Innovations Against Poverty challenges the private sector to drive inclusive development

Are you a business looking to make a difference while growing your profits?

Innovations Against Poverty (IAP) supports companies in developing inclusive business models that deliver essential goods, services, and livelihoods to low-income communities. Our focus is on scalable, commercially-viable solutions that integrate people living at the base of the economic pyramid into the core of your value chain as suppliers, distributors, retailers, or customers.

Four billion people living on less than USD8-a-day, low-income markets present a global consumer opportunity worth USD5 trillion. Tapping into these markets often comes with commercial, technical, and financial challenges.

IAP is here to bridge the gap with financial support and advisory services.

Specific focus areas of the challenge fund include: 

• Clean energy at household and community, including improved & clean cooking
• Climate change adaptation and mitigation
• Enhanced food security, nutrition, and (regenerative) agriculture
• Women or Youth entrepreneurship and economic empowerment
• Business models in water (alone) or water, sanitation, and/or hygiene (including waste management)

Businesses in these themes that have an element of financial inclusion or digitalisation can be considered!

Join us to scale your business, create impact, and make a difference.

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IAP Partnership