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NAME
DESCRIPTION
IMPACT
M-TIBA
M-TIBA is a health payment application or ‘e-wallet’ that
enables low income earners to save towards their healthcare
expenses and helps donors to target funds accurately and
confidently.
Rapid growth since national launch in September 2016. The
application now has over 465,000 active users, who have
made deposits of over KES 7.3 million and can now access
healthcare at 375 accredited facilities.
DigiFarm and
Connected
Farmer
DigiFarm offers smallholding farmers access to a suite of
information and financial services, including discounted
products, customised information on farming best practices,
and access to credit and other financial facilities. Connected
Farmer helps Agribusinesses and small holding farmers share
information and transact.
A successful pilot was held during the year. Expected to
register 10,000 farmers for the pilot, but received 74,000
registrations (33,000 within the first month) and trial completed
with just under 19,000 active users. We intend to scale further
in the year ahead. About eight Agribusinesses and over 50,000
farmers have registered on the Connected Farmer platform.
Telemedicine
and Digital
Clinics
A collaboration with the Government of Kenya and Huawei,
this project improves access to healthcare services in rural
and remote communities. Local clinics can communicate
with medical specialists through video-conferencing so
that patients no longer need to travel to distant facilities for
diagnosis or treatment.
Over 200,000 residents on Lamu Island will benefit from the
collaboration through not having to travel long distances to
obtain expert medical assistance and plans are in place to
expand the scope of this project to other areas outside Lamu.
Instant
Network
Schools (INS)
The INS programme transforms a basic classroom into a digital
learning hub by providing each class of teachers and students
with 25 tablets, a laptop, a projector and speaker; free internet
connectivity and Wi-Fi; localised mobile content and a robust
teacher training programme.
The INS programme currently benefits over 41,844 students
in refugee camps from all over the East Africa region.
The current target is to increase the number of students
benefitting to 63,000 during FY18.
AQTap ‘Water
ATMs’
A partnership with Ericsson and Grundfos AQTap systems, this
programme offers communities in remote areas access to
affordable, clean water. Customers are issued with free water
payment cards, which they can use to purchase water at
their convenience. A small fee covers the cost of pumping the
water and maintaining the system.
To date, 37 AQTaps have been donated to communities in
Eastern parts of Kenya and the Rift Valley, such as Makindu
and Nakuru, and more than 23,113 transactions, valued at just
under KES 3.2 million, have been completed.