Supporting new products and service delivery models to scale
Supporting new products and service delivery models to scale
- Improve the use of emerging technology for accessibility
- Spark Assistive Technology (AT) innovation
- Scale-up proven AT and associated service delivery models
- Establish an Innovation Ecosystem in Kenya: Innovate Now.
- Assistive Technology Impact Fund (ATIF)
- Support start-ups to scale solutions to new service delivery approaches and disruptive technologies
- Ecosystem acceleration programme
- Live Labs and an AT Makeathon
- Stigma in Youth project
Sub-Programmes
- SP 3: Innovation: Delivering AT innovations in LMICs through inclusive innovation ecosystems, AT accelerator, service delivery and wheelchair provision. Horizon scanning to scope the disability mobile gap and programmes to address stigma. Partners include: GDI Hub at UCL, Shujaaz, Motivation, Bethany Kids, Amparo, Amref, GSMA, Maynooth University, University of Nairobi, Humanity & Inclusion, Stepwise, Our latest project is Mobile as AT: This project will investigate how access to mobile phones affects disabled people’s qualify of life in India, Kenya and Brazil; the extent to which the features of mobile phones can replicate or replace existing assistive technologies; and how disabled people can be supported in acquiring digital skills needed to take advantage of their mobile devices. It will also explore how it may be possible to increase access to mobile phones for people that would benefit from assistive technology. Partners include: GDI Hub at UCL, Google, ATscale, IIIT Bangalore, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
- SP 4: Innovation Hub India: Led by the WHO, UCL and the Indian Council for Medical Research we have developed a new partnership to deliver an Innovation Hub in India with regional reach. We will be delivering an AT accelerator programme with IIT Delhi (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi) and an AT Academic Innovation programme that goes alongside it.
- SP 5: GDI Accelerate: Now GDI Accelerate, a powerhouse of insight, innovation and technical excellence – designing, testing and scaling solutions. SP 5 was previously operationalised as the AT Impact Fund which was established to better enable frontier technology solutions to reach people with disabilities in Africa, and to test business models that are most likely to succeed.
Latest
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Assistive Technology Data & Insights Portal - a vision for a highly accessible tool to serve the global Assistive Technology ecosystem
Global Disability Innovation HubJan. 26, 2023United KingdomGlobally the AT space is developing rapdily, and alongside this comes a growing demand for highly accessible data & insight portal to serve the wider ecosystem, stakeholders, researchers and decision makers. Without a relevant and accessible source of data and insight, participants are struggling to connect, engage, research, invest, source, scout, procure, and contribute to the evolution of this nascent and rapidly growing global ecosystem. We are looking to change this.
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Innovation Spotlight: Building a walking companion for the visually impaired.
Global Disability Innovation Hub, Harrison KamauOct. 13, 2022KenyaHope Tech Plus Limited is dedicated to developing innovative technologies and building tools and programs for empowerment that support inclusion in all sectors of society. They accomplish this by utilizing modern technology to produce tools that improve interaction with the physical environment and promote personal development. "The Fourth Eye" was the first product, a device that employs echolocation technology to image obstructions and warns the user via haptic feedback.
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Innovation Spotlight: From recovery to innovation; the journey to create a revolutionary, low cost, all-terrain wheelchair, that can be manufactured with basic tools, using locally available materials and components.
Global Disability Innovation Hub, Harrison KamauOct. 5, 2022KenyaThe Safari seat, a revolutionary, low-cost, all-terrain wheelchair, was born—an easy-to-repair, customizable solution, that can be manufactured with basic tools, using locally available materials and components.
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Innovation Spotlight: Creating universal access to safe and appropriate sanitation, through innovating accessible toilets for people with disability.
Global Disability Innovation Hub, Harrison KamauSept. 29, 2022KenyaSyna Consultancy is a social enterprise committed to delivering fair and inclusive sanitation solutions. While their mandate has transformed over the years, their major objective is to ensure universal access to safe and appropriate water and sanitation, with special emphasis paid to the needs of underprivileged communities.
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Innovation Spotlight: Completing the communication cycle – how a mentoring experience began a journey into machine learning and avatars to create a new sign language interpretation tool.
Global Disability Innovation Hub, Harrison KamauSept. 23, 2022KenyaFrom the onset, Veezaviz set out to bridge communication barriers. Savatia and his team created a new generation of technology that enables two-way communication among deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people. They make this possible by using machine learning-based sign language interpretation and automated avatar sign language generation.
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