The Vodafone Americas Foundation along with mHealth Alliance announces the 2012 winners of the Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™. This is our fourth year of this competition and continues to identify unique and impactful solutions.
Health Alliance Award, a competition designed to spark innovation and help solve critical global issues. The winning projects include Wireless Bug Sensor, a wireless sensor which helps farmers “spy” on insects; OScan, an inexpensive and easy-to-use tool for screening oral cancer; and InSight, a simple credit building tool for entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Each of these projects leverages the ever-increasing accessibility to wireless technology to solve prevalent social problems. Collectively, the projects will be awarded $650,000 in cash and prizes to further develop their projects for implementation and adoption.
Important Date: The winners will accept their awards at the Global Philanthropy Forum in Washington D.C. on April 17, 2012
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