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A future where

people lead and technology follows

We build ecosystems where local and global actors co-create locally owned technology solutions that work - and last.

Our Impact
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The Problem

The Tech4Good sector invests billions in technology, and underinvests in people and community relationships, giving the lead to technology.

When technology leads instead of people, communities don't shape or own the solutions. Decisions flow top-down, projects run in silos, and when funding ends, the impact ends with it.

The Solution

Our focus is on people, relationships, and collaborations that make technology work - and last.

We build ecosystems where local and global actors can work together as equals, innovate safely, and co-create locally owned technology solutions. 

This is how local ownership of technology becomes the rule, not the exception.

Our Work

Examples of ecosystems we build

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Technology is a tool. People build solutions.

Building ecosystems is a collective journey. The success and impact of our work stems from the Power of Glocal, the collective force of local organizations, government agencies, funders and donors, global technology companies, consulting firms, academia, INGOs and multilateral partners. 

Partner with us to invest in what makes technology create value — the people and relationships behind it.

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Why our approach works

  • We focus on people and relationships first, then technology.
  • We build on the existing, investing in partnerships and collaborations.
  • We advocate for local leadership and global support. And we build for replication and scale, 
    for solutions to move from local to global.
  • We invest into storytelling to shift mindsets and narratives.
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  • We have such a unique opportunity to shift from being silos to coming together and having a standard way of doing things.

    Diana Banda - Zimbabwe Flying Labs

  • When we try to start things from scratch, there is a lot of resources that’s required. But the flexibility of Flying Labs’ model helps you to tie up with existing organizations, and then you can scale up easily.

    Uttam Pudasaini - Naxa

  • Collaboration is the new innovation and South Africa Flying Labs has seen this and benefited a lot out of collaboration in action.

    Queen Ndlovu - South Africa Flying Labs

  • Rarely do we get a chance to all come together and really collaborate and really work through some of the details of the solutions and share our common visions so we can come to some sort of an understanding.

    Karsten Robbins - Wingtra

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Our Impact

In our first 10 years, we have: 

  • Rewritten the rule for drones for social good, making local leadership the rule, not the exception
  • Scaled our localization approach across 40+ countries in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific.
  • Proven through 669 examples that locally led and decided technology solutions are more effective, sustainable and widely adopted.
  • Turned our approach into a replicable model - the Glocalization model - already adopted by four other organizations to make it their own.
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