Build solutions with the Digital Rails

Use the Digital Rails, our support and other Program components to refine and scale your solution serving hard-to-reach communities. 

Partner with us to:

Develop high-impact sustainable solutions for hard-to-reach communities​

Reduce cost to acquire and serve these communities​

Reach more of these communities faster​

We support our partners to build, test, refine and scale high-impact sustainable solutions serving the hard-to-reach​. Our partners get access to: 

Technology Deployment ​

  • Access a Developer Sandbox environment to ease integration and prototyping of solutions​
  • De-risk prototyping through access to cards and Point of Interaction devices for market testing​
  • Access to robust technical support and an advanced implementation team​
  • Access partner developer tools to reduce the time to and cost of testing solutions​ ​

Market Development​

  • Get support developing, refining and implementing Product and Go To Market Strategy​
  • Leverage a vast network of partners and Early Adopters to shorten Time To Market​ ​
  • Reach more digitally excluded users faster through a nation-wide mixed-use Shared Digital Agent Network​
  • Empower digitally excluded users through collaborative stakeholder education to drive solution adoption and usage​

Partners looking to Build Solutions With the Digital Rails typically:​

  • Have an existing technology-enabled solution for hard-to-reach communities, or the technical, product and related capabilities in place to develop and deploy such solution at scale​
  • The solution includes an Android Application​
  • The solution solves one or more problems in Agriculture, Education, or enables Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise resilience​
  • The solution targets one or more of youth, women, smallholder famers, students, educators or small business owners​
  • The solution has at least 10,000 active End Users

Our partners go through a simple process to join the Program​

Step 1
Apply
Fill out a complete application​
Step 1
Step 2
Complete initial conversation​
Where you meet the minimum criteria, we will reach out to have a brief initial conversation to better understand your needs​
Step 2
Step 3
Internal Review​
We will then complete an internal review process to identify where and how the Program can best meet your needs​
Step 3
Step 4
Detailed conversation​
We will reach out to have a more detailed conversation to understand your solution, its progress and challenges, and to unpack how the program could potentially support your journey​
Step 4
Step 5
Application decision​
Where a good fit, your application will be accepted​
Step 5
Step 6
Onboarding​
You will be invited to complete the onboarding steps to access the Developer Sandbox, testing kit (devices, cards, etc), solutioning support and more​
Step 6

Partner with us today

Apply Now

Contact Us

Saul Wekama
Practice Lead – Digital Economy

[email protected]​

Arthur Mukembo​
Future Lab Studio Lead​

[email protected]​

Sharon Kakai​
Program Communications​

[email protected] ​

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