| Project Detail |
The Kofi Annan Award for Innovation in Africa (KAAIA) 2021 focuses on supporting projects by Africa-based start-up companies that offer innovative solutions to achieve SDG 3 ("Health and Wellbeing"). The Award was launched by the Austrian Federal Chancellery (BKA) in cooperation with the World Food Programme (WFP), the Kofi Annan Foundation and the Austrian Development Agency. The applicant and its project proposal were selected by a high-class jury of international experts as one of the three Awardees of the Kofi Annan Award 2021 and will be funded with a maximum amount of € 250,000.
The applicant is a young company established in Zimbabwe in 2020. Its primary purpose is to leverage digital platforms to promote global health security. Vaxiglobals team intends to leverage biometric identification to deliver Covid-19 vaccines in five marginalized communities in the Mashonaland Central, province of Zimbabwe. Through their solution, digital Covid-19 vaccination records will be created for around 350,000 individuals and it will provide verifiable vaccine delivery records. Vaxiglobal will provide the frontline workers with the equipment and training to ensure the correct collection of biometric and vaccination data in their platform.
Expected results
350 000 individuals (210.000 women, 140.000 men) in Mashonaland Central will receive the correct number of Covid-19 vaccine doses and have electronic vaccination records that are tied to their facial biometrics. This represents 55% of the eligible population. The baseline is 30,2%.
5 healthcare centres in Mashonaland Central will have enhanced capacity to deliver quality healthcare. 250 laboratories across the country will have enhanced capacity to deliver a better experience for their traveling customers. 23 full time jobs will be created (15 women, 8 men). |
