Capacity Building Programs

This fellowship empowers local leaders from climate-vulnerable regions to co-create grassroots solutions using emerging tech. It blends human-centered design, tech demos, and pilot funding into a transformative local development journey. The aim is to equip these leaders with the tools to address climate challenges with scalable, locally-driven innovations. Through mentorship and fieldwork, the program fosters a hands-on approach to tech adoption, fostering long-term community resilience.

Strengthens healthcare delivery through drones by training local health and logistics actors. It bridges tech and health through field-driven, context-aware capacity building. By focusing on real-world use cases and training in logistics, drone flight, and data collection, the program ensures that local health systems are empowered to utilize drones for efficient and scalable medical delivery, especially in rural and underserved areas. This initiative fosters sustainable healthcare infrastructure at the grassroots level.

Enables traceable, equitable food chains via inclusive tech tools. Co-design approach ensures relevance and adoption across local agri-ecosystems. The program focuses on providing smallholder farmers with the tools to track and improve the transparency and efficiency of food systems through the application of blockchain for traceability and AI for forecasting and risk management. This results in more sustainable, equitable, and tech-driven food systems, increasing market access and enhancing food security.

Builds a rural workforce skilled in drone deployment for emergencies and development. Focused on local ownership, employment, and resilience. The program equips rural communities with drone technology and repair skills, ensuring that they can respond to natural disasters and perform development tasks such as mapping, medical deliveries, and surveillance. By building local capabilities in drone operations, the program contributes to long-term resilience and economic empowerment of communities vulnerable to climate change.

Enables multi-actor review and policy shaping on emerging tech. Strengthens accountability and participation in regulatory frameworks. This bootcamp prepares policymakers to address the ethical and regulatory challenges posed by emerging technologies such as AI, drones, and blockchain. The program facilitates dialogue between government, industry, and civil society to ensure that policies are not only effective but also equitable and responsive to diverse stakeholder needs. By focusing on real-world case studies, the program provides actionable insights for creating sustainable tech policies.

Helps local agencies build live monitoring systems with IoT for civic resilience. Open tech kits make innovation accessible and scalable. The program is designed to support municipalities and local governments in implementing smart infrastructure solutions using IoT. By focusing on environmental monitoring (e.g., air quality, water usage, waste management), the program equips local officials and engineers with the tools needed to build sustainable, data-driven infrastructures that improve urban living conditions and environmental sustainability.

Democratizes media creation around tech for change. Empowers local storytellers to shape narratives around innovation and resilience. This program enables communities to harness AI and data visualization tools to tell compelling stories about climate change, healthcare, and local resilience efforts. By using AI to generate narratives and maps, the program amplifies community voices and strengthens public engagement with tech-driven solutions for social good, fostering greater awareness and action.

Supports early-stage women entrepreneurs creating resilient solutions. Integrates market access, mentorship, and funding pathways. The accelerator focuses on empowering women in the climate, health, and agriculture sectors to bring their innovations to market. Through tailored mentorship, product development, and investment readiness coaching, the program helps participants scale their ventures, providing them with the necessary tools, networks, and financial backing to create impactful solutions in their communities.

Builds local training capacity to set up sustainable tech learning hubs. Creates long-term community ownership and adaptation skills. This program trains local educators and leaders to become trainers in tech tools and methodologies that can be adapted to various sectors such as education, healthcare, and agriculture. By developing tech hubs within communities, the program ensures that knowledge transfer is sustained locally, fostering a culture of innovation and resilience through peer-led education and empowerment.

Nurtures leadership for inclusive tech systems in the Global South. Uses peer learning and policy engagement to scale ethical innovations. The program fosters collaboration among global south countries to design, test, and scale tech-driven solutions for local challenges. Through systems thinking, the program aims to break down silos and create a community of leaders equipped with the knowledge and tools to engage in collaborative, cross-border initiatives that foster ethical tech solutions and policies.