Amua (UNFPA Tanzania’s brand of the UNFPA East and Southern Africa Innovation Accelerator) is running its second edition building on lessons learned from last year’s edition. Want a relevant innovation? Be inclusive in defining the innovation challenge!

"To accelerate progress in areas where challenges are the most pressing, UNFPA is adopting new approaches, recognizing that innovation is an indispensable engine to deliver on global dev aspiration" - Dr. Hashina Begum, (Hashina Begum) UNFPA Tanzania #Innovate4Disability

Kickstarted the AMUA 2.0 #hackathon here at RLabs #Iringa. Great atmosphere today, as we look forward to the learning, and better ways of hacking challenges faced by PWDs. #Innovate4Disability You got an IDEA? Submit via amua.or.tz UNFPA Tanzania

#Dodoma is 🔥🔥. What a great time for youths in #Dodoma participating in today's hackathon, shaping their ideas to match the needs of persons with disability around #SRHR for two days. Got an idea, submit today via amua.or.tz #Innovate4Disability UNFPA Tanzania

Impressed with the work done by KIWOHEDE Bariadi YFS, an implementing partner of UNFPA Tanzania in Simiyu, during our info-session happened at their youth-friendly #SRHR center. What a noble work by these guys through community empowerment. #Innovate4Disability

Join us on 📆23rd May 2019 at 📍: Sahara Accelerator to Unveil AI Learning Lab Tanzania from ⏰ 1:30pm to 3:30 pm. Click the link here to register bit.ly/2Q2MBH6 #BuildingInnovationEcosystem

New edition of the UNFPA Innovation Accelerator programme in Tanzania. If you’re a young Tanzanian entrepreneur with an idea that would solve a #SRHR challenge faced by persons with disabilities, apply! UNFPA East and Southern Africa UNFPA Equalizer Fund #Innovate4Disability

Yay, our social enterprises in Northern Uganda and West Nile are finally legalising. Onward to the pilots of their innovations in their local communities...both refugee settlements and host communities. #LiveYourDreamUG

As we prepare to launch a new phase of the #iAccelerator tomorrow, the journey continues for the first cohort of finalists...where are they now? Find out in this video: bit.ly/2MdqPkA iAccelerator Imbuto Foundation KOICA Rwanda @MinYouthRwanda Tantine

And the adventure continues! Let’s see what more brilliant social enterprises young Rwandans will launch this time! #SocEnt for #SRHR

iAccelerator phase II will focus on preventing and fighting issues regarding #TeenagePregnancies. Do you have an innovative or unique solution that can help in fighting and responding to issues related to #TeenagePregnancy?

You can join the competition of #iAccelerator2, with innovative solutions responding to #TeenPregnancy related issues. Applicants can join individually or in a group of up to four participants - aged 18 to 30 years old. Apply here bit.ly/2migo3Q today.

Brilliant initiative

These 10 teams in #AMUABootcamp from across Tanzania are creating the next generation of social enterprises that will address challenges of PWDs on accessing #SRH services. Policies & regulatory framework session by Dr. ELizabeth Mapela - Consultant in #SRH #Innovate4Disability

The #UpAccelerate social innovation programme implemented by Outbox in partnership with UNFPA in Uganda seeks to strengthen youth participation, leadership and innovation in SRHR & GBV to find solutions that will increase demand, improve access & strengthen supply of services.

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Today we celebrate our community anniversary #km4dev20years. I thank #km4dev for the opportunities around knowledge management for development, and the amazing friendships around the world.

When people come together to share knowledge and collaborate, they can solve the most complex challenges. By building a vibrant ecosystem of Communities of Practice, an organization can foster learning, collaboration, and innovation to drive real development impact #km4devadvice

What a fantastic #km4dev20years party! Had an great session about lessons learned from the WorldBank on nurturing Communities of Practice as drivers of collaboration and innovation. See the link for details and resources. Will share the video soon. sites.google.com/view/km4dev20y…

Looking to build impactful communities of practice? The WorldBank Community Building Primer provides concrete steps and tools to help you build communities in a way that fosters learning, collaboration and innovation openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3… #km4dev20years