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Ghana, Sierra Leone

Youth-driven innovation: learning how a business incubator can optimally support in youth-drive design.

The work resulted in an improved incubator blueprint designed for maximum youth engagement. It clarifies safeguarding needs, strengthens the role of country offices and ensures young people can take real decisions throughout innovation cycles.

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Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Ethiopia.

Afriplastics Challenge: providing innovation support to African entrepreneurs tackling plastic waste problems.

Participants advanced from assumptions to evidence-based solutions tested with real users. Semi-finalists deepened clarity on core challenges and opportunities, while finalists refined prototypes and executed pilots that strengthened investment readiness. The innovation support cluster contributed to a cohort of ventures better positioned to scale impact across Africa’s plastics ecosystem.

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Attracting NEET Youth to Find Jobs

The project resulted in JoopBar, a Telegram-based digital ecosystem offering community-led career guidance, immersive learning, market information, and accessible job linkages—supporting smoother youth transitions into local employment pathways.

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Advancing Self Care for Women & Girls in Humanitarian Settings (Uganda)

The research generated clear evidence on user behaviours, strengthened partner capacity in UCD, produced actionable design outputs, and set the foundation for Airbel’s integrated SRH self-care interventions in subsequent phases..

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Addressing Maternal Mortality in Nigeria

The program introduced heat-stable carbetocin—transforming PPH prevention—and strengthened maternal health systems across the three states. Government teams adopted HCD as a practical problem-solving approach, enabling continuous innovation and improved maternal outcomes.

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Governance Innovation To Improve Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria

Two prototypes emerged: one improving redress systems in public facilities and another enhancing outbreak surveillance. The winning solution secured continued partner support for implementation and fostered cross-learning and capacity strengthening across participating government teams.

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