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Erica Abugri of Pong Tamale Secondary School at the Technology Hangout

01 December 2021

Ghana, home to some of West Africa's first DPGs

How UNICEF crafts support mechanisms for open source social entrepreneurship and innovation discovery, creating pathways to help attain the SDGs

Six-month-old Nyameba is watched over by his father and aunt as he receives life-saving oxygen treatment for pneumonia at a children’s emergency ward in eastern Ghana.

18 November 2021

Sprinting Toward Oxygen Delivery

UNICEF could save millions of lives by scaling an innovative oxygen delivery model. After its success in Ghana and Senegal, SPRINT is ready for expansion

A student looks out the window of her class in the Northern Region.

Open Source for Digital Sovereignty

The multidimensional development crises won’t be tackled with closed systems. UNICEF’s work in Ghana aims for a more equitable digital infrastructure

One of the students testing a VR headset during a school exhibition

UNICEF Innovation Fund Graduate: NubianVR

Creating immersive learning experiences in Virtual Reality - making them easily accessible to everyone.

NubianVR

09 December 2018

NubianVR: Facilitating better access to VR educational tools

Building learning tools for educators and learners accessible in WebXR

Pognaa Jebuni (12) demonstrating how she washes her hands at a tippy tap at Guo District Assembly Primary School in the Upper West region of Ghana on 16 September 2016.

Using Innovative Sensor Technology to Evaluate Handwashing

Measuring the effectiveness of "Handwashing with Ananse" games

Students of Modern Age Academy posing for a photo in Ashiaman, Greater Accra Region.

"I Imagine Ghana" Incubator Programme

Supporting local social innovators to take their solutions to scale

Students washing their hands before purchasing snacks from vendors at Blessed Clementina Roman Catholic School in Ashaiman, Ghana

A New Game to Teach Children Essential Hygiene Practices

Using engaging, interactive ways to teach children why, how, and when to wash hands

Girls at the Asuokaw Methodist School in the Eastern Region in Ghana.

11 November 2015

Agoo: An Interactive Mobile Platform

The multilingual platform educates about Cholera, Ebola – and features a catchy song!

Seth doing a puzzle at a drop-in centre for street children operated by Chance for Children in James Town, an old Suburb in the heart of Ghana's capital, Accra

New Incubator Model Launched

UNICEF Ghana launches new incubator model to identify and support local innovations for children