Human Development Innovation Fund

The Human Development Innovation Fund (also known as HDIF or HDIFtz or the Human Development Impact Fund[1][2]) is a UKAid financed 40 million British Pound challenge fund providing grants to businesses, NGOs and research institutions for scaling innovations focused on the quality, value for money, and sustainability of basic services in education, health and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH).

[5][6][7] Among other honors received, in 2019 HDIF won the British Expertise award for best "International Collaborative Project.

According to DFID's business case for establishing the fund, the intended outputs of HDIF are testing and use of new innovations to manage and deliver basic human development services and enhance the evidence base and innovation ecosystem in Tanzania.

[13] Collaborators in Innovation Week 2015 included KINU Innovation and Co-Creation Space, COSTECH, Ifakara Health Institute,[14] Buni Innovation Hub, Nafasi Art Space, Deloitte Consulting, Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship Development (IMED), Tanzania Renewable Energy Business Incubator (TAREBI), and Tanzania Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness Centre (TECC).

HDIF has received recognition from The Guardian,[5] The African Prosperity Report launch by Legatum,[21][22] TanzICT,[23] the Minister of Communication, Science and Technology of Tanzania,[24] the Daily News,[25] and the Center for Education Innovations.

[27] Innovations supported by HDIF have received global recognition, including the use of drones for delivery of emergency medical supplies,[28] nanofilters using a unique local business approach,[29][30][31] and rats used to detect TB.