Scaling Digital solutions for the Hard-to-Reach Communities and Last Mile Customers. 

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Access the support you need to scale your solution and significantly improve services for hard-to-reach communities. 

The DigiEx Program,is an initiative under the Mastercard Foundation Digital Economy program. The Accelerator program is designed to empower potential Technology Solution Partners by facilitating the identification, development, and deployment of use cases that leverage the program’s Components for scale. By providing comprehensive support, DigiEx equips you with the tools and resources to unlock the full potential of your digital solutions.

Unlock the Potential of Your Solution

Joining DigiEx Accelerator Program offers a plethora of benefits to enhance your digital solution’s impact:
  • Access extensive Business Advisory and Technical Assistance to identify, build and pilot Digital Rails-compatible use cases
  • Access to over 100 software tools to accelerate building Digital Rails-compatible use cases
  • Opportunity to pitch for equity funding to pilot your solution
  • Access a panel of experts to accelerate Product, Commercial, Operations and Leadership enhancements
  • Access a vast library of world-class courses to leverage to upskill your product, commercial, operations and leadership teams
  • Access Business Planning tools to stimulate use case discovery
  • Leverage weekly Advisor Office Hours for strategic advice on finding, building, piloting and scaling your solution

Selection Criteria

DigiEx is best-suited for providers of scale-ready digital solutions seeking to optimize how they serve the hard-to-reach for scale, that are typically: 

Effectively owned by Ugandan citizens OR are a foreign-owned entity fundamentally seeking to partner with one or more local Ugandan Solution Providers to serve the hard-to-reach 

In existence for more than 2 years 

Have an existing post-revenue solution serving hard-to-reach communities 

Solution is anchored in the Agriculture, Education, MSME resilience, Health or Humanitarian sectors 

Solution has at least 5,000 net monthly active users OR $5,000 in net monthly recurring revenue 

Solution Provider must have at least 2 Engineer with intermediate to advanced skills in Kotlin, React Native or Flutter 

Solution Provider is actively or about to commence fundraising 

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Call for Innovators with Scalable Digital Solutions Empowering Hard-to-Reach Communities and Last Mile Customers 

Don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to take your digital solution to new heights. Join DigiEx Accelerator Program and make a lasting impact on hard-to-reach communities and last mile customers. 

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Ongoing Application through the year.

Contact Us

Saul Wekama
Practice Lead – Digital Economy

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Arthur Mukembo​
Future Lab Studio Lead​

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Sharon Kakai​
Program Communications​

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