Chief Executive Officer, Biofilta Pty Ltd Funafuti, located 1,000km north of Fiji looks fantastic and you would be forgiven for thinking you could grow whatever you wanted. The reality is …
Introducing Sarah Pearson: DFAT’s new Chief Innovation Officer
Earlier this year, Sarah Pearson joined DFAT as the Department’s first Chief Innovation Officer. As a member of the International Reference Group (IRG), Sarah has been a close friend of the …
#LAUNCHLegends: Introducing emerging technologies in the Pacific
Last week, the first of two LAUNCH Legends pilot programs began in Tonga. Our Special Island is being piloted in 11 schools, with the aim to reach more schools in …
Launching the Education in Emergencies Alliance
Last year, the innovationXchange ran the MIKTA Education in Emergencies Challenge, a six month global call for innovators to source new solutions that support the delivery of education in crisis …
Learning from two months of start-up due diligence across Asia
In August 2017, the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator revealed key learnings from the top 100 applications received for Round 2 of our Innovation Fund. With the intent to provide funding and …
Nutrition in Tonga, reactivating hidden wisdoms
Davar Ardalan, SecondMuse While visiting Nuku’alofa this month together with storytelling technologist Ben Kreimer and Tongan Storyteller Joanna Bourke, we caught up with legendary artist Uili Lousi. Lousi is renown …
Linking technology researchers and government
CHRISTIANA LEES, MONASH UNIVERSITY Technology has the power to transform society and bring about large-scale improvements in health, education, energy, and the wider economy. Academic technology research is pioneering many …
Leveraging the network to innovate in the Indian Ocean
The Blue Economy Aquaculture Challenge was a call for ideas to rethink advances in aquaculture to provide solutions that ensure both sustainable development and environmental sustainability. The top ten innovators …
Hear it from: Project Lead for the Education in Emergencies University Challenge
Recently, the innovationXchange announced the Education in Emergencies University Challenge, which will run in partnership with Oaktree, Australia’s largest youth run organisation. The Education in Emergencies University Challenge is an …
Australian Volunteers for International Development share their experience at the Manila Solve-a-thon
The innovationXchange recently partnered with MIT SOLVE and The Atlassian Foundation on a global challenge to find solutions to support disadvantaged youth to develop the skills they need for the …
Hear it from: An Education in Emergencies Challenge Advisory Panel member
At the 8th MIKTA Foreign Ministers Meeting in Sydney in November 2016, Australia’s Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, alongside counterpart Foreign Ministers from Mexico, Indonesia, Korea and Turkey initiated an innovation …
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