Solve Innovation Future announces investment in three new Solver teams CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ Solve, an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology with a mission to drive innovation to solve world challenges, revealed the new Solver teams and Indigenous Communities Fellows selected for its 2022 Global Challenges. The news was announced during Solve's annual social impact pitch event in New York City ahead of UN General Assembly Week. The new 2022 Solver and Indigenous Communities Fellow Class was selected by Solve's expert judges from a pool of over 1,100 applicants from 117 countries and46 Native Tribes. In this new class, 70% of Solver teams are women-led, 20 countries and eight American Indian Tribes are represented, and 48% are for profit/hybrid organizations. You can find out more about the Solver class for the 2022 Global Challenges: The Care Economy, Re-Engaging Learners, Climate: Ecosystems + Housing, Equitable Health Systems, and
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The Equitable Classrooms Challenge, a program of MIT Solve, is seeking solutions that will help bring equity to students engaged in distance learning in the United States and around the world. Prizes for selected solutions range from $10,000 to $250,000.
Application Deadline:May 5, 2021
The pandemic has exacerbated the importance of being connected in order to access jobs, training, and markets. However, the digital economy excludes over half of the world’s population who remain disconnected from the web, with more than half of Africa still offline, and 37 percent of rural US households with no access to broadband. This is an enormous missed opportunity: connecting the rest of the world could add $6.7 trillion to the economy and lift 500 million people out of poverty.
Building an inclusive digital economy that affords everyone the opportunity to lead a dignified and productive life will require access to digital services for everyone. It will also require reliable infrastructure, devices, and affordable data plans for all, particularly for those who do not have access in remote and rural areas. Further, access to commerce, credit lines, safety nets, and saving mechanisms are key for a global economy where nearly 2 bil