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Greeting words from Hagit Freud, Managing Director at Pears Program
A year ago, our New Year’s message was one of hope: a COVID-19 vaccine had been developed in record time, and we looked forward to a year...
Jan 5, 2022
New Year Updates from the Pears Challenge Alumnus
In the Jewish calendar, we are celebrating the end of year 5781 and moving on to 5782! This is the occasion to look back at the...
Sep 2, 2021
Designing Health and Innovation Program in Low & Middle-Income Countries
Two of our dear partners, JDC-GRID and MindsetPCS, recently shared a fascinating report on how to best design and promote health...
Jun 27, 2021
The World Bank: Transitions at the Heart of Climate Change
In this article, the World Bank Group explains how it is increasing its financing to help countries address the pandemic and climate...
Jun 27, 2021
Spotlight on ConfirmU
This month we interviewed Yatir Zaluski, CEO of ConfirmU. ConfirmU is a data analytics start-up specializing in providing alternative...
Jun 23, 2021
Mathika Pilot in Greece and Colombia
We are excited to share the Final Evaluation Report of Mathika’s pilot with IsraAID in Colombia and Greece from July 2020- February 2021....
May 18, 2021
IsraAID-Pears Program Humanitarian Market Bootcamp & Pilot Fund 2021
The Pears Program for Global Innovation and IsraAID invite Israeli companies with innovative solutions in the fields of Water,...
May 4, 2021
Spotlight on: Ayala
This month we interviewed Eli Cohen, Founder and CEO of Ayala Water & Ecology. Ayala has developed the 'Natural Biological System'™, a...
Apr 21, 2021
Innovation Journey Companies
In April 2021, in partnership with JDC-TOV and the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry, we kicked off the TOV Innovation Journey....
Apr 1, 2021
Spotlight on: Zzapp Malaria
This month we interviewed Arnon Houri Yafin, ZzappMalaria's CEO. This week, Zzapp was named a finalist for the IBM Watson XPRIZE 'AI for...
Mar 26, 2021
Spotlight on: Truvi
This month we interviewed Dr. Nir Tenenbaum, a 2019 Pears Challenge alum and Truvi's Co-Founder and CEO. Truvi is building an AI platform...
Feb 19, 2021
Spotlight on Soapy
This month we interviewed Max Simonovsky, Soapy CEO and 2017 Pears Challenge alumnus. Tell us about Soapy "Soapy has taken handwashing to...
Jan 21, 2021
Call for Applications for the 2021 Innovation Journey on Digital Technologies in Ethiopia
Calling Digital AgTech Startups: There are only 4 days left before the application window for the 2021 Innovation Journey Program to...
Jan 20, 2021
End of the Year Message from Dr. Aliza Inbal, Pears Program Founding Director
Looking back at the year 2020, it feels as if we have all been standing at a watershed, a moment in time of great change. We have spent...
Dec 30, 2020
The DevTech Unconference 2020
In 2012, the Israeli DevTech community came together for the first time at the ID2 conference to share ideas and best practices and to...
Dec 29, 2020
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