Action Lab- Public-Value Innovation Hub for AI and Emerging Technologies
As a core founding and strategic partner, we collaborate with Action Lab partners to turn complex priorities across sectors into working systems that deliver measurable impact in public service delivery and goods—moving from ideas and pilots to solutions that are used, trusted, and scaled.
IDI's Role & Contribution
IDI serves as Action Lab’s research, design, and innovation partner—bringing a holistic practice grounded in human-centred principles, behavioural insights, systemic thinking, and service design to shape opportunities, translate evidence into action-oriented insights, and co-create solutions that can be implemented responsibly.
Our Approach
We align IDI’s Learn → Create → Empower model with Action Lab’s cyclical delivery approach—Identify → Design → Build → Deploy → Scale—combining research and ecosystem mapping, co-design, prototyping, and implementation support, guided by Action Lab’s principles of safety, security, trustworthiness, inclusivity, and sustainability in AI and emerging technologies.
Outputs & Results
Measurable outcomes achieved through the programme's core activities.
ACTIVE PROTOTYPES
Project Outcome & Impact
Sector priorities translate into durable, implementation-ready systems—validated for real-world adoption, deployed with partners, and positioned for scaling across communities, institutions, and markets. Together, we co-convene and co-deliver public-value innovation programs which attracted over 30 projects cutting across public and private sector, and academia.
Partners
As we work to scale health systems across Africa, we are proud to partner with leading national and global organizations.
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