Nithya Ramanathan was invited to speak at the Global Philanthropy Forum, a convening of global philanthropists, social investors, and changemakers to share learnings on how to drive social change. She participated on the plenary “Taking on the Hard Problems: Hunger, Health and Ingenuity” to discuss harnessing the power of innovation to address critical problems in […]
Nexleaf is honored to have our Sensor-enabled Climate Financing (SCF) model featured in a working paper by the Harvard Kennedy School “Financing the Internet of Things: An Early Glimpse of the Potential.” The paper explores how the Internet of Things (IoT) is creating new paths for operational efficiency as well as introducing new sources of […]
Cross-sector collaborations are a crucial step in creating tech-driven solutions that address the world’s most critical social problems. Nexleaf’s CEO Nithya Ramanathan and Sri Elaprolu, Global Leader of Public Sector IoT at Amazon Web Services, share their thoughts on the value of joint development partnerships at Fast Forward’s Accelerate Global Good summit. Accelerate Global Good […]
We partnered with Qualcomm Wireless Reach to create a video highlighting how StoveTrace empowers women to fight climate change with clean cooking. Watch the full video to see how IoT is revolutionizing the clean cooking sector and creating healthier communities.
Human resources capacity building is an important, but sometimes overlooked, component of strengthening the vaccine supply chain. That’s why Nexleaf published an article in Health & Humanitarian, the Supply Chain Review on best practices for training health workers on new technologies. The article, “Training Health Care Workers in the use of New Technologies,” is based […]
We’re excited to see Nithya Ramanathan, CEO of Nexleaf, attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. In Davos, she was interviewed live on Facebook by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance on Tanzania’s push to introduce an Internet of Things (IoT) solution to monitor vaccine refrigerators at national scale. Nithya explains how this initiative was made possible […]
The Internet of Things, or IoT, is revolutionizing how data is gathered all over the world, and Nexleaf is committed to creating IoT solutions that serve global goals. Today, Nexleaf announced the release of two data-driven reports from our new “IoT for Development” series. These reports give background on our work in both the global immunization sector and […]
Nexleaf’s CEO Nithya Ramanathan co-authored a paper featured in Social Science & Medicine. In collaboration with the Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa and UCLA CHIPTS, the paper identifies potential uses of mobile technology (mHealth) to address current barriers in the South African healthcare system. Based on findings from interviews and focus groups with […]
A research paper co-authored by Nexleaf’s ColdTrace Program Director Shahrzad Yavari is featured in a special edition of the journal Vaccine, “Building Next Generation Immunization Supply Chains.” With partners PATH and VillageReach, Nexleaf conducted small-scale studies to evaluate the performance of vaccine cold chain equipment (CCE) in Uganda and Mozambique and to unearth underlying causes for equipment failures. By monitoring eighty-six failing refrigerators and freezers in […]
An article and video featured in the Financial Times address Nexleaf’s StoveTrace program in Notarpalli, a rural village in India. Following an eight-month trial, in which Nexleaf provided villagers with modern, clean cookstoves with attached data-monitoring devices, Notarpalli has experienced full adoption of clean cookstoves. By analyzing data collected from the monitoring devices, Nexleaf was […]
