This summer we'll be sharing behind the scenes of our Assistive Tech Impact Fund, which supports the most promising AT ventures in Africa through catalytic capital with expert led venture building. We'll be deep diving into the AT entrepreneurship environment in Africa, From the Direct-to-Consumer Model to Emerging African Ecosystems.
Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) is a research and practice centre driving disability innovation for a fairer world. Operational in 41 countries, with more than 70 partners, we've reached 23 million people since launching in 2016.
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It's 10 year's since the London 2012 Paralympics. London was the most successful Paralympic Games in history, and most accessible Olympic Games. New ways of thinking evolved. Mechanisms to drive disability justice – what we now call Disability Innovation - became possible. GDI Hub was born from this legacy.
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GDI Hub co-sponsors Global Report on Assistive Technology
The WHO and UNICEF alongside GDI Hub and ATscale, supported by UK aid, have launch the first Global Report on Assistive Technology. The Global Report recognises the importance of assistive technology and enabling environments and shares evidence-based best practice examples and 10 key actionable recommendations on improving access to assistive technology globally.
Find out more about our UK parliamentary launch, hosted by Minister for Trade, Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt.
Our UK aid funded AT2030 programme explores and tests innovative ways to get more AT to the people that need it around the world.
To date we've published 150 influencing papers, supported 27 AT ventures, developed 63 partnerships to support AT capacity and enabled 47 African countries to view the Paralympics for the first time.
AT2030 was designed to explore, and test innovative ways to address these systematic challenges, and to get more AT to the people that need it around the world.
Inclusive Design - within urban development and beyond
Our Inclusive Design Team recently returned from World Urban Forum in Poland - where they launched our new Inclusive Design Strategy. Find out more about the evidence collected through our UK Aid funded AT2030 Inclusive Infrastructure programme and how inclusive design is a tool that can deliver inclusive urban development.
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