Engaging and transforming communities

Established and launched in 2018, Engage is a digital hub created by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to accelerate economic and social progress in the developing world through the power of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).

Closely aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Engage creates an innovation ecosystem for engaging and connecting key actors to develop innovative solutions and technologies that tackle some of the biggest challenges in the developing world related to six focused SDGs.

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SOLUTIONS

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MEMBERS

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ORGANISATIONS

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INVESTORS

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CALLS

What Engage Offers

Engage enables the world’s developing communities and key actors of the innovation ecosystem including innovators, investors, startups, SMEs, academics, governments and NGOs, to benefit from tailored mentoring services and expert advice, access to financial resources, partnership and new business opportunities by matching peers to deliver powerful applied innovation and nurture new innovative ideas to become realistic development solutions.

CALL FOR INNOVATION

Through its Call for Innovation and its embedded comprehensive screening process, Engage assists innovation ecosystems to thrive by leveraging on new technologies that have the potential to address key development challenges faced by IsDB Member Countries.

MATCHMAKING opportunities

Join our Matchmaking community and start networking with other Engage Members: Create your profile, browse potential partners, connect with other members to gain entrepreneurial skills, deliver powerful innovation, find innovations to invest in, explore the most promising development solutions.

TECHNOLOGY transfer

Explore our Development Solutions and Innovative Technologies that can be leveraged from our solution providers network and transferred to address your development challenges, deliver powerful innovations into your organization and/or contribute to the creation of good and services in IsDB member countries as well as capacity building efforts in STI.