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The Indigo Trust is a UK-based grant-making foundation operating from London and is one of the organizations that makes up the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts.[1] It funds technology-driven projects to bring about social change, largely in African countries.[2]
Indigo Trust provides small, high-risk grants, typically ranging from £10,000 to £20,000 for projects and organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa with the goal of catalysing inventive approaches in the realms of transparency, accountability, and citizen empowerment.[3] The foundation places particular emphasis on supporting endeavors characterised by minimal operational expenses or sustainable business models, as well as those that make effective use of locally adopted technology.[4] Indigo's primary focus is on organizations based within Sub-Saharan Africa rather than merely operating in the region. Presently, their funding initiatives revolve around two core areas:
- Backing projects and organizations harnessing the potential of mobile and web technologies to empower active, well-informed citizens and promote government accountability.
- Supporting technology innovation hubs and civic tech communities employing information and communication technologies for positive social change.
Indigo Trust is a supporter of innovation hubs like HiveColab, the IHub and others like HyperCube.[5]
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- ^ "About Us - Indigo Trust". indigotrust.org.uk. 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Coker, Olumuyiwa (2015-02-26). "Indigo Trust Supports AfriLabs with Second Consecutive Grant". TechCabal. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Nigerian organisation receives grant from U.K.'s Indigo Trust". www.premiumtimesng.com. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ Jackson, Tom (2015-07-10). "Ethiopia's xHub awarded $30k grant by Indigo Trust". Disrupt Africa. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
- ^ "Hivos, US Government, Indigo Trust, provide US $280k for tech hub in Harare".