MIT Solve

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

ICT Business Centers

One-line solution summary:

Establishment if ICT Business Center in every village in Tanzania will make everyone have access to digital services in Tanzania and elsewhe

Pitch your solution.

Lack of employment that affects many youth especially girls in Tanzania is the problem I am solving that will ultimately solve lack of digital services in villages.

As a solution, I will empower youth with entrepreneurial, leadership and life-skills for establishing, running and growing ICT business at the village. Two girls will be involved. They will be given ICT equipment.

I shall start with 2,400 villages and scale up to 12,000 villages in the fifth year. 4,800 youths will be employed and 2,400 ICT Centers will be operating. Through website,the globe will learn what I am doing and emulate.

What specific problem are you solving?

24,000 girls without employment in 12,000 villages in Tanzania whom through this challenge will be provided with employment for operating ICT services as businesses. One ICT Center will be operated by two girls. About 5,000 people in the Village will have access to digital services. In total about 60,000,000 people will be accessing digital services for digital inclusion by end of 2026.

What is your solution?

My solution is to provide entrepreneurial, leadership and life-skills to 24,000 girls and help them establish 12,000 ICT Centers for community digital services in 12,000 villages. Each village to have one ICT Center manned and owned by two unemployed undergraduate girls.

The ICT will use computers, printers, photocopiers, androids and other types of cellphones. It will use digital technologies.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

The beneficiaries will be 24,000 unemployed undergraduate female youths and 60,000,000 people resident in 12,000 villages in the United Republic of Tanzania.

The girls are known through Sokoine University of Agriculture partnerhip and engaging them to be prepared to establish and own ICT Centers as Business and to be ready to do at a village because they are trustful. Through ICT services, they will be earning income for their livelihoods.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Equip everyone, regardless of age, gender, education, location, or ability, with culturally relevant digital literacy skills to enable participation in the digital economy.

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

The problem sighted is unemployment of undergraduate girls in the United Republic of Tanzania. These will own and operate ICT Business Centers to be allocated in all villages in this country where 60,000,000 people will have access to Internet and technology shop services.

The girls will also provide loans and agronomy skills to women for using quality inputs and increased productivity of their produce. The community will be encouraged to buy androids and other handsets for digital use.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Mbeya, Tanzania

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Pilot: An organization deploying a tested product, service, or business model in at least one community.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

Small holder farmers in Mbeya and Mbozi Districts.

These are 2,000 smallholder farmers.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Lawrence Makheya BDSP

More About Your Solution

If your solution has a website or an app, provide the links here:

https://www.successandaccess.wordpress.com

Which of the following categories best describes your solution?

A new business model or process that relies on technology to be successful

What makes your solution innovative?

The innovation in this business is the use of unemployed undergraduate female youths to establish ICT business for digital inclusion as their business. Establishment of Catalyst fund for girls' for ICT business growth. The ICT Centers will be used by the community in the village for accessing incoming and outgoing information. The girls apart from operating ICT businesses, will be providing Training for agronomy to smallholder farmers based in their respective villages. The goal is to make sure that smallholder farmers are digitally literate and are producing more products in an acre for food security. Thus this business model has a social impact in it.

Please select the technologies currently used in your solution:

Internet of Things
Software and Mobile Applications

Select the key characteristics of your target population.

Women & Girls
Rural
Poor
Low-Income
Persons with Disabilities

Which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals does your solution address?

1. No Poverty
2. Zero Hunger
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
17. Partnerships for the Goals

In which countries do you currently operate?

Tanzania

In which countries will you be operating within the next year?

Tanzania

How many people does your solution currently serve? How many will it serve in one year? In five years?

Community for Digital inclusion

Now: 2,000 smallholder farmers.

One year: 12,000,000 people

Five years: 60,000,000 people

Female youths

Now: 15

One year: 4,800

Five years:24,000

How are you measuring your progress toward your impact goals?

Employee per ICT Center

Population per village.

ICT business Center per vilage.

About Your Team

Your Business Model & Partnerships

Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities

Why are you applying to Solve?

I am applying to solve because I want to receive funds from and investments, to join a class of impressive peers, join a powerful network of impact minded leaders.

In which of the following areas do you most need partners or support?

Business model (e.g. product-market fit, strategy & development)
Financial (e.g. improving accounting practices, pitching to investors)
Legal or Regulatory Matters
Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
Monitoring & Evaluation (e.g. collecting/using data, measuring impact)
Product / Service Distribution (e.g. expanding client base)
Technology (e.g. software or hardware, web development/design, data analysis, etc.)

What organizations would you like to partner with, and how would you like to partner with them?

MIT through mentorship.

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The ASA Prize for Equitable Education? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The HP Prize for Advancing Digital Equity? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

Yes, I wish to apply for this prize

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use The HP Prize for Advancing Digital Equity to advance your solution?

We shall be selling ITC equipment to our customers

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for the Innovation for Women Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The AI for Humanity Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The GSR Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
Yes, I wish to apply for this prize