Exponential Technology for Social Good: Scaling Global ...
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ACTIVE & AWARDED PRIZES
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ACTIVE
Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy
XPRIZE
IBM Watson Artificial Intelligence XPRIZE
NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE
Global Learning XPRIZE
Lunar XPRIZE
Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE
Water Abundance XPRIZE
Anu and Naveen Jain Women’s Safety
XPRIZE
AWARDED
Ansari XPRIZE
Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander
XCHALLENGE
Wendy Schmidt Oil Cleanup XCHALLENGE
Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE
Progressive Insurance Automotive XPRIZE
Nokia Sensing XCHALLENGE
Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE
Challenging teams to develop open-source and scalable
software that will enable children in developing countries
to teach themselves basic reading, writing, and arithmetic
within 15 months.
$15 MILLION PRIZE PURSE sponsored by Elon Musk
• Five finalists were announced, with each awarded $1
million
• Grand Prize winner will receive an additional $10
million
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THE GLOBAL LEARNING XPRIZE
ACCESS – 57 million children have no access
to any primary school
QUALITY – 250 million kids lack basic literacy
and numeracy skills despite attending school
SCALABILITY – 3.2 million additional teachers
are needed to achieve universal primary
education
by 2030
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WHY THIS PRIZE?
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THE PATH TO NOW…
December 2014
700 Teams
April 2015
198 teams
January 2017
38 teams
May 2017
11 Teams
September 2017
5 Finalist Teams
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OPERATIONAL PARTNERS
RTI International
Signing at UNESCO
Tanzania Office
World Food Programme