OpenRide is an app and web-based rideshare platform that connects drivers with available seats and passengers seeking to travel. Our user-friendly platform enables drivers to earn money for their pre-planned trips while providing passengers with a viable, cost-effective, and fun way to reach their destination.

Zoona is an African Fintech provider with an interoperable distribution network, bringing together the drive of young entrepreneurs and the power of cutting-edge technology to bring safe and reliable financial services to underserved communities all over Africa! All over Africa, people rely on their families and communities for support in helping them pay their school fees, cope with emergencies, and save for their future. The community is at the center of their lives, and these are the communities Zoona is here to serve. We believe that Africa is the next frontier of innovation and that through entrepreneurship, women empowerment, and technology, we’ll be able to unlock the true potential of our continent! We’re on a mission to empower emerging entrepreneurs across Africa, and enable a new generation of independent, thriving business owners. We’re passionate about growth in Africa, and as such, our business goals are sculpted around the success of the communities and entrepreneurs we serve. Africa is awakening! Technology has unleashed a wave of change across the continent and has improved thousands of lives

Development Gateway (DG): an IREX Venture provides data and digital solutions for international development. We bring nearly two decades of experience across five continents to help partners achieve impactful results. DG makes development data easier to gather, access, use, and understand. We are an international nonprofit organization with nearly two decades of experience across more than 70 countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Across Effective Service Delivery, Total Resource Management, and Data Strategy and Policy, DG takes a decision-focused approach to the use of data and evidence.

Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB Canada) invests in leaders and innovations to create a world free from poverty and inequitable development: a world of dignity and equal opportunity where everyone is able to realize their full potential. We are leading a movement with thousands of passionate members in Canada, as well as staff and volunteers in Canada and in our African partner countries. Systems thinking is at the core of our approach. Many existing systems—economic, political, and social—reinforce cycles of poverty and prevent people from realizing their full potential. Over the past 15 years, we have learned that using appropriate technology alone does not address the root causes of poverty. That is why we focus on innovations that affect larger systems to address poverty’s underlying causes. We support bold ideas that positively transform the way people, organizations, and governments behave. This systems thinking approach has led us to invest in systemic innovations and Systems Change Leadership as a means for creating lasting change. Innovation and leadership are mutually reinforcing aspects of creating change: every investment in innovation provides more people with opportunities to lead, and every investment in leadership gives people more tools to develop innovations that will have social impact. See current career opportunities at www.ewb.ca/careers