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We start where systems fall short. By focusing on underserved communities and overlooked realities, we design toward equitable, inclusive outcomes that scale across diverse African contexts.

Case Studies

SpaceAI: Dairy Digitisation & Cooperative Enablement

AGRITECH SpaceAI · Agritech

Using AI, WhatsApp-based tools and cooperative-led systems to make dairy more efficient, transparent and financially inclusive from farm to processor

156% rise in cooperative milk volume

48% reduction in milk collection costs

40,000 farmers engaged and directly impacted

100+ agent conversations per day

SpaceAI Dairy Cooperative

Transboundary Data Flows Across East Africa

DATA GOVERNANCE UNEP · GIZ · Action Lab

Environmental intelligence that can move across borders. IDI helped design the governance and systems needed for secure, interoperable environmental data exchange across five countries.

119 Environmental datasets assessed

16 National Laws and Acts Reviewed

90 Organizational assessments completed

64 Practitioners engaged across three country design labs

Data Flows UNEP GIZ

Designing a Co-Innovation Platform for Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection

Food Systems IDI . Proportion Global

Creating a human-centred model for cross-country learning, collaboration and innovation across nutrition and social protection systems.

7 Countries included in the cross-country scoping research

6 Core stakeholder/user groups identified for the platform

3 Core platform design objectives established

Food Systems

Power to Youth: Engaging Men and Boys to Challenge FGM

GENDER RIGHTS Migori County · Gender Rights

Using human-centred design to develop community-led male engagement interventions that challenge harmful gender norms in Migori County.

2 Male engagement intervention models developed

6+ Stakeholder groups engaged in the co-design process

3 Male user groups engaged in prototype testing

6+ Stakeholder groups engaged in the co-design process Context

Gender Rights Youth Tradition

Digitizing Maternal Care

HEALTH

Challenge: Paper-based maternal health records slowed care and made outcomes invisible.

57 YOUNG INNOVATORS TRAINED

Health Digitisation Youth

BeGreen Africa: Young Green Ventures, Market-Ready

GREEN ECONOMY UNICEF · Kenya Girl Guides Association

From green ideas to real ventures. Young innovators across Kenya were supported to turn early concepts into market-ready green businesses, combining design, mentorship and financial capability.

18 green ventures launched

10+ counties reached

24 months from programme to portfolio

Sustainability Ventures Sprint

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