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.
- AT Impact Fund
- Support start-ups to scale solutions to new service delivery approaches and disruptive technologies
- Ecosystem acceleration programme
- Live Labs and an AT Makeathon
Sub-Programmes
- Spark Innovation: Delivering AT innovations in East Africa through inclusive innovation ecosystems, AT accelerator, service delivery and wheelchair provision. Horizon scanning to scope the disability mobile gap and programmes to address stigma. 3D printing for humanitarian response and an AT Makeathon.
- Innovation Hub India: Led by the WHO, UCL and the Indian Council for Medical Research we are exploring a new partnership to deliver an Innovation Hub in India with regional reach.
- AT Impact Fund: The AT Impact Fund 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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African Inclusive Employment Innovators sought for Assistive Technology Acceleration Opportunity with Innovate Now
Global Disability Innovation Hub, AMREF Health AfricaOct. 15, 2020NewsAfrica’s first Assistive Technology Accelerator, Innovate Now, is launching the third call for application from innovators across the African continent to develop technologies and services designed to assist people living with disabilities around the theme of the Future of Inclusive Employment.
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What is Assistive Tech, who is it for, and what does it enable?
Rhys WilliamsSept. 28, 2020What does Assistive Technology mean and which products are the key priority products.
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Powering Inclusion: AI and Assistive Technology. Call for evidence.
Global Disability Innovation HubSept. 8, 2020NewsAs part of the AT2030 Programme, UNESCO's International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI), UCL's Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub), the European Disability Forum (EDF), and the Jožef Stefan Institute (JSI) are seeking ideas to help build a research agenda on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Assistive Technology (AT).
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Marking 4 years of the Global Disability Innovation Hub
Bernard ChiiraSept. 3, 2020Bernard Chiira reflects on the 4 years of GDI Hub and the role in promoting the AT innovation ecosystem as part of AT2030.
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Celebrating Inspirational Entrepreneurs Building Tech that Matters for Africa
Bernard Chiira, AMREF Health AfricaMay 13, 2020Bernard presents an overview of the innovations and teams that were part of the first cohort of Innovate Now, Africa's first Assistive Tech Accelerator.
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