{"id":161456,"date":"2016-02-03T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/8-african-startups-leading-the-way-to-ending-poverty\/"},"modified":"2024-01-29T13:13:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T13:13:29","slug":"8-african-startups-leading-the-way-to-ending-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/stories\/8-african-startups-leading-the-way-to-ending-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"8 African startups leading the way to ending poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African tech writer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aT6vIq6_1OE\">speaker<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&nbsp;Toby Shapshak says that &ldquo;in Africa, necessity is the mother of invention&rdquo;&mdash;and there is certainly a boom in exciting new companies that are tackling vital issues across the continent.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We have handpicked eight of the best <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/globalgoal\">#GlobalGoal<\/a> busting startups that are gaining serious momentum:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diylaw.ng\/\"><b>DIYLaw<\/b><\/a><b> (Nigeria)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This all-female startup is using digital technology to create easy access to legal services in Nigeria. &ldquo;DIYLaw is making legal [assistance] one less challenge to grapple with. Our value propositions are transparency, simplicity, and affordability,&rdquo; says co-founder and lead counsel Odunoluwa Longe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The startup recently won the SME Empowerment Innovation Challenge for East and West Africa at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/innovatingjustice.com\/en\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Innovating Justice Forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It aims to be a one-stop hub for all things legal with a view to eventually providing the service across Africa. A fantastic way to the fight for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/international\/globalgoals\/peace-and-justice\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">justice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at a grassroots level.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30760\" style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26165305\/DIYlaw-Press-Release-Picture-1-600x400.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30760\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30760\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-image wp-image-30760\" src=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26165305\/DIYlaw-Press-Release-Picture-1-600x400-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"DIY Law team at the Innovating Justice Awards. Photo credit: DIYLaw\" width=\"593\" height=\"395\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DIY Law team at the Innovating Justice Awards. Photo credit: DIYLaw<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/wefarm.org\/\"><b>WeFarm<\/b><\/a><b> (Kenya)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WeFarm is a free peer-to-peer service that enables farmers to share information via text, without the internet and without having to leave their farm. Farmers can ask questions and receive crowd-sourced answers from other farmers around the world in minutes, a super speedy solution to some of the issues affecting <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">sustainable agriculture<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their website states: &ldquo;Smallholders have generations&rsquo; worth of farming knowledge to share. We believe that farmers are experts. Now, they have a way to share their expertise. The time has come to give farmers a voice instead of giving &lsquo;top-down&rsquo; advice.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Launched in November last year, WeFarm already has over 38,000 users and is targeting more than 500,000 active farmers by the end of 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulamobile.com\/\"><b>Vula Mobile<\/b><\/a><b> (South Africa)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South African startup Vula Mobile connects general <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">health<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> workers in remote areas with specialists in hospitals via a mobile app. The startup is initially focusing on eye health.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Vula Eye Health mobile app aims to change the way that primary health workers access information, carry out eye tests, connect with specialists and make referrals. It is the brainchild of South African doctor William Mapham, who saw the potential for technology to improve referral networks while working in a hospital in rural Swaziland. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/QfRD3_ROv9s<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brck.com\/\"><b>BRCK<\/b><\/a><b> (Kenya)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tech communities are booming all over Africa, but it remains challenging to get and stay connected in a region with frequent blackouts and spotty internet hookups. So Juliana Rotich and her colleagues developed BRCK, which offers resilient <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/international\/blog\/why-connecting-everyone-to-the-internet-could-help-end-extreme-poverty\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">connectivity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and is &ldquo;the easiest, most reliable way to connect to the internet, anywhere in the world, even when you don&rsquo;t have electricity.&rdquo; It is essentially a rugged router that can hop from network to network seeking out signal to connect to the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qsJYrwzfd6w\"><b><b>Obami<\/b><\/b><\/a><b><b> (South Africa)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Obami is a customisable and adaptable e-learning tool that is already present in over 400 schools. The platform allows for communication and collaboration within, and between schools&mdash;a social network where students, parents and teachers can discuss <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">educational<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> projects in a safe space. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder Barbara Mallinson has said, &ldquo;Taking on the education system is a real challenge, so what we&rsquo;ve decided to focus on going forward is changing the way we learn, as opposed to changing the education system.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&ldquo;I feel excited about Africa, particularly in terms of upliftment and development. We&rsquo;re seeing amazing advances in technology adoption across the continent, which will boost access to information.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/projectisizwe.org\/\"><b>Project Isizwe<\/b><\/a><b> (South Africa)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Project Isizwe believe that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/international\/blog\/why-connecting-everyone-to-the-internet-could-help-end-extreme-poverty\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">internet access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> should not be determined by the socio-economic conditions of the individual, but be &ldquo;based on the principles of social solidarity, equity and fairness&rdquo;. Their aim is to facilitate the roll-out of free WiFi in public spaces for low-income communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They took home the &ldquo;Best Connectivity Solution for Africa&rdquo; award at AfricaCom 2015 in November. Chief Operating Officer Zahir Khan said in his acceptance speech: &ldquo;A digital nation and continent will ensure Africa&rsquo;s position as the continent with the most opportunity.&rdquo; <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30761\" style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26165751\/Project-Isizwe.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30761\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30761\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-image wp-image-30761\" src=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26165751\/Project-Isizwe-600x391.jpg\" alt=\"Project Isizwe believes in connectivity for all - with a focus on access for the purposes of education. Photo credit: Project Isizwe \" width=\"593\" height=\"386\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30761\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Project Isizwe believes in connectivity for all &ndash; with a focus on access for the purposes of education. Photo credit: Project Isizwe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/upenergygroup.com\/\"><b>UpEnergy<\/b><\/a><b> (Uganda \/ USA)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">UpEnergy&mdash;like ONE&mdash;is concerned that inefficient and dangerous cooking and lighting methods are causing millions of premature deaths each year and that hundreds of millions of people across the world still lack access to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.one.org\/international\/globalgoals\/clean-water-and-sanitation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">clean water<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is why they finance, build, and support distribution channels for high-efficiency stoves, water purification technologies and solar lights. Their model also uses a carbon crediting initiative which helps make these clean <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">energy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> products affordable in the developing world. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30762\" style=\"width: 603px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26165825\/UpEnergy.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30762\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30762\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-image wp-image-30762\" src=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26165825\/UpEnergy-600x414.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: UpEnergy\" width=\"593\" height=\"409\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: UpEnergy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynotchenergy.com\/\"><b>Skynotch Energy Africa<\/b><\/a><b> (Kenya)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Skynotch addresses the issue that only 23 percent of Kenyans have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS\/countries\/KE?display=graph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">access to electricity<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. They identify a need for clean <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">energy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in unconnected areas and thus provide renewable energy access solutions, solar lantern distribution, project development with small hydro and solar farms, and water pumping and purification initiatives. <\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30763\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26170301\/Skynotch.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-30763\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30763\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30763\" src=\"https:\/\/one_org_international.s3.amazonaws.com\/international\/media\/international\/2016\/01\/26170301\/Skynotch.jpg\" alt=\"Solar lamps change the lives of students by giving them more time to read. Photo credit: Skynotch Africa\" width=\"566\" height=\"357\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Solar lamps change the lives of students by giving them more time to read. Photo credit: Skynotch Africa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These young companies are helping shape and transform the future of Africa. But YOU can play your part, too:<\/p>\n<h2>Urge our leaders to tackle health, education, poverty, energy, justice, connectivity, and so much more by making the #GlobalGoals a priority!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"buffer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African tech writer and speaker Toby Shapshak says, \u201cIn Africa, necessity is the mother of invention.\u201d There&#8217;s certainly a boom in exciting new companies that are tackling vital issues across the continent. 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