Technology solutions

The Salesforce Foundation, Twilio, Polaris Project, and Thorn have collaborated on Be Free. Victims in the United States can send an SMS message to the “BeFree” shortcode for assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Jigsaw is an incubator that builds technology to tackle some of the toughest global security challenges facing the world today—from thwarting online censorship to mitigating the threats from digital attacks to countering violent extremism to protecting people from online harassment

One of the world’s leading high resolution satellite imaging companies collaborated with the Associated Press to use satellite imagery to investigate human trafficking in Papua New Guinea.

​​​​​​​USAID is piloting an innovative program called Mobile Applications to Secure Tenure (MAST). MAST developed an easy-to-use, open-source smartphone application that can capture the information needed to issue formal documentation of land rights.

Bluenumbers let people agree what is individual and communal property.

One of the most powerful ways satellites can help protect human rights is to enable new forms of social and environmental protections which boost resilience to disruptions — by keeping social and ecological systems healthy.

Bluenumbers showed the location of farmers relative to hotspots. They witness what happens at the ground level of supply chains, in real time, assist government organizations and companies to improve farmers’ practice in palm oil industries

The Usalama app is a platform that connects users and emergency service providers (ambulance, security, police, road-side assistance) in a quick and efficient manner, utilizing real-time user data, and an integrated web-based back-end portal.

The Baobab Network provides founders with the early stage capital they need to kick-start their company’s growth, and build a unique, tailor-made accelerator programme for every start-up we work with.