African Innovations Peter, Doug, Ryan

The Problem: Information Mismatch Despite having more data than ever, governments and NGOs misallocate resources during crises and hurt the very people they try to help If only data could be crowdsourced..

The Solution: Ushahidi “Testimony” Crowdsourced incident reporting Data aggregation

The Problem: Lagging Access to Power Over 600 million Sub-Saharan Africans (68% of pop.) w/out access to electricity Underdeveloped power infrastructure High upfront installation costs High costs to connect each household (recall Symposium speaker: $300 to connect one family in areas where annual income ~$600) Existing infrastructure is unreliable

Off Grid Electric: affordable solar power in rural Tanzania and Rwanda Provide roof-mounted solar panel system and rechargeable lithium batteries that provide consistent electricity Instal system for $0.10, then users pay $7 a month for three months, whereupon they own it Payments collected via mobile phone transactions Already service over 125,000 households, employ over 1000 people, and create 40+ new jobs each month via in-house recruitment and training at ZOLA Electric Academy Offer solar power package to small businesses Recently signed deal with EDF Electric to expand to Ivory Coast; pledge to hit 2 million users by 2020

The Problem: Lack of Access to Cardiologists Cameroon is home to over 22 million people, but fewer than 50 cardiologists Potential Patients in Africa: One in two people over the age of 25 have hypertension 20 million Africans suffer from cardiovascular disease 80 million have abnormally high blood pressure -Additionally, most of these cardiologists are located in the big cities of Younde and and Douala -And, in fact, by 2020, non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes will account for 70 percent of fatalities in developing countries.

The Solution: Cardiopad Engineer Arthur Zang designed the Cardiopad to conduct cardiac tests such as electrocardiograms in remote locations, sending the results to cardiologists in city centers often hundreds of miles away. The Cardiopad costs $2,700, a fraction of the cost of similar commercially available, less portable devices Designed for Africa: The device is humidity-resistant and easy for health-care providers to read and manipulate. “The basis of innovation often comes from a desire to solve other people's’ problems.”

Innovations Compared On the basis of aggregate impact: Off Grid Electric 2. Ushahidi 3. Cardiopad