Climate Information Prize

22/12/2019

Relive the the best moments of the award ceremony where seven innovators were awarded over USD500,000 for innovations in climate information--

On 29 November 2018, at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, we announced the seven winners of the Tekeleza Prize, which marks the end of the UK Aid-fun...

04/11/2019

Evaluation results indicate that the the Climate Information Prize implemented by Ideas to Impact with funding from DFID_UK in 2015 to 2018 enabled about 129,000 farmers in Kenya to access climate information services, making them better prepared to tackle climate risks in future. Take a look--

The Climate Information Prize (CIP) was a competition that ran in Kenya between 2015 and 2018. It aimed to encourage local innovators to develop climate info...

17/05/2019

Importance of timely access to reliable climate information in the face of

05/04/2019

Seven winners, Over 500,000 dollars in cash prizes! Watch how the award ceremony went down at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Nairobi Upper Hill on 29 Nov 2018. These top innovations are enabling communities vulnerable to climate change and variability to access and use climate information to mitigate climate risks--

The Tekeleza Award Ceremony was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi on the 29th of November, 2018

04/04/2019

Climate information is a valuable resource for decision-making and planning for and in the face of and variability.

02/04/2019

Listen to Samuel Munguti of Farmers Pride- - speak about how this innovative initiative is helping vulnerable communities deal with the challenges posed by climate variability and change. The initiative was 's 1st place winner

01/04/2019

Participating in the Tekeleza Prize challenged us to look for ways to move SmartAg to the market. We hoped to win a cash prize and establish partnerships that could help us to scale~ . Learn more about how enabled SmartAg find its way to the market-

How do you ensure that climate information can be accessed by the farmers who need it to decide what to plant and when in the face of climate change? In a country like Kenya, where two in every three people have access to the internet, a web app might well be the answer. One such app is SmartAg, whi...

26/03/2019

Why is access to climate information critical in this era of and variability?

25/03/2019

The Climate Information Prize (CIP) is calling on investors to join/work with CIP in financing these innovative initiatives-- http://bit.ly/2QPyrI3-- that are enabling vulnerable communities to access climate information crucial for mitigating against the negative impacts of . Availing financing for these innovations will enable them build their innovations, expand their scope to reach more communities and more importantly, work towards their sustainability. Investing in climate information is critical to heightening awareness on climate change, which is a critical component of building resilience and adaptation among communities.

Farmers Pride franchise model of agro dealers is providing rural smallholder farmers with timely and relevant farm inputs, services and climate information at affordable prices through comprehensive and innovative franchise model of agro dealers and uses demonstration farm model and mobile technolog...

18/03/2019

Kenya was chosen for the climate information prize because it was the right fit- had innovators, entrepreneurs, a meteorological department and communities interested this~ Jonty Slater, Innovation Consultant. Learn more--http://bit.ly/2QTE0p0 ...

The Tekeleza Award Ceremony was held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Nairobi on the 29th of November, 2018