Indigo Trust ^Investor

The Indigo Trust funds organisations using digital technologies to improve transparency and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa. They provide small and high-risk grants (usually £10,000-20,000) to early-stage projects or organisations in Sub-Saharan Africa aimed at stimulating innovative approaches to transparency, accountability and citizen empowerment work. they particularly focus their efforts on supporting projects with low operating costs or sustainable business models and which use appropriate technology that is widely adopted locally.They give a strong preference to organisations based in Sub-Saharan Africa, as opposed to simply working there. They currently have two funding streams for this work focusing on: Projects and organisations that leverage the power of mobile and web technologies, to foster active, informed citizens and accountable governments. Technology innovation hubs and civic tech communities that use information communication technologies for positive social change.