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  Innovate Now, Africa’s first Assistive Technology Accelerator announces KES2M Prize for First Winner

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, Rosa Salazar Benazar, AMREF Health Africa, Bernard Chiira

  June 15, 2020

  Kenya

  Innovate Now has selected its first winner as part of the Global Disability Innovation Hub’s Assistive Technology AT2030 Programme

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  Country Investment Fund (CIF) launched

  Global Disability Innovation Hub

  June 11, 2020

  Global

  As part of the continued work in this AT2030 subprogramme, the Country Investment Fund (CIF) will support 3-5 grants in Africa that have already completed a CCA.

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  Hearing Aid Product Narrative launched during World Hearing Day

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, ATscale, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Rosa Salazar Benazar, Margaret Savage

  March 3, 2020

  Global

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  In celebration of World Hearing Day on March 3rd, AT2030 and ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology, launched the publication: “Hearing Aid Product Narrative: A Market Landscape and Strategic Approach to Increasing Access to Hearing Aids and Related Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”

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• Innovate Now, Africa’s first Assistive Technology Accelerator announces KES2M Prize for First Winner

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, Rosa Salazar Benazar, AMREF Health Africa, Bernard Chiira

  June 15, 2020

  Kenya

  Innovate Now has selected its first winner as part of the Global Disability Innovation Hub’s Assistive Technology AT2030 Programme

• Innovate Now Accelerator Programme Seeks Mobile Solutions to Assist Persons with Disabilities

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, Rosa Salazar Benazar, AMREF Health Africa, Bernard Chiira

  June 13, 2020

  Kenya

  Innovate Now, Africa’s first Assistive Technology Accelerator is seeking applications from innovators across the African continent who are dedicated to developing mobile-based technologies designed to assist people living with disabilities.

• Unveiling the First Cohort of Assistive Technology Entrepreneurs of the Innovate Now Accelerator

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, Rosa Salazar Benazar, AMREF Health Africa, Bernard Chiira

  Dec. 3, 2019

  Kenya

  As the world celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Global Disability Innovation Hub and Amref Enterprises Limited have today unveiled the five local entrepreneurs selected as finalists to the First Cohort of the Innovate Now Accelerator Program.

• Innovate Now: 19 companies focused on Assistive Technologies have been selected for the Round 1 shortlist

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, AMREF Health Africa

  Sept. 30, 2019

  Kenya

  Innovate Now has completed the 1st round of selection. We received 30 applications from 7 countries around the world. A majority of our applicants were from Kenya, with a total of 22 followed by the US with a total of 3 and one each from UK, Bulgaria, Nigeria Ghana and Tanzania.

• Prosthetics Startup Amparo wins FT & IFC award in innovating for disability

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, Rosa Salazar Benazar

  June 20, 2019

  UK

  Amparo, one of our AT2030 partners, received the Special Award for Innovating for Disability yesterday evening, at the Financial Times and IFC’s Transformational Business Awards 2019. A group of 9 judges selected the winners from a diverse selection of 270 businesses from all over the world.

• Country Investment Fund (CIF) launched

  Global Disability Innovation Hub

  June 11, 2020

  Global

  As part of the continued work in this AT2030 subprogramme, the Country Investment Fund (CIF) will support 3-5 grants in Africa that have already completed a CCA.

• DFID to double investment in AT2030 to £19.8million because of 'amazing early results'

  Global Disability Innovation Hub

  March 28, 2020

  Global

  The Minister of State for International Development, Lord Bates, announced today at the Sightgeist event in London, that the Department for International Development (DFID) is doubling its investment in the flagship AT2030 programme from £10million to £19.8million. This will be 100% matched by the private sector, country governments, academic institutions, NGOs and other partners.

• Hearing Aid Product Narrative launched during World Hearing Day

  Global Disability Innovation Hub, ATscale, Clinton Health Access Initiative, Rosa Salazar Benazar, Margaret Savage

  March 3, 2020

  Global

  PDF

  In celebration of World Hearing Day on March 3rd, AT2030 and ATscale, the Global Partnership for Assistive Technology, launched the publication: “Hearing Aid Product Narrative: A Market Landscape and Strategic Approach to Increasing Access to Hearing Aids and Related Services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.”

• WHO and UNICEF started Open Consultations for 27 Assistive Product Specifications (APS)

  Rosa Salazar Benazar

  Nov. 6, 2019

  Global

  GDI Hub is supporting WHO GATE and UNICEF on conducting the Open Consultations for 27 Assistive Product Specifications (APS).

• Hogan Lovells is part of the movement to accelerate Disability Innovation for a Fairer World by supporting AT2030

  Rosa Salazar Benazar

  Sept. 2, 2019

  Global

  Hogan Lovells is enabling all of this work, through its pro and low bono legal support.