The Global Innovation Fund is a non-profit, social-first investment fund. It is a joint initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the UK’s Department for International Development, …
“Things Change Quickly in Timor”
When Canadian food researcher and consultant David Szanto went to Dili in August 2018, he visited LAUNCH Food Innovator TL-FIX and took a deep dive into Timorese culture and cuisine. Here, …
Chief Innovation Officer appointed as 2018 ATSE Fellow
I am thrilled to have been elected as a Fellow of The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) as part of the 2018 cohort. It is a privilege to …
Mission accomplished: XPRIZE winner announced
DR. SARAH PEARSON DFAT CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER Your mission, should you choose to accept it: Extract a minimum of 2,000 litres of water from the atmosphere daily, using 100 per …
Meet the innovators using storytelling to improve nutrition in the Pacific
Just over a year ago, the innovationXchange partnered with the LAUNCH Food platform, to trial the use of new and emerging storytelling technologies to promote healthy eating and nutrition education in …
Tupaia founder attributes volunteer experience to ground-breaking innovation
Returned Australian volunteer, Michael Nunan, recently won a Public Sector Innovation Award for Tupaia – a data visualisation tool for improving health care in the Pacific Islands region. Michael says Tupaia had …
4 key insights into designing innovation accelerators
Yashodhara Rana Senior Program Officer, Results for Development Thomas Feeny Program Director, Results for Development Editor’s note: Results for Development is one of the innovationXchange’s key learning partners. In this blog, …
Supporting finalists to achieve their goals
In 2017, the innovationXchange ran the MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, and Australia) Education in Emergencies Challenge. The Challenge called for new solutions to support the delivery of education in emergency situations, …
Six months into Round 2: Updates from the Ecosystem Accelerator Innovation Fund
Insights Director, GSMA This article first appeared as a blog on the GSMA website. In February this year, we announced the 15 start-ups from across Asia Pacific and Africa* selected for …
Would you wait 2 hours for a lettuce?
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 …