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Spotlight on Tikkun Olam Makers
Last month, we spoke to Nadav Yesod, Director of Global Communities at Tikkun Olam Makers TOM - Tikkun Olam Makers - is a global network...
Dec 28, 2020
Israel&Rwanda Connect
We were honored to partner with Kigali Innovation Hub, the Israeli Embassy in Rwanda, and Empower Africa for a week of online events...
Dec 15, 2020
Development Innovation Ventures: Turning Bright Ideas into Global Solutions
As part of USAID’s innovation program, Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) is making a significant difference in the world of...
Dec 14, 2020
Inside the Israeli Impact Tech Ecosystem - Sankalp Forum 2020
On November 4th, the Pears Program for Global Innovation led a panel representing the Israeli ecosystem of innovation for development at...
Nov 12, 2020
The Future of FinTech in Ethiopia - Webinar #3
In light of the new directives from the National Bank of Ethiopia opening the financial sector to other actors, we organised a webinar...
Nov 10, 2020
Future of FinTech in Ethiopia #2: FinTech as a Motor of Financial Inclusion
On November 3rd, the Pears Program hosted the second webinar event of the series organised with IceAddis and the Israeli Embassy in...
Nov 3, 2020
The Future of FinTech in Ethiopia
In light of new directives by the National Bank of Ethiopia, we have organised a webinar series together with IceAddis and the Israeli...
Oct 28, 2020
Spotlight on: Plethora
This month, we spoke to Effi Baruch co-founder and CEO at Plethora. Plethora is a Edtech platform teaching computational thinking. The...
Sep 30, 2020
Sustainable Development Goals and COVID-19. Sustainable Development Report 2020
Sachs, J., Schmidt-Traub, G., Kroll, C., Lafortune, G., Fuller, G., Woelm, F. 2020. The Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The 2020...
Sep 23, 2020
Locust Innovative Response Initiative LIRI
After months of preparation, deep learning, and expert consultations, we finally launch the #Locust Innovative Response Initiative...
Sep 23, 2020
Spotlight on: Emnotion
At the occasion of Humanitarian Day this month, we spoke to Ilya Shapira co-founder and CEO at Emnotion. Emnotion develops climate...
Aug 29, 2020
World Humanitarian day 2020 - Humanitarian Innovation, What, Why, How?
On August 19th, we celebrate the 17th World Humanitarian Day. Each year, World Humanitarian Day focuses on a theme, bringing together...
Aug 20, 2020
Spotlight on Rural Senses
This month, we spoke to Yau Ben Or co-founder and managing director at Rural Senses. Tell us about Rural Senses! Rural Senses is all...
Aug 11, 2020
Spotlight on Mathika
This month, we spoke to Eyal Dessou Tzafrir, founder and CEO at Mathika. Mathika is an EdTech startup developing a web-based and mobile...
Jun 30, 2020
Mathika: An Israeli Educational Web-Application in Humanitarian Settings
For the last post of the series featuring inspiring technologies related to Humanitarian Innovation, we spoke to Eyal Dessou Tzafrir,...
Jun 25, 2020
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