacom are streamlining laboratory testing processes for HIV and tuberculosis in Zambia and South Africa

Are you a policymaker, donor, innovator or NGO working on climate adaptation in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)? Join us to explore how digital innovation and climate tech can help SIDS tackle the climate crisis. Building on our report on climate tech solutions in Timor-Leste, we’ll discuss the unique challenges of deploying climate tech in SIDS; including geographic isolation, funding constraints, fragile infrastructure and capacity gaps. Register now to be part of this conversation: https://lnkd.in/ev_4NKAj #UKAid

By 2050, one in four people globally will live in African countries, with 80% of that growth happening in cities. Africa’s urban future is being shaped now - and #IntermediaryCities are at the centre of it. Our new report explores how digital innovation can unlock inclusive growth and essential services in these rapidly expanding urban hubs. 🔗 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/dGbBGrNX Delivered in collaboration with the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), Smart City Hub Rwanda and Connected Places Catapult Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sida #UKAid #Sida #DigitalUtilities

🏙️ In recognition of #WorldCitiesDay, we’re celebrating the untapped potential of #IntermediaryCities in Africa’s urban hubs which are shaping inclusive, digitally enabled futures. Our latest report explores how those in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda are driving inclusive growth through digital innovation. These urban hubs are critical connectors between rural and metropolitan areas and key to achieving people-centred digital adoption in cities. 🔗 Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/dGbBGrNX Delivered in collaboration with the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme), Smart City Hub Rwanda and Connected Places Catapult Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Sida #UKAid #Sida #DigitalUtilities

🌍 World Cities Day 2025 As cities grow, so do the challenges and opportunities. In recognition of #WorldCitiesDay and ahead of #COP30, our latest blog explores how digital innovation is transforming urban development across megacities, new city projects and fast-growing intermediary cities. From smart metering and clean energy to inclusive tech for essential services, we spotlight the ventures, funding trends and policy shifts shaping people-centred smart cities. 🔗 Read the full blog: https://lnkd.in/eU7P4dQT #IntermediaryCities #SmartCities #ClimateTech #DigitalUtilities #UrbanInnovation #GSMA #MobileForDevelopment #CleanEnergy #InclusiveTech #AfricaUrbanisation #UKAid #Sida

📢 Welcome to the Friday Round-up, an overview of our unmissable content released over the past week! Swipe for the latest updates and click the links below to explore more 👇 📕 Reports, blogs and videos: https://lnkd.in/gKNWjCdg 📷 Instagram: https://lnkd.in/eVVFjtbK #M4D

📊 The State of Mobile Internet Connectivity 2025 Overview Report sets the scene for this year’s series, providing a snapshot of global mobile internet trends and introducing the key insights that are explored in the other 5 reports. Did you know? 📱 58% of the world’s population (4.7 billion people) now use mobile internet on their own device ❌ 38% (3.1 billion) remain offline despite living within coverage – the usage gap 📡 4% (300 million) are still not covered by mobile broadband – the coverage gap Closing these gaps is critical. Between 2023 and 2030, closing the usage gap could generate $3.5 trillion in additional GDP, with $1.3 trillion from closing the gender gap in mobile internet adoption in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Explore the Overview Report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/efsDgSM3 #MobileInternet #DigitalInclusion #Connectivity #SOMIC #SOMIC2025 #UKAid #Sida

From improving health service delivery to strengthening smallholder agriculture, AI is already influencing development outcomes across low- and middle-income countries. The Unlocking AI for Digital Inclusion blog looks at how these technologies are evolving, what enablers are needed, and how stakeholders across sectors can contribute to inclusive adoption. It also introduces our upcoming EmergingTech report on AI for Digital Inclusion, which builds on ongoing research and collaboration within the ecosystem. 👉 To learn more, check out the blog: https://bit.ly/4nYSVOW #UKAid #Sida

📢 New Report: How Interoperability Models Impact Financial Inclusion and Competition Mobile money interoperability is now present in over 90 markets, but not all models deliver the same results. Our two-part report explores the impact of interoperability on adoption, usage and competition, moving beyond binary classifications to assess how policy design and timing shape outcomes. Mobile money has transformed financial inclusion across low- and middle-income countries, with over 2 billion registered accounts by the end of 2024. As markets mature, interoperability - the ability for users to transact across different providers - has become a key policy focus. 📖 This report is perfect for policymakers, regulators, mobile money providers and digital finance strategists looking to design effective, scalable interoperability frameworks. 📥 Download and read more here: https://lnkd.in/eN7ZNK6C #Interoperability #FinancialInclusion #DigitalFinance #MobileMoney #PolicyDesign