Fwd: Funding opportunity: apply to the GSMA M4D Utilities Innovation Fund
James Odede
The GSMA Mobile for Development Utilities programme Innovation Fund, supported by UK Aid, is now open for applications. Our objective is to build and share evidence on the role of mobile in improving or increasing access to energy, clean water or sanitation for underserved consumers and the potential benefits for the mobile industry.
We will be awarding GBP 3.3 million in grant funds to 15 – 17 organisations who will trial or scale commercially sustainable mobile-enabled utility services. Grant sizes vary from GBP 150,000 to 300,000.
· Seed Grants (up to GBP 150,000): The primary aim of these grants is to support the trial of products/services that use mobile to enable sustainable access to energy, water or sanitation.
· Market Validation Grants (up to GBP 300,000): The primary aim is to support partnerships with mobile network operators or urban utility service providers to support scaling or replication of an existing service that increases or improves access to sustainable energy, water and sanitation services to underserved consumers. The service will already have demonstrated early success and have active users in at least one market.
To date, we have awarded GBP 6 million to 34 organisations across four continents which have impacted nearly 2.3 million beneficiaries. Between 2013 and 2016, several of these grantees have leveraged their grants to raise over $174 million in investment in total.
We are calling on
· Mobile operators,
· Energy, water, or sanitation services providers, including
o Decentralised service providers
o Urban and peri-urban utilities, and
o NGOs trialling business model approaches,
· Technology solutions providers
to propose innovative products or services that leverage mobile technology as a significant element of their utility delivery model for projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia.
Please consult our website for more information and to apply.
Note that the first concept note deadline is April 16, 2017.
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