PressPayNg Makes Top 20 Finalists for SDG Digital GameChangers Award

PressPayNg recently made Top 20 finalists for the 2024 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) SDG Digital GameChangers Award from over 1180 submissions from 126 countries under the Prosperity Category for Driving economic growth and innovation. This category considers ICT projects, applications, or policies that promote economic growth, job creation, and the development of sustainable infrastructure.

The 2nd edition of the SDG Digital Gamechanger’s Award is set to honour organizations that are working towards rescuing the Global Goals through digital.

Submissions for this category may include but are not limited to ICT projects, applications, or policies that promote:

• Entrepreneurship and Digital Innovation, recognizing initiatives that foster entrepreneurship, support start ups, and leverage digital to drive innovation and competitiveness in various sectors
• Job Creation and Skills Development, highlighting initiatives that promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth by creating job opportunities, particularly for youth and vulnerable populations, and enhancing digital skills through training and capacity-building programs
• Sustainable Infrastructure, recognizing initiatives that leverage digital for the planning, development, and maintenance of resilient and sustainable infrastructure, including transportation, energy, communication, and digital connectivity
• Access to Finance and Digital Payments, highlighting initiatives that promote financial inclusion, expand access to finance, and enhance digital payment systems to support economic growth and empower individuals and businesses
• Industry Transformation and Sustainable Production, recognizing initiatives that drive the transformation of industries towards more sustainable and responsible practices, including circular economy models, resource efficiency, and sustainable production and consumption patterns.

The Award is in 5 categories namely;

Category 1: People – Empowering lives and communities

Bridging inequalities for a better world

Category 2: Planet – Innovation for our climate and environment

Sustaining our planet, securing our future. innovating for a greener tomorrow

Category 3: Prosperity – Promoting economic growth

Driving economic growth and innovation

Category 4: Peace – Building peaceful and inclusive societies

Building peaceful and inclusive societies

Special Category: Pioneers – Unlocking ideas from youth

Finalists

Bridging gap between rural artisans and global small businesses integrating UN SDGs framework via AI enabled SaaS platform

Bare Craft Consulting, India – [Private Sector]

KaiOS affordable smart feature phones for closing the digital and financial divide

KaiOS Technologies Inc., Singapore – [Private Sector]

Women Techsters

Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev), Nigeria – [Civil Society]

Digital AgroInsurance: digital solution for agro sector

AGROINSURANCE LLC., Kazakhstan – [Private Sector]

Empowering Young Digital Innovators through Business Development Training

Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ), Zimbabwe – [Government]

M3

Global Voice Group, Spain – [Private Sector]

SME ESG START Tool: An ESG maturity assessment tool to enable sustainable supply chains

UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei (UNGCMYB), Malaysia – [International Organizations]

Smart Villages, Sustainable well-being

Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transports, Mexico – [Government]

Developers’ Hub (D’Hub)

Ministry of Digital Transformation (MDT), Trinidad and Tobago – [Government]

Bridging Academia-Industry Gap

Academia Industry Platform co.Ltd (JAIP), Jordan – [Private Sector]

PressPayNg,

Education Finance, Nigeria – [Private Sector]

AgroSpace Platform – IT Tools for Agriculture

AgroInformAsia, Kyrgyzstan – [Private Sector]

U-Ask

Telecommunications And Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA), United Arab Emirates – [Government]

Digital for Life. Engaging the nation to help Singaporeans develop the necessary digital tools, skills and habits to succeed in the future.

Infocomm Media Development Authority, Singapore – [Government]

SUSTAINMENT AND UTILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL ADDRESSING (NaPA) SYSTEM

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (MICIT), Tanzania – [Government]

ChicIoT: An IoT-Based Smart Poultry Building Environment and Growth and Health Status Monitoring and Modeling

University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP), Philippines – [Government]

Powering the transition to safe and sustainable supply chains with the world’s most complete, open and accessible map of global production

Open Supply Hub, United States of America – [Civil Society]

Zain KSA Supporting Generation Youth

ZAIN KSA, Saudi Arabia – [Private Sector]

ONLINE BUSINESS REGISTRY SYSTEM FOR BELIZE. Transforming Business Environment in Belize

Belize Companies and Corporate Affairs Registry’s, Belize – [Government]

Kistpay – Women Empowerment Program (WEP)

Kistpay Private Limited, Pakistan – [Private Sector]

The SDG Digital will exemplify how digital technologies can lay the groundwork for a more sustainable, inclusive, and responsible future by propelling participants forward into the future, encouraging exploration of the trends, risks, and opportunities presented by digital and emerging technologies on our journey forward.

Source: SDG Digital 2024