Projekte

Kurzbeschreibung:

Projektziel

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 Ghana in 2016. Its primary purpose is to aggregate all medical emergency responders in one platform through geolocation mapping technology that tracks them to provide quick and reliable emergency evacuation services. Flare’s team intends to make lifesaving services available to everyone who today has no access to care in an emergency. By deploying their service with more governments, the private sector as well as in other countries on the continent, they seek to provide peace of mind as well as rescue/pre-hospital care services on the African continent. In the next 5 years, they aim to be in 5 countries and become the primary emergency service for those countries and save millions of lives.

Erwartete Ergebnisse

The aim is to build effective, reliable, and better standards of ambulatory care in Accra, Ghana with better response times through an aggregate of over 50 audited, mapped and tracked ambulances and all hospitals integrated into the Flare platform:

40,000 new members (20,000 male, 20,000 female) are expected through signing up corporate clients with offices in Ghana.

Average 200+ dispatches per month within 6 months of launching Flare dispatch service in Accra are expected.

The average ambulance response time will be reduced to 15 minutes.

150+ facilities (representing 80% of hospitals in Accra, and including all referral hospitals) will be mapped on the Flare platform.

360+ jobs (130 male, 130 female) will be created for ambulance partners - emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics and drivers - through revenue generated from partnering with Flare.

8 new local full-time jobs (4 male, 4 female) will be created through hiring of staff for Flare Ghana office.

Zielgruppe

The aim is for the services to be accessible to the entire population. The initial pilot target will be low-income earners in high-risk work environments, who lack insurance, and individuals who are mobile connected. The Flare platform will include facilities in Accra and the greater Accra region.

Maßnahmen

The team will set up Flare's operations in Ghana, including a legally incorporated business entity and an office. Also, a country team for Ghana will be hired, consisting of a country manager, a finance manager and a M&E coordinator/Data Specialist.

The team will then pursue the aggregating, auditing, mapping and tracking of ambulances and hospitals in Accra onto the Flare platform.

A provider team manager and additional team members will be hired.

Pricing will be set for the membership services in Ghana based on modelling and market research.

Dispatch protocols/SOPs will be developed, and Flare dispatchers will be trained on the use of the protocols/SOPs.

The Flare dispatch and Android will be adapted for differences in Ghana.

15 drills will be carried out with ambulance partners in Ghana.

Hintergrundinformation

Through a Pan-African Call for Proposals, nine young companies were selected for an intensive five-day virtual boot camp training and business coaching provided by the WFP Innovation Accelerator. In addition to the funding, the Awardees will receive support from WFP during the implementation of their projects for one year with monthly meetings and several workshops.