Presented as part of the seminar: Can mobile phones improve agricultural productivity, resilience and food security? 29th May 2012, 08.30 - 12.30 Hörsalen, Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm Anne-Charlotte Malm, Senior Adviser B4D and Coordinator ICT4D Private sector is growing in developing countries. More and more international companies are turning towards the developing world and the flow of private capital has increased during the past 10 years. Development cooperation agencies like Sida is seeking cooperation with the private sector to leverage the financial support from development assistance with private capital and to make business actors contribute to the goals of development cooperation. This presentation will describe the different instruments Sida uses for cooperation with the private sector and give some examples of ongoing projects. It will also describe how Sida supports capacity development within ICT4D.

1. SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION AGENCY

2. The overall goal of Swedish Development Cooperation is
to:
“contribute to creating conditions for people in poverty to
be able to improve their lives”
Sida works according to
directives from the Swedish
Parliament and Government

3. Government
Universities
Civil society
Free media
Business

4. In the last 20 years most of Sida’s cooperation countries
have shifted to market economy
In a market economy the private sector is the engine of
growth and employment creation
The Private Sector

5. FÖRDELNING PRODUKTIVA
TILLGÅNGAR
PRIVATE
SECTOR
MARKETS
FINANCIAL
SERVICES
SKILLED HUMAN
RESOURCES
RULES AND
REGULATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE
HEALTH
PEACE AND
SECURITY
MACRO
ECONOMY
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNANCE
EDUCATION
RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION
GLOBAL AND
REGIONAL TRADE

6. Market Development and B4D
MD: Private Sector Facilitation
B4D: Private Sector Collaboration
Point of departure for MD: the Market System
Point of departure for B4D: the Market Player
MD: Trade and Private Sector Development (incl financial
sector)
B4D: A set of instruments for direct private sector
collaboration

7. Objective B4D –
private actors that effectively contribute to the
objectives of international development
cooperation
Objective ICT4D –
good skills and high capacity among various
actors to facilitate the effective use of, and access
to ICT4D

8. To achieve the ICT4D objectives, Sida
is to:
• Provide support to strategic ICT4D
activities with an inovative approach.
Access to, and the use of, new
technology by women and girls in
particular should be highlighted

9. Sida’s B4D
instruments/methods
• Private public partnership
• Challenge funds
• Drivers of Change
• Innovative Financing

10. Partnerships Bring Value
10
Business
Interests
Sidas
Development
Goals
Partnership
Opportunity

11. Sida’s Private Public Partnerships
A company
initiates &
specifies
Program
implemented
by UN or NGO
Sida
Partner
Countries
Ministries
Partnerships Complementing
components
- Where?
- What?
Other local
stakeholders
Financial
contribution
50 %
Dialogue &
Ownership

12. Challenge funds
• Companies and entrepreneurs are
invited to apply for catalytic funds
in competition, in accordance with
a number if pre-defined selection
criteria.

13. Innovations Against
Poverty

14. “Just as the private sector is
critical to the future of the
developing world, the
developing world is critical to the
future of big business. Four out
of five consumers live there.”
UNDP
Innovations Against
PovertyInnovation Against Poverty
Business for Development

15. Innovation against poverty
• First launch
– 157 applications from 25 countries
– 21 grants (12 small, 9 big)
• Second launch
– 236 applications from 45 countries
– 17 grants (5 small, 12 big)

16. Examples
• Backpack Farm Agri (Kenya, South Sudan)
• Solar water pumping (Egypt, Jordand, South S)
• Mobile phone payment service (Ethiopia)
• Preventive weather forecasting (Ghana)
• Portable ultrasound for pregnant women in rural
areas
• Plastic recycling
• Callcenters – Health
• Pedal-driven energy creation
• Farm Business Advisors – new markets

17. Drivers of Change
Watchdogs
Swedwatch
Market Transformation
Initiative
Business Call to
Action

18. Innovative Financing
Innovative financing aims at mobilizing capital resources
from the private sector.

19. ICT4D-activities
• Statistics and women entrepreneurs,
UNCTAD/ILO
• Governance Afghanistan, UNDP
• Seed Alliance, Challenge Fund
• mLabs – Infodev
• Mobile money for the poor – UNCDF
• Empowering Local Radio, Tanzania, UNESCO
• Training CSO

20. Mobile Money for Poor
(MM4P)
Background:
• 2.7 billion no access to formal savings, transactions or credit accounts
• UNCDF’s focus countries 90% of the working age adults have no access
to financial services. Women and youth are traditionally further excluded.
• Services like M-pesa in Kenya have shown that also poor people will use
these services if they are developed viable
MM4P:
Scalable and replicable mobile money projects for financial services to low-
income persons, small and microenterprises, including women and those in
rural and remote areas.

21. ICT4D through Regional
Challenge Funds
• Collaboration by the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) for Asia/Pacific,
Africa and Latin America.
• Provides small grants (10 000 – 30 000 USD) and awards (3 000 – 5 000
USD)
• Small grants = small consequences of failure  room for innovation.
• Focus on sustainable business models where a purely market-driven
model is unlrealistic or inappropriate.
• Targets both private sector and not for profit organisations
• Recipients of grants can apply for various capacity development tools
(online training, consultants, internships) and networking options
(participation in IGF)

22. Mobile innovation for
development - mLabs
• Open spaces where mobile application developers can interact, work
and gain access to tools and expertise to assist in the creation of viable
mobile application businesses.
• Acts as gateways to local, regional and international markets, connects
local entrepreneurs with seed, venture and angel investors.
• Most well-known mLab is *iHub_ in Kenya. Others include South Africa,
Viet Nam, Pakistan, Nepal and Armenia. More locations to come.
• Many African innovations related to agriculture: iCow, Mfarm, FarmPal,
Mkulima Calc. etc.

23. Course ICT for Development (ICT4D)
in democracy, education and health
Training course targeted at CSOs
supported by Sida
The course aims to assist Swedish CSOs to understand how
ICT4D can be an integrated part of their activities, and to
practically plan and implement strategic interventions.

24. Division of Labour Sida
Embassies
Regional
departments
Global/B4D
-ICT4D