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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
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
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