A global call for applications of AI to empower people and communities to unlock economic opportunity for a resilient future.
The Activate AI: Economic Opportunity Challenge called for innovative AI applications that empower people and communities, and that unlock economic opportunity for a resilient future.
For this challenge, data.org and Zoom sought out projects that drive AI workforce development and organizational capacity, develop pathways to create future friendly jobs leveraging data and AI, and build climate resilient communities for a green economy.
Selected from a pool of 500 applications across 76 countries, these six organizations demonstrate how AI can drive inclusive economic growth.
Hong Kong
Migrasia’s AI-powered worker protection and guidance system, PoBot, supports migrant workers across more than 50 jurisdictions in Asia and the Middle East.
Mongolia
The Nest Center is strengthening Mongolia’s AI economy by digitizing 30 years of Mongolian newspaper archives to build high-quality datasets for local language AI models while training journalists and students to lead their AI future.
Peru
IDENTI’s voice-first AI is bringing rural and smallholder farmers into the formal financial system through low-friction identity verification, alternative credit scoring models, and financial products.
Togo
Umbaji’s voice-enabled AI agent, Yodi, is advancing financial and climate resilience by delivering real-time financial advisory, commodity market prices, and climate alerts in over 12 West African native languages.
The Philippines
Connected Women is strengthening women-led sari-sari stores across the Philippines by integrating human-centered digital training with AI-powered store insights.
United Kingdom
CodeYourFuture is deploying three new AI tools to scale training and create more time for volunteer mentoring to meet their mission of guiding refugees, asylum seekers, and low-income individuals into tech careers.
Working with expert partners like Zoom Cares, we are scaling innovative AI solutions and enabling social impact leaders to unlock their potential for the communities that need it most. With exponential advancements in AI, we're excited to see how our Activate AI awardees can drive impact locally and accelerate scale globally, reaching more lives than ever thought possible before.
Perry Hewitt Chief Strategy Officer data.org
