JOHN CHAAMBWA
Lusaka
USAID has availed a grant of US$2.2 million for the Choova Njinga Innovation challenge aimed at developing costeffective bicycle solutions in rural areas of Zambia and Malawi.
USAID Zambia nutrition advisor Helen Khungwa Chira says the Bicycle Innovation Programme (BIP) aims to tackle development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa through the increased adoption of bicycles.
“The BIP aims to achieve this by incentivising the development and scaling of innovative solutions relating to bicycles within an open innovation programme structure,” she said.
This activity is being run by Innovative Design, Execution, and Acceleration Support (IDEAS) mechanism led by the USAID Exploratory Programs and Innovation Competitions (EPIC) team, which aims to drive open innovation, inspire collective action, and foster high-impact local solutionsShe said USAID’s country development cooperation strategy in Malawi and Zambia has a specific focus on reducing rural poverty through enterprise-driven economic growth…https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/
