Sub-Saharan Africa

Agriculture Climate Change Sub-Saharan Africa Viamo Platform

Food Security: USAID report highlights key lessons from Viamo’s digital solutions

A recent USAID report highlights Viamo's use of digital tools to improve and sustain food and nutrition security for vulnerable populations. We supported Girma Niger with on-demand approaches in partnership with Catholic Relief Services. We co-designed and distributed agriculture, gender,…

Emily WorrallJune 13, 2022

Climate Change Digital Campaigns Digital Training Economic Growth Sub-Saharan Africa

Award-winning edutainment game drives climate, finance and health behavior change in 20+ countries

Every day, millions of people play games on different platforms. Organizations seeking to meet the needs of remote, low-resource communities can leverage gaming to reach hundreds of millions of people and achieve a wide range of development project goals. Both…

Emily WorrallMay 22, 2022

Economic Growth International Development Sub-Saharan Africa Viamo Platform

Women in tech: The importance of involving women in digital design

Anna-Laura Siefermann, Viamo's Regional Program Manager for East and Southern Africa, shares her experience working at the intersection of technology and development. She highlights the importance of equal access and representation in tech and how she uses her experience to…

Emily WorrallMay 17, 2022

Digital Campaigns Digital Training Global Health Sub-Saharan Africa Viamo Platform

Viamo’s mHealth interventions yield a 20% decrease in childhood malaria

Malaria remains one of the leading causes of death in the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This is in spite of nearly half of the world declared malaria-free and treatable with medication. The region carried the most malaria burden in…

Emily WorrallApril 24, 2022

Global Health Sub-Saharan Africa Viamo Platform

Women in Tech: Viamo expert explains how tech is improving health

Viamo Country Director in Mali Nanthilde Kamara discusses the impact of USAID's flagship program for social and behavior change in health, Breakthrough ACTION. She shares her journey into the world of public health and suggests ways to improve health in…

Emily WorrallApril 4, 2022

Agriculture Economic Growth International Development Sub-Saharan Africa

Using Games to Educate Farmers on Microinsurance

Climate change has been a growing challenge in Madagascar, with smallholder farmers particularly affected by increasingly frequent climate shocks. German development agency GIZ led the “Adaptation of agricultural value chains to climate change” or PrAda project to help address this…

Emily WorrallApril 1, 2022

Global Health International Development Sub-Saharan Africa Viamo Platform

Viamo Receives Prestigious USAID Innovation Grant

Viamo has been named a recipient of USAID's Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) grant as one of 26 breakthrough solutions to global development challenges in 2021. In addition to bringing new local partners to USAID, these awards engage public and private…

ViamoMarch 23, 2022

Digital Campaigns Sub-Saharan Africa Viamo Platform

Making Money Moves: Driving economic growth for women with IVR

As we celebrate International Women's Day, we reflect on the unique value women bring to the world while also considering the journey to achieving equality. A lack of financial literacy is one of the key things that prohibits women from…

Emily WorrallMarch 7, 2022

Digital Campaigns Global Health Sub-Saharan Africa

The Importance of Faith Leaders in Spreading Public Health Messages

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), less than half of the 90 million population has an active mobile phone subscription, and mobile data is prohibitively expensive. This presented a unique challenge to disseminating accurate and up-to-date information in the…

Emily WorrallNovember 25, 2021

Digital Training Global Health Sub-Saharan Africa

Reducing the Mental Health Treatment Gap in Remote Communities

Worldwide, the majority of people who need mental health care do not have access to quality mental health services. The social stigma of mental illness, a lack of trained and qualified healthcare workers, and fragmented services all contribute to the…

Emily WorrallOctober 26, 2021

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Food Security: USAID report highlights key lessons from Viamo’s digital solutions

Award-winning edutainment game drives climate, finance and health behavior change in 20+ countries

Women in tech: The importance of involving women in digital design

Viamo’s mHealth interventions yield a 20% decrease in childhood malaria

Women in Tech: Viamo expert explains how tech is improving health

Using Games to Educate Farmers on Microinsurance

Viamo Receives Prestigious USAID Innovation Grant

Making Money Moves: Driving economic growth for women with IVR

The Importance of Faith Leaders in Spreading Public Health Messages

Reducing the Mental Health Treatment Gap in Remote Communities

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