GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion 2020 | Opportunity Desk

Are you a start-up or SME in Sub-Saharan Africa or Asia? Are you helping people get online for the first time using mobile internet? Apply now for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Mobile Internet Adoption and Digital Inclusion 2020.

The GSMA Innovation Fund supports innovative start-ups or small to medium sized private sector companies (SMEs) in emerging markets to achieve sustainable growth and improved socio-economic impact. The Fund aims to support innovation that increases mobile internet adoption and usage for the underserved and those who are currently not using mobile internet services.

The objective of the Fund is to support solutions that seek to address one or more of the following barriers to mobile internet adoption:

The support package includes:

Beyond this support, the selected grantees will also benefit from enhanced visibility through the programme’s insight publications, learnings through exchange with other portfolio grantees and networking opportunities with the programme’s networks.

To be eligible to apply, start-ups or SMEs must meet the following criteria:

They particularly encourage the following start-ups or SMEs to apply: