ATIF - AT Impact Fund

The Assistive Technology (AT) Impact Fund was established to better enable frontier technology solutions to reach people with disabilities in Africa, and to test business models that are most likely to succeed.

Globally, there are a lot of very strong, clinically validated AT solutions that have the potential to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. But they often lack a business and distribution model that could scale sustainably in African markets, leaving around 135 million Africans without access to much-needed AT solutions.

Our team has paved the way for disability innovation globally, built business models for the distributed energy market, accelerated fintech and EdTech startups across Africa and now we’re applying all these learnings and expertise to the world of Assistive Tech.

Partners + Supporters

AT Impact Fund has been launched out of the UK aid funded AT2030 programme, led by the Global Disability Innovation (GDI) Hub. It is operationalised as a collaboration between GDI Hub, Brink, and Catalyst Fund as venture partner, providing deep expertise in AT, innovation and venture-building in Africa respectively.